BlindPanic
02-05-15, 22:40
About a year and a half ago I developed Optic Neuritis (inflammation of my optic nerve). While this can often be a sign of MS, it can also occur in isolation. I have now developed more suspicious MS-like symptoms:
(1) Half of my face has been numb for 3 weeks now. This has been slightly tingly in areas.
(2) Fatigue (vague, I know, but to an alarming extent)
(3) My vision occasionally flickers, like there is a heat haze in front of me.
The thing is, I am generally quite an anxious person and I know that I suffer from health anxiety. My doctors are currently checking for MS but it will take months to get the tests I need.
I know that the optic neuritis was real but, what I'm really wondering is, could all my recent symptoms be anxiety related rather than MS related? :shrug: Has anyone ever experienced anything similar?
(1) Half of my face has been numb for 3 weeks now. This has been slightly tingly in areas.
(2) Fatigue (vague, I know, but to an alarming extent)
(3) My vision occasionally flickers, like there is a heat haze in front of me.
The thing is, I am generally quite an anxious person and I know that I suffer from health anxiety. My doctors are currently checking for MS but it will take months to get the tests I need.
I know that the optic neuritis was real but, what I'm really wondering is, could all my recent symptoms be anxiety related rather than MS related? :shrug: Has anyone ever experienced anything similar?