Stress Center Peer Support

I am so fixated again on the fear that I have MS. I have had the same symptoms for the last three years and there have been no changes i.e. worsening in the symptoms. I am 33 and have had periods of numbness off and on ( a couple days here and there now and again) and I am so fixated that I have MS. It makes me crazy!!! I am too scared to go get an MRI as there is a part of me that doesn't want to know! If there is anyone out there who can help reassure me I would much appreciate it as I am having a real doozy of a time!! I also have all the other "classic" anxiety symptoms and I am a known hypochondriac as well.....please help!! I have really bad muscle tension and I am quite sure that is why I am getting the numbness. I have no weakness, visual changes, etc.

labourg....try and relax. Breath deep in sequence as you know how to. It's all stress. The numbness, muscle tension, etc....it's all related back to the stress you are under. Be kind to yourself and allow yourself to feel the symptoms knowing it's the stress. Try and occupy your time and focus away from what you think you have to doing something. We're here for you...