Hello all! Glad to see such a supportive community here. I am not diagnosed with MS, but have a range of symptoms. My doctor had me go through PT for some arm numbness and tingling before my insurance would approve an MRI of the cervical spine. That is currently being scheduled since PT did not improve my symptoms.
I do not know if MS will end up being my diagnosis, but most of my personal searches have led me to these sites as I am trying to find explanations for some of what I have been going through.
Most of my symptoms have "just enough" of a plausible explanation that I dismissed them for years. However, taken together, they paint a different picture. I'm hoping for a safe place and support as I continue through potential tests. Should I be wrong about the potential of MS, I thank you all for your support during this process.
Some of my symptoms over the past 10 years:
  • Right arm tingling, numbness
    • Can be positional, but has been fairly consistent since beginning of October 2019

  • My limbs (arms, legs, feet) fall to sleep very easily
  • Can have random tingling in the bottoms of my feet


  • Left hand – vibrations and when tap fingertips, jolt of pain/volt (isolated occurrence/one evening)


  • Headaches


  • Trouble finding words/slurring/stuttering (not constant; occurs in pockets – may be linked to migraines???)


  • Dizziness (some moments of imbalance and episodes of vertigo)


  • Extreme leg pain (went to ER): One time instance, lasted about 3 days with pain lessening each day. On worst day, could not walk and pain came in waves but always constant. Like a contraction in my legs. Knees would give out when walking.


  • Fatigue
    • Can be extreme. Depression??
      • Since I was a teenager (was anemic at one point, but got tested for lupus and other auto-immune and sugar issues due to its pervasiveness)

    • Walking up a flight of stairs leaves me wanting to sit down some days before continuing on.
    • Get more tired working out, though know I am also out of shape and working back into it
    • Have been to the doctor multiple times for fatigue but always goes away and I dismiss it as hormonal, etc. Then comes back and feels pervasive again.



  • Fizzing sound/feeling in back right of head/top of neck. (compare to pop rocks. Lasts about 2-5 seconds)


  • Some nights, vision is flashing and like a kaleidoscope (similar to ocular migraine)


  • Restless legs (occasionally, maybe once a month)


  • Frequent muscle cramps (feet, neck/throat, back, ribs) -- my neck is currently the worst. My entire neck will seize up in a muscle cramp. Can happen when yawning or chewing, but also happens seemingly untriggered.


  • TMJ (more muscle cramping than jaw pain alone)


  • Occasional chest tightness (anxiety linked maybe)


  • Intense itching of hands and feet (may be allergic reactions?)


  • Ice pick headaches


  • Lower back pain


  • *After ankle surgery in 2010(2011?), started having random severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis or just short of anaphylaxis). Ended up being diagnosed in 2013 with exercise induced anaphylaxis.

  • In 2016, started having episodes that I thought were allergic reactions. Face would go numb, difficulty swallowing, itchy hands. Went to the ER for one episode and after tests, they treated it like a panic attack. I was in a period of high anxiety and depression, so even though I didn’t think that’s what it was, I accepted it as plausible.
  • Still have random attacks of severe itching in the hands and some coughing/sneezing that doesn’t ever go any further.