teeth chattering

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just an update. I have been diagnosed with bulbar onset motor neurone disease and this is probably why my teeth have been chattering sometimes. Anyway, just 60 odd hours until we get married so all the health worries are on the back burner for now! Hope you are all well x

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it is frustrating, Mishap - and scary in case the diagnosis is bulbar onset motor neurone disease. I am just trying to convince myself that I am suffering from something else, e.g. acid reflux complications, and trying to put the January appointment with the neurologist to the back of my mind. I am not normally ever ill so it just drives me mad.

You are being very patient wills - it must be so frustrating for you waiting for results.

You are a very lucky woman. And your wonderful attitude is the other thing I remember about you. Good luck January will soon be here, keep us posted.

Hello Grannyknot. Yes, the wedding arrangements are all ready now, but this health scare of mine is taking priority, I am afraid. The ceremony is 12th April so there is time and everyone who needs to know, knows! I can't hurry along the appointment because this particular consultant only does NHS. Just a case of waiting. Anyway, I have got my wedding outfit now and it just is a dream. It is packed away just waiting for the day. My t'other half has just been so lovely to me. Couldn't ask for a lovelier partner. How lucky am I? xx

hi wills good to see you popping up. How are the wedding plans going? (hoping I have the right person as memory isn't what it used to be). I can't believe you have to wait till January for the outcome of your neuro tests. Especially if you may already be feeling anxious?! Is there no way the darn system can be hurried along ... too many middlemen.

I was speaking to a doctor friend of mine the other day who had recently had an angiogram and I asked him "So did you get your results immediately?" and he looked a bit sheepish and dodged the question.

I'm not knocking the NHS because I am very grateful for it, but ... I shake my head.

Sorry I don't know whether anxiety can make your teeth chatter.

i will pm you. thanks, Phoenix

wills I've had a bit of a time of it myself, but the support that I have received here has meant the world to me.

Feel free to either continue our conversation, or if you would rather, then you can PM me.

thanks for that, Phoenix. The more you communicate with people, the more problems you learn about that can be caused by anxiety. I am just waiting to hear what the neurological Professor says in January but maybe, just maybe, if I can recognise it as an anxiety problem, I can try and deal with it before then. Hopefully, they will come up with nothing. These last few months have been a complete nightmare.

Often went completely wills However when I went to the Doc's back in late June/early July, one of the things that I asked him about was the problem with my throat, namely always feeling as if there was a "frog" in it. I was also suffering with eczema, particularly on my lower arms.

Doctor said it was all stress related, apparently a condition called "Globus" was responsible for the throat thing.

Phoenix. No, I am not new, been on here for a while. I am really interested in what you say about stress and losing your voice. My voice has been slurred since May and I have eventually been referred to a neurologist who has done neurophysiology tests (nerve and muscle) and I have to see the consultant in January for the results. The consultant I have already seen says that the worse case scenario is bulbar onset motor neurone disease, which obviously has sent my stress levels sky high. I read a book today in the library which said that anxiety can cause all sorts of problems, but it didn't mention voice slurring. Did your voice go completely or did it slurr? and what did the medics say to you about it?

If you are new, then welcome willsandco

Stress and anxiety can manifest itself in many ways. I tend to break out in eczema, and sometimes lose my voice (totally unconnected to any throat type virus etc.) I have never had the teeth chattering, unless it is really, really cold and I have been outside for a considerable length of time.

In answer to your question, yes, I do think that anxiety/stress can have an effect.

Do you notice it on all calls, or only those that might be more stressful ?

Have you been prescribed anything for anxiety wills?

I know a certain kind of anxiety can make you tense up and shake uncontrollably, but that can happen whatever the temperature. Odd that it only happens when you get cold. Perhaps you are just feeling the cold more as you get older.