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Dave_Lister
02-11-16, 22:35
Title says it all.

I had a bad day yesterday with a couple of panic attacks, and my wife told me to have an Epsom salt bath. I thought "hey I can test out one theory of the hot bath ms test", and I got a hot bath together, one that was hot enough to make me sweat a little and stayed in there for about 15 minutes or so.

I got out and did 10 push ups and then some squats without weight and I had no problems.

I feel like it did some good for me, but today at my desk my right foot seemed to have a bit of a pain for approx 2 minutes and it felt like it was asleep. i walked around and it left me, but I sort of feel like it could be a little numb but I cannot be sure. I was feeling pretty good up until this point.
Catherine S
02-11-16, 22:38
Could it not have been the result of the push ups and squats rather than a sign you have MS?

ISB
Sparkling_Fairy
02-11-16, 23:30
With the hot bath test, the results are immediate. After your body temperature returns to normal, whatever symptoms you might have in it go away. So if your foot felt weird the next day, it wouldn't have anything to do with the bath
dale12345
02-11-16, 23:57
never even heard of it.
Dave_Lister
03-11-16, 00:24
With the hot bath test, the results are immediate. After your body temperature returns to normal, whatever symptoms you might have in it go away. So if your foot felt weird the next day, it wouldn't have anything to do with the bath

So I should feel pretty confident I don't have it then right?

I am so hyper sensitive to every little thing now
Phuzella
03-11-16, 04:43
Everyone's going to be doing the hot bath test now
axolotl
03-11-16, 07:52
I got a raft of tests for an MS fear, and never once did a neurologist suggest a "hot bath test". If it was that easy I'm sure they would!
Elen
03-11-16, 08:45
I am so hyper sensitive to every little thing now

This I think is the real problem and totally normal.

Have you looked at CBT either therapy or free on line to help you rationalise your thoughts?
MyNameIsTerry
03-11-16, 13:25
Everyone's going to be doing the hot bath test now

Hey, we could have a NMP sauna day!

You'll work out who I am, I'll be the one without the towel! :ohmy::D
Fishmanpa
03-11-16, 13:28
I once saw a woman in a store standing in the aisle and hopping on one leg and then the other. I would have thought she was a loony but I've read on the boards that people self test themselves for ALS that way... So she wasn't a loony, she was an HA sufferer self testing.

Self testing and doing these sorts of things especially as a medical layman will only lead to feeding the beast and allowing the anxiety and fear to maintain it's dominance over your life.

Positive thoughts
Dave_Lister
03-11-16, 14:53
This I think is the real problem and totally normal.

Have you looked at CBT either therapy or free on line to help you rationalise your thoughts?

No I have not. I don't know where I can online. My health insurance won't cover anymore visits to counseling.
Mercime
03-11-16, 15:05
Moodgym and Living Life to the full. Both online CBT resources :)
Elen
03-11-16, 15:22
Those are both excellent websites, there are also ones very much geared to HA which unfortunately I cant bring to mind atm. Perhaps someone else will have the links handy.

There is lots of free on line resource available but it still requires a degree of motivation to concentrate and work through them.

Perhaps your wife would be happy to be involved. It would also help if she knew how to deal with issues as they arise.
Sparkling_Fairy
03-11-16, 15:29
I got a raft of tests for an MS fear, and never once did a neurologist suggest a "hot bath test". If it was that easy I'm sure they would!

It was used in the 60's as the primary test to test for MS. It's not used now anywhere.
It's not very accurate either
Dave_Lister
03-11-16, 16:49
Moodgym and Living Life to the full. Both online CBT resources :)

Thanks, I just completed the first module from MoodGym.
Phuzella
03-11-16, 18:24
You'll be flashing your six pack then Terry :blush::ohmy:
MyNameIsTerry
04-11-16, 04:55
You'll be flashing your six pack then Terry :blush::ohmy:

Of course...


http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/six-pack-beer-belt.jpeg



...who wouldn't want to get their hands on them? :yesyes:
matrix123
04-11-16, 17:04
I've tried something similar and my leg got worse...problem is that you can't know if it's anxiety or MS. I have about 5 years with this leg issue and it's not going away, but not getting worse either...check it out here (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=119169&page=3).

As everyone will suggest, it's not good to test yourself.
Dave_Lister
04-11-16, 19:08
Yea, I have realized this.

I think I have moved on from this MS stuff. This site has been excellent in helping me. I still feel off balance, but the cigarette smell has been getting less and less. I haven't smelled it at all today, except for now that I am writing this post. I do feel like I have some foggy brain too, but I am chalking it up to anxiety.

I mean after all, from what I have read, I would know if I had MS because I would be having some serious issues with vision like blindness, or double vision, and I would have weakness in a limb, and I do not have this.

I started the MoodGym CBT program yesterday, and it is helping a lot. I realized that I am a black or white guy, and one who always rushes to the worst case scenario in everything.