Are you sure your leg pains are from MS?

[marti]

If anyone can, please describe your leg pains. I am never sure if mine are MS pains or maybe something else. I've had a lousy week with pain and fatigue and some chest issues. I've had the usual heart tests that came out good. But had a bad time coming up the stairs a couple days ago. Will be seeing the cardio soon. My blood pressure is usually lower than it should be, but not out of range.

Anyway, my legs will hurt at random places and times. Sometimes feels like a tearing in the thigh muscles. Some stiffness at times.

I was always so "happy" to blame everything on MS. I considered it "easy". But then I got Graves Disease, IBS, herniated discs and now I'm all turned around and not sure what is what. If any one of my specialists could just tell me what pain is coming from which illness I'd be able to adjust a little better. I've been on this merry go round for too long.

[SNOOPY]

Hi marti,

The best way for me to know if my leg pain or any pain is MS related:

Try an OTC pain reliever. If it helps it's not MS.

My neuro told me a long time ago that OTC pain relievers DO NOT help with neuropathic pain and I have found this to be true in my case.

I have always dealt with bi-lateral leg pain. My legs will ache regardless if I am doing something or not.

[MarkLavelle]

If anyone can, please describe your leg pains. I am never sure if mine are MS pains or maybe something else.

I've had plenty of leg pain from both lumbar spine problems and a torn hip labrum, but I'm not good at describing pain and mine has been atypical, anyway (my problems only act up when I'm standing).

If any one of my specialists could just tell me what pain is coming from which illness I'd be able to adjust a little better. I've been on this merry go round for too long.

I have had great luck with going to my physiatrist for any new pain that even might be musculoskeletal in origin. He's also the doc who sent me to a neuro when he couldn't find a physical cause for my paresthesia (which launched me on the MS dx journey).

I mostly credit his skill to the physiatrist training, but he's also the kind of guy that keeps working on things until they are "solved."

"What is a Physiatrist?" http://www.aapmr.org/patients/aboutp...ysiatrist.aspx