Hi all,
I've got no idea what's going on with me, but I thought this was a good place to start.
4.5 years ago, I went to my orthopedist because I had tingling and numbness in my right leg. He tested my reflexes and they were over reactive (by quite a bit) on that leg. He sent me for brain and spinal MRI's with contrast - he told me he was testing for MS. I freaked out, but when the scans came back, no lesions were found. What he did find interesting was that my spinal cord was swollen (he called it spinal cord edema). He didn't tell me to follow up with someone, and my leg is still tingly and numb to this day. I have a lot of chronic back issues, so I just assumed it was that. Can spinal cord edema be an early MS sign?
About 6 weeks ago, I woke up and my entire side of my face (cheek) was numb. I opened and closed my mouth a few times (felt like Novocaine almost) and it eventually woke up.
A couple of weeks later, I woke up one day and my arms felt heavy/weird. My hands felt clumsy and I was shaking. After 3-4 days, my hand felt normal again, but my shaking has persisted. It's not when the hand is at rest. It's when I'm using them. It especially happens when I reach for something up high and then try to lower it back down to me.
I have also always (as long as I can remember) had muscle twitches all over my body. Never painful. Just weird.
Also, for the last few weeks, I've noticed my eye momentarily gets blurry. If I blink, I can clear it away, but a few times last year I had double-vision. I never put all of these symptoms together, but if you do, does it sound like MS?
I have really bad anxiety, and my GP thought the shaking was from that, so I'm currently on a beta blocker (very low dose), but it doesn't seem to be doing much of anything.
Please help!
Thanks,
Maria
I've got no idea what's going on with me, but I thought this was a good place to start.
4.5 years ago, I went to my orthopedist because I had tingling and numbness in my right leg. He tested my reflexes and they were over reactive (by quite a bit) on that leg. He sent me for brain and spinal MRI's with contrast - he told me he was testing for MS. I freaked out, but when the scans came back, no lesions were found. What he did find interesting was that my spinal cord was swollen (he called it spinal cord edema). He didn't tell me to follow up with someone, and my leg is still tingly and numb to this day. I have a lot of chronic back issues, so I just assumed it was that. Can spinal cord edema be an early MS sign?
About 6 weeks ago, I woke up and my entire side of my face (cheek) was numb. I opened and closed my mouth a few times (felt like Novocaine almost) and it eventually woke up.
A couple of weeks later, I woke up one day and my arms felt heavy/weird. My hands felt clumsy and I was shaking. After 3-4 days, my hand felt normal again, but my shaking has persisted. It's not when the hand is at rest. It's when I'm using them. It especially happens when I reach for something up high and then try to lower it back down to me.
I have also always (as long as I can remember) had muscle twitches all over my body. Never painful. Just weird.
Also, for the last few weeks, I've noticed my eye momentarily gets blurry. If I blink, I can clear it away, but a few times last year I had double-vision. I never put all of these symptoms together, but if you do, does it sound like MS?
I have really bad anxiety, and my GP thought the shaking was from that, so I'm currently on a beta blocker (very low dose), but it doesn't seem to be doing much of anything.
Please help!
Thanks,
Maria
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