To start with, let me thank you for reading through what is a pretty long post.
I was dx in Nov 2009. My usual symptoms are right side numbness, bladder issues, severe fatigue, and occasional spacisity (usually caused when someone touches me).
Because of the bladder issues, I get UTIs more frequently that most women. When I get a UTI, my symptoms get worse and sometimes even get new ones. (As if a UTI isn't bad enough.) I also don't get the normal UTI symptoms. I usually just have a test done for UTI before I see my neuro (since he's going make me anyway) about anything new.
When the new symptoms pop up, I never know if they are MS or not. For example this time (UTI again!!) I've been very dizzy, odd feelings of vertigo (even when sitting down), I have trouble telling if I'm hot or cold and I can't really tell if I need to use the restroom or not and if I do I can't always tell WHY I need to use the restroom.
Also, when I am startled, my entire body goes numb. The last time I had this, my metal in my fireplace popped pretty loudly.
I don't want to blame everything on MS, because I might have a new issue I need to get a new Ologist for, but I also don't want to sound like a lunatic when I talk to my neuro.
Because of my reaction to the UTI's, I never know if I'm have a flare up.
Am I overthinking, overblaming, being obnoxiously paranoid or what? Please help!!
I was dx in Nov 2009. My usual symptoms are right side numbness, bladder issues, severe fatigue, and occasional spacisity (usually caused when someone touches me).
Because of the bladder issues, I get UTIs more frequently that most women. When I get a UTI, my symptoms get worse and sometimes even get new ones. (As if a UTI isn't bad enough.) I also don't get the normal UTI symptoms. I usually just have a test done for UTI before I see my neuro (since he's going make me anyway) about anything new.
When the new symptoms pop up, I never know if they are MS or not. For example this time (UTI again!!) I've been very dizzy, odd feelings of vertigo (even when sitting down), I have trouble telling if I'm hot or cold and I can't really tell if I need to use the restroom or not and if I do I can't always tell WHY I need to use the restroom.
Also, when I am startled, my entire body goes numb. The last time I had this, my metal in my fireplace popped pretty loudly.
I don't want to blame everything on MS, because I might have a new issue I need to get a new Ologist for, but I also don't want to sound like a lunatic when I talk to my neuro.
Because of my reaction to the UTI's, I never know if I'm have a flare up.
Am I overthinking, overblaming, being obnoxiously paranoid or what? Please help!!
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