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? Has anyone ever experienced anything similar?