Dessy
12-09-15, 13:44
Hello,
I have horrific health anxiety and I am currently in CBT for it but not on meds as they give me anxiety. About a year and a half ago I had an MRI brain scan as I get migraines often. MS wasn't even in my train of thought. I didn't think twice about results. The report showed many white matter lesions and I was sent to a neurologist. She said they could have been from heavy drug use (which I have not done), scarring from severe migraines or a very rare disease called Cadasil which I am on the waiting list to get tested for. But she said the lesions do not look like MS lesions. This is when my health anxiety all started...
I had another brain MRI 6 months later and it was exactly the same. Neurologist still couldn't give me clear answers and still didn't think I had MS. However, I have had all of the MS symptoms pins and needles, tingling, pain, eye pain, eye blurriness, itchiness, fatigue, dizziness, off balance, speech slurring etc you name it. I do have constant anxiety and get panic attacks nearly every day by the way.
I went to my GP and told him about the tingling as it was bothering me so I was sent for a neck MRI to check for a trapped nerve and it came back all clear with no lesions or trapped nerve. My bloods are all perfectly normal.
I saw the neurologist again the other day and told her about my worries and she says I don't have MS and she thinks I may have Carpel Tunnel Syndrome and severe anxiety.
I am just concerned that maybe the lesions that showed up in both my MRIs a year ago are MS lesions or MS lesions have formed on my brain since then. I have also read on MS forums how so many people who have MS have been misdiagnosed a few times previously which does not help at all. I cannot eat or sleep. All I can think about is MS. I am obsessing over this day and night and driving my family, friends and partner crazy. I am losing out on living. Some words of comfort or any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
I have horrific health anxiety and I am currently in CBT for it but not on meds as they give me anxiety. About a year and a half ago I had an MRI brain scan as I get migraines often. MS wasn't even in my train of thought. I didn't think twice about results. The report showed many white matter lesions and I was sent to a neurologist. She said they could have been from heavy drug use (which I have not done), scarring from severe migraines or a very rare disease called Cadasil which I am on the waiting list to get tested for. But she said the lesions do not look like MS lesions. This is when my health anxiety all started...
I had another brain MRI 6 months later and it was exactly the same. Neurologist still couldn't give me clear answers and still didn't think I had MS. However, I have had all of the MS symptoms pins and needles, tingling, pain, eye pain, eye blurriness, itchiness, fatigue, dizziness, off balance, speech slurring etc you name it. I do have constant anxiety and get panic attacks nearly every day by the way.
I went to my GP and told him about the tingling as it was bothering me so I was sent for a neck MRI to check for a trapped nerve and it came back all clear with no lesions or trapped nerve. My bloods are all perfectly normal.
I saw the neurologist again the other day and told her about my worries and she says I don't have MS and she thinks I may have Carpel Tunnel Syndrome and severe anxiety.
I am just concerned that maybe the lesions that showed up in both my MRIs a year ago are MS lesions or MS lesions have formed on my brain since then. I have also read on MS forums how so many people who have MS have been misdiagnosed a few times previously which does not help at all. I cannot eat or sleep. All I can think about is MS. I am obsessing over this day and night and driving my family, friends and partner crazy. I am losing out on living. Some words of comfort or any help would be appreciated. Thank you.