So scared and down...

[Pan9]

Hey everyone,

Having a really bad day. So convinced that I have MS..keep trying to remember if I felt like this before I was anxious. Doc has referred me to neurology as she knows that this fear has taken a hold of me but it is a long wait .
I've just spent nearly an hour browsing a forum for carers of people with ms because I'm so convinced I have it and am worried about the effect on my other half.
I want my life back
xx

[Rhys1879SAFC]

What makes you think you have it? What symptoms do you have?

[Pan9]

Well, I get burning/icy sensations in the toes of my right foot, intermittent pain in my right leg, back pain, have had tingling in fingers, twitches (which I know are common), sometimes I get a weird feeling in my face- almost like it is numb, but I know it isn't as if I prod it with a pen I can still feel it....:(

[Rhys1879SAFC]

Just sounds like anxiety symptoms to me. Are you having problems such as going to grab a door handle and completely missing it? Have you become clumsy? Suffering abdominal spasms/pain? Impaired vision? Is there a history of MS in the family?

I really think its just your anxiety to be honest, chin up.

[Pan9]

No, no coordination problems...yet. I did have a couple of incidences of blind spots in my left eye about two years ago, but I also had a headache after. Went for an eye test and she said migraines, nothing since. No abdominal spasms. Although I sometimes get pelvic pain- they think it is something to do with my hips . The feeling in my toes stops when I am warm, like in the bath or something. I'm so fed up of this fear...keep quizzing my other half to see if he'd leave me if I had it!! He says he is going to have an 'ms swear box' that I have to put £1 everytime I say ms! I just keeping panicking that it isn't anxiety! Defo don't think the leg pain is, although I know that could be lots of things. When will it get better?
Thanks for the post xx

[sandy40]

Listen Pan9,my son has MS he is 7 years old..he diagnosed at 5..private message me if you want,i know its your fear,mines is "you know what"...i dont think you have MS,isnt it "funny" if i was told i had MS id be cool about it as it wont kill me and take me away from my kids..i know i cant make you feel anybetter as your fear is too much,but try and calm down..i think your GP is doing to put your mind as ease.x

[Pan9]

Thanks for the info Sandy- have pm'd you. I'm trying not do...good days an bad days. I wonder if anyone else has this fear? x
Also get dreadful headaches and feel light-headed x

[kah]

Just sounds like anxiety symptoms to me. Are you having problems such as going to grab a door handle and completely missing it? Have you become clumsy? Suffering abdominal spasms/pain? Impaired vision? Is there a history of MS in the family?

I really think its just your anxiety to be honest, chin up.

Ok, so now I am freaking out, the last week or so I've noticed on many occasions that I've gone to grab a kitchen cupboard handle and have completely missed! My fingers don't seem to want to work properly, they feel strange, as does my left foot and I have pains in my legs. I woke with a stiff neck on Thursday and can still feel it now, not as bad but that's a long time to have a stiff neck!!

I'm seeing my GP in the morning but don't know how to describe the feelings in my fingers/hands. They feel odd - not numb and not pins & needles somewhere inbetween. I've also got a constant ringing in my right ear

So scared
K xx

[sandy40]

i had the ringing in my ears yesterday!! i never get that..my arms are weak too and im always dropping things my other half says its because im left-handed..i need to see my gp too..oh yikes.x

[kah]

i had the ringing in my ears yesterday!! i never get that..my arms are weak too and im always dropping things my other half says its because im left-handed..i need to see my gp too..oh yikes.x

I've never had the ringing in ears either, it's horrible!! I also feel really nauseous and dizzy. Dreading seeing my GP, just because I'm scared he'll not take me seriously and I'll come home worrying that he's missed something.

K xx