I hope someone reads this and responds although it might be lengthy. About 20 yrs ago I started having problems with fatigue then I started having a sort of generalized pain and my family dr diagnosed me with fibromyalgia, at that time I thought that seemed like the right dx but as years have gone past (it's been approx 12 yrs) I have been wondering if that dx was correct because the pain isn't too bad it's more the fatigue that gets to me.
Then about a month ago my tongue and lips went numb and I have very diminished taste. My dr took me off of my medication thinking I was having a reaction to it, that didn't help so he gave me some swish and swallow med thinking it might be fungal, that didn't help, I thought maybe it was an issue with my teeth or gums so I went to the dentist and I have gingivitis but he said no way would that cause my symptoms so I went back to the dr and he put a request in to my insurance for a brain scan to see if I have ms.
Some of the other symptoms I have are tingling in hands and feet, the numbness in tongue and lips, fatigue, an all over sort of pain, dizziness, vertigo, cramps in legs, confusion, headaches. I'm wondering from some of you that have been diagnosed with ms are these some of the symptoms that you have ?
Is the brain scan the most accurate way to dx ms ? I'm tired of feeling like it's a big guessing game, which I know drs don't know everything but it just has been hard not really knowing for 20 yrs and no medicine I have taken has helped : (
** Moderator's note - Post broken into paragraphs for easier reading. Many people with MS have visual difficulties that prevent them from reading large blocks of print. **
Then about a month ago my tongue and lips went numb and I have very diminished taste. My dr took me off of my medication thinking I was having a reaction to it, that didn't help so he gave me some swish and swallow med thinking it might be fungal, that didn't help, I thought maybe it was an issue with my teeth or gums so I went to the dentist and I have gingivitis but he said no way would that cause my symptoms so I went back to the dr and he put a request in to my insurance for a brain scan to see if I have ms.
Some of the other symptoms I have are tingling in hands and feet, the numbness in tongue and lips, fatigue, an all over sort of pain, dizziness, vertigo, cramps in legs, confusion, headaches. I'm wondering from some of you that have been diagnosed with ms are these some of the symptoms that you have ?
Is the brain scan the most accurate way to dx ms ? I'm tired of feeling like it's a big guessing game, which I know drs don't know everything but it just has been hard not really knowing for 20 yrs and no medicine I have taken has helped : (
** Moderator's note - Post broken into paragraphs for easier reading. Many people with MS have visual difficulties that prevent them from reading large blocks of print. **
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