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I'm an otherwise healthy 29 year old man.

Is this neuropathy? Or just anxiety? I'm at my wit's end with these mystery symptoms:

-shortness of breath that asthma medications and steriods don't fix; I can't always take deep breaths and when I do, it sometimes hurts
-dry cough that doesn't go away
-numbness/tingling sensation that seems to happen randomly and dissipate after 30 mins-hr, going down the left side of my body from my face, neck, down to left arm and hand. Sometimes i feel pain on the right side and legs. Left side of neck hurts.

It's gotten to the point where sleep is difficult.I've been taking Ambien to help me sleep, it seems like it suppresses the symptoms while I'm asleep (I'm able to breathe). But when I wake up, the symptoms happen again. I've been to pulmonologist, they said I have normal respiratory function & my heart is also perfect.

I am wonder if it's my bad "computer neck" posture causing this? It doesn't seem like that's the case. I went to get a chiropractic adjustment but it hasnt fixed my symptoms. The shortness of breath sometimes abates, but changing position doesn't seem to affect it. Chiro says it's the result of pinched nerves due to my misaligned spine & ribs. But I really want to see a physical therapist or neurologist to be sure. Any clue what's torturing me?

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I'd say see a neurologist for sure. He'll test stuff, probably send you to a neurology Specialist, depending on his findings. I've had tons of neuro problems and ultimately ended up with a neuro/Parkinson's, neuro/Seizure disorders, and a general neurologtist, so you can probably guess that I have you symptoms plus a whole lot more, but you didn't mention a cardiologist. Right now everybody (doctors, nurses, GP) are in a tizzy about my mysterious low blood pressure and low pulse, but the cardiologist isn't concerned! I have tightness in my chest almost every night and with it usually there's the breathing mess. It goes away right away with a nitro, or if I ignore it , it takes a bit longer to fall asleep because it's kinda hard to ignore. And I usually wake up with a stiff neck. I think I need to find the right pillow, but it might just be Something Else. Too much going on with me, and it's got all my doctors kind of in suspended animation, waiting for all these disorders and symptoms to straighten themselves out, or for one treatment to fix something...or a magic pill, maybe. Just be sure that you have a complete meds list with you and a complete list of all symptoms, not just the ones that concern you right now, like I tell everyone about migraines, even tho I've only had one in the past 10 years, and I wen t merrily along with a 25 year gap between my youthful seizures and my SlamBang clump