It began last summer (2009) with a wavy feeling, a "wierd" taste in her mouth, and her legs and arms felt "wierd". It was very intermittant. Now, she has progressed to every night. She reports not feeling "calm" and "wierd" and cannot sleep, startles easily, is over sensitive emotionally (all this is in the evenings), appears to be trying to find a reason for her distress, still reports her legs and arms feeling shakey or wavy, but says she does not know the words to describe it. She frequently says she has a headache on the right side of her head. She is endurning it like a trooper, but I am afraid this train is going to jump the track. For now it is only in the evenings, but I fear it will seep into her days as well if I cannot find what has caused this. I have covered every subject with her to see if she is worrying about something. She is now to the point where she gets annoyed that I am pinning it on the idea that she is worrying. She maintains that she does not have any problems and is not worrying. She has purple circles under her eyes and I have noticed the joy has gone out of her in the evenings. It is so sad, I want to cry sometimes for her.
Anyone have any idea how to deal with this or what an alternative explanation might be?
We started with an ophthamologist, then an ENT, our next appoint. is with a neurologist, but it is a month away. She is an only child and we are fortunate enough that I can stay at home following a career of 21 years (older mom). She is funny, athletic, has a fantastic dog, does well in school, has a few good friends and we feel she has adequate access to us ie; we are generally available and she is included in most things. She is not overindulged. She was taking Claritin, but I discontinued it 2 weeks ago just in case. It was thought that her sinuses were swollen and putting preassure on her eustaceon (sp?) tubes thereby causing the wavy-ness and other odd sensations. The ENT says no. Mood tends to be over-animated/active at night because (she says) she is trying to avoid thinking about the "icky feeling". For several days she keeps hinting that she has bronchitis (yes, it is odd - she has never had it, the neighbor did). I asked her why she keeps talking about it and she says because it is sometimes hard to breath. She does not appear to be having any difficulty (ever) so I am wondering if it is imagined as is so often the case with people with anxiety. Thank you for your thoughtful response, we are hopeful of a reasonable resolution as we pursue all avenues.