I have these symptoms. what could they be caused by?
For a few weeks or so I've been experiencing a bunch of mostly neurological symptoms.
I first went to a walk-in clinic (with memory loss and a feeling of disconnectedness, or a kind of decline in consciousness) to tell a doctor about these symptoms. He directed me to another clinic to see a neurologist.
The neurologist took some blood tests and an MRI, which all turned out normal. After about six hours of waiting he diagnosed me with amnesia. (Gee, thanks for that..)
So altogether I've been having (and currently have) the following symptoms:
- Memory loss.
I can't remember what happened yesterday, or the day before. I can recollect some "significant" events (such as going to the neurologist due to these symptoms) but I have no clue when it happened.
The few weeks that I can remember having any symptoms feels like months, perhaps because of the memory loss.
- Hyperfamiliarity for faces
Every single person I see when walking to a store, or otherwise being outside, seems like I would've seen them before. In most cases I can tell, for example, "oh, I saw that guy across town yesterday when waiting for the bus."
I can, on the spot, deduce that I can't have seen them before even though it feels like I have, so as far as that goes I don't seem to be delusional.
The accuracy by which I can remember these people is also weird. It's a much stronger feeling than that which I'd get if I'd see someone I actually know.
Only people outdoors feel familiar. When I see someone on the TV or a computer screen, I don't get the feeling at all.
- Decline in consciousness
What I mean by this is the feeling of being mentally disconnected from my physical self. It feels like I wouldn't be "all here". I can't really explain it any further.
- Social anxiety bordering paranoia
When in public places I feel like everyone's watching me and/or thinking about my actions. It doesn't help that I often start sweating, I blush, and overthink past happenings way beyond what I think is healthy.
I'm an anxious individual in any case but this is a whole new level. It's hard to even take a step outside the apartment because of this.
- Difficulty remembering words
I'm pretty much bilingual, with my second language being English. I can normally speak and listen to English without having to translate it in my head to my first language. I mostly think in English.
But now the most mundane words, be it in English or my first language, are extremely hard to recollect. I usually remember how the word begins but after that it's just.. empty.
This happens way more than it usually does, dozens of times a day, easily. (Might be connected in one way or another to the decline in consciousness.)
- Mood swings
Well, one moment I'm almost hyperactive whereas a minute later I might be lethargic and depressed.
- Muscles twitching
Every so often random muscles start contracting in my body. Mostly ones in my legs but many times my arms, face or stomach as well.
It would start with a random muscle in my body twitching and continue randomly throughout my body. It's always a single muscle, the twitch is quick and repeats every few seconds or so. It might last somewhere from 10 to 30 minutes in total, and start again after 30 minutes to a few hours.
- Urinary incompetence
The need to take a leak every 20-30 minutes or so.
These are the symptoms I'm currently having and can remember. I'll probably remember a few more later, in which case I'll edit them in.
The conditions that seem plausible to me include serotonin syndrome and epilepsy although I'm of course not a medical expert.
As I said, I've been to a few doctors who've not helped me AT ALL, so that's why I'm asking is it normal instead of going to my local clinic.