Terrified of MS - please help me

stripey · Post by **stripey** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:11 pm

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!

I feel so lucky that you were online!

heisthegreatphysician · Post by **heisthegreatphysician** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:14 pm

im still here if you need to chat you can PM me.....

StevenFarrisOhio · Post by **StevenFarrisOhio** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:07 pm

Stripey,
Some years back I had myself convinced that I ha d Parkinson's Disease. For years, I would get more and more symptoms and they were very real. People were noticing how bad my shaking was becoming. Well to make a long story short - I had hypoglycemic attacks! All that worry for over five years.

Cinny · Post by **Cinny** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:27 pm

Originally posted by heisthegreatphysician:
Stripey-

please do not cry...I can assure you that you are just fine.....MS has such different symptoms, i promise you, i live with my husband everyday. my husband has the early signs but has had it for 7 years..Since he was 35....he is now 42...and progressive-remissive...Forget the on line symtoms, my neighbor also has it....Generally its not heavy arms,etc..Its cramping that is so severe your body can't move or paralyzes...Trust me, please....What you have is anxiety, i know i have the same feelings you do, feels as if insects are crawling, right? tingling, muscle aches and pains? also sorts of sensations.....MS is more weakness and when i state weakness, i mean, dragging your legs, feet,etc. numbness for MS is different than MS with anxiety....Please be reassured, YOU ARE OK...Go for the MRI if need be, but i trust that is NOT what you have, NOT MS!

Patricia...

Barb-

Prayer was awesome, thks for the post on affliction....Also, i have no idea how to change the time...lol....

You have helped me with my closed loop scary thoughts about MS that I think I have too.. Thank you, even though this is an older post. I have all the tingling, arm, legs, face, goofy eye, you name it. I am 42 male, and know that it would be rare to have MS. Just a consuming fear. Went to my normal doc, and she just did reflex tests, etc. I have spondylosis in my neck and lower back, and she says that is what is causing my tingling. (fell out of the attic at Christmas and hung from my left arm. duh) It is mostly my face tingling. Ativan messes my eyes up, and then the scary thoughts come! Thanks for being here.