CSVD diagnosis & Demensia

[Carlettejaque]

Hi, I'm 75 and have just been diagnosed with cerebral small vessel disease. It explains a lot of the symptoms I've been getting over the past few years.

I take a very high dose of Gabapentin and steroids everyday for a neurological condition which causes all over the body skin pain. I also suffer with Erythromelalgia in my feet. It stops me from going out and sleeping.

I had been putting all of my symptoms down to the 2,500mg of Gabapentin per day.

My main symptom is complete lack of balance. I recently broke a hip because of osteoporosis and use a rollator to walk. It's very useful and I use it for help with balance. Without it I would fall flat on my face.

Other symptoms are fatigue, muscle stiffness and pain and brain fog.

I started taking vitamin B complex pills but since doing that i have been getting bursts of anger. Throwing things etc. This is completely out of character for me as I am a very placid laid bsck person.

Could the vit B be causing this? This happened before the diagnosis.

[Happyrosie]

you have a complex medical history, Carlettejaque, which is beyond us non-medics to address.

If you are not getting answers from your own medical people, you could ask the pharmacist employed by your doctor’s group of surgeries (if you are in England) or your dispensing pharmacist for advice.

Also, there may be a more suitable forum within Health Unlocked for your neurological symptoms.