Anxiety Disorder Or Neurological Disorder? Scared!

Hey there,
i am new here, but I have been reading these forums for a while now.




A little background. I am a 27-year-old mother to an almost 1 year old little boy, and married to a wonderful man.



I have always been an anxious person. My mom always says that even as a baby and toddler, I was scared of everything (elevator, noises etc). I know for a fact my grandmother is like that too but she is worse.




Anyway, most of my symptoms started when I moved to the us from europe at the end of 2004. I have always lived home and got married after I finished 7 years in college and moved to the us to be with my us husband. Soon I started getting physical symptoms, like horrible neck pain, tmj pain (although that can be related to me having my wisdom teeth removed, the tmj pain started after that), pain in my legs etc.
Soon, in january of 2005 I became pregnant and that was a whole new set of physical inconveniences. The pregnancy on itself was difficult for me too, in a whole new country, no family or close friends. Stupid me, I didn't get my american driver's license either so I felt confined. (i still need to get that license).




I was in physical therapy most of my pregnancy for neck pain and also hip problems due to pregnancy.




After the baby was born, things were really going for about 9 months. And then other symptoms started.



In a nutshell these are my symptoms:

- burning muscle pain in my thighs (mostly when I am tired)
- goosebump feeling in my legs, but no visible signs of goosebumps
- pins and needles and tingling in my toes
- a lot of twitching... Especially in my thighes and bum, but also hands and feet
- itching all over
- after that, I started having breathing problems with tightness in my chest. It felt as if I couldn't get enough air, not satisfyingly... I couldn't get over the top of my lungs. I constantly had to make myself yawn to get the air I felt I needed. That has gone down now, I feel better
- and recently, since a few days, I have bad muscle cramps that come and go in my feet, calves, wrists and fingers
- I feel like there is a lump in my throat when I swallow my prenatal vitamins (i still breastfeed). They are huge... It's like they get stuck in my throat and it doesn't matter how much water I drink, it doesn't go away. It takes a while unti it goes away on its own
- and I still do have neck pain... Not completely mobile. I am never pain free in the neck but have learned to live with it. I do get flare ups from time to time though where it's really bad for a few days but then goes back down

i went to see my gp when I had the goosebump sensations, twitching and itching, but before the breathing and cramping problems.



She said it was probably hyperventilation due to stress... Granted, it started when we were apartment hunting... We are moving from ri to ma.



Plus I do know for a fact I breathe horrible... Not the best technique at all.

With the chest pains, I went to the er, and they did a ekg, a chest x-ray and various blood tests (basic blood tests, glucose, b-12, lyme etc)... All came back normal.




Now I am sitting here all worried and scared. Sometimes I just start crying because I do not know what is wrong with me and I imagine the worst things.



I am so worried about multiple sclerosis or als. I know als is rare, especially in young females, but tell that to my scared self...




Is there anyone out there who can give me some peace of mind?




I am going back to europe this month to see my family. I will be traveling alone with my baby... I am planning on seeing a neurologist overseas...




Thank you so much!