Re: Worried about MS
Originally Posted by
Mikeyofboro
Come on folks help me here with some advice and experiences ! Rabbit hole or do something about it .
I was 100% convinced my symptoms were MS. I had tremors, numbness in my arms and fingers, stiffness, was falling down and walking into things. Speech went weird. Twitches - the works..
Turned out to be FMS (fibro) fatigue accounting for the speech symptoms etc and Cervical Spondylosis and some minor nerve impingement responsible for the neurological stuff like numbness etc. Falling over? That'll be vertigo that I have episodes of throughout the year. HA will absolutely take these non-life threatening (albeit painful & frustrating) symptoms and make them terminal..
And of course there are the anxiety symptoms..
Clear MRI? Clear bloods? It's HIGHLY UNLIKELY that you have MS.
Just one more thing... (I sound like Columbo)
I haven't done any exercise for a few months - with one thing and another (oops) so when I went for a walk yesterday, my thighs felt very heavy and it felt like I'd got concrete boots on (not that I''ve ever actually worn any) and I remember this from before when I'd had a break from exercising?
Plus, stress hormones can do this too..
My point is that there are numerous (and far more likely) causes for how you feel before you get to something like MS.
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