New - not yet confirmed MS-TERRIFED
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:30 pm
Hi All,
The last month or so Ive been having some strange things happen. Ive had constant pins and needles in my arms and legs which in the last week has not subsided. Im usually fine in the morning and by th time I get home from work its a constant tingling. It seems most severe in my feet and hands. Ive also been having charlie horse type feelings in my legs and arms, but they dont last long and they jump around. Its like it leaves my arm and goes to my leg and then leaves there and goes to my foot. Also last week while out to dinner I had this frightening tightening in my chest.....I thought maybe I was having a panic attack....which is weird for me bc Im very laid back and have no history of them. I let it run its course and within half an hour I felt better. It happened again the other day at work. I thought nothing of of it, at least in relation to the tingling until I went to the Dr. Ive also had a few episodes where I get very weak and kind of heavy and feel "out of body" then Im fine within half an hour.
I called my Dr and went in and he is sending me for an MRI. He said it could be a million things, and he is looking into other possile diagnosis. Im trying not think the worst but of all the things he mentioned MS has scared me the most. Im a 30 year old otherwise healthy woman with a 2 year old son and wonderful husband. Any advice? How did your MS first present?
The last month or so Ive been having some strange things happen. Ive had constant pins and needles in my arms and legs which in the last week has not subsided. Im usually fine in the morning and by th time I get home from work its a constant tingling. It seems most severe in my feet and hands. Ive also been having charlie horse type feelings in my legs and arms, but they dont last long and they jump around. Its like it leaves my arm and goes to my leg and then leaves there and goes to my foot. Also last week while out to dinner I had this frightening tightening in my chest.....I thought maybe I was having a panic attack....which is weird for me bc Im very laid back and have no history of them. I let it run its course and within half an hour I felt better. It happened again the other day at work. I thought nothing of of it, at least in relation to the tingling until I went to the Dr. Ive also had a few episodes where I get very weak and kind of heavy and feel "out of body" then Im fine within half an hour.
I called my Dr and went in and he is sending me for an MRI. He said it could be a million things, and he is looking into other possile diagnosis. Im trying not think the worst but of all the things he mentioned MS has scared me the most. Im a 30 year old otherwise healthy woman with a 2 year old son and wonderful husband. Any advice? How did your MS first present?