Hey everyone - new here, not yet diagnosed.
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:48 am
Hey, I'm Marissa, and I'm 21 years old.
I've had a doctor suspect MS when I was 16, but I ended up never going to see a neurologist because i moved. I've had symptoms since at least 14. They have slowly gotten worse. Right now, the heat is killing me and I don't have air conditioning. The palms of my hands and the bottoms of my feet are burning and stinging so much. That's my main issue at the moment. Sometimes my arms and legs go numb. The arch of both feet feel really tight. I have fasiculations sometimes. Random jolts of nerve pain here and there, usually hip and spine. My muscles spasm, and the muscles in my neck and shoulders are rock hard, professional massage didn't even help. Fibromyalgia runs in the family, and I get it a little bit in a couple spots but all my other pain is different. I'm pretty sure I experience the ms hug, it's only happened maybe 6 times, always in the summer, that I can recall over the years, maybe more but I usually attributed it to anxiety and panic attacks. It feels like my ribs are crushing me.
I'll be seeing a neurologist eventually, but it takes forever to see a specialist in Canada.
I've had a doctor suspect MS when I was 16, but I ended up never going to see a neurologist because i moved. I've had symptoms since at least 14. They have slowly gotten worse. Right now, the heat is killing me and I don't have air conditioning. The palms of my hands and the bottoms of my feet are burning and stinging so much. That's my main issue at the moment. Sometimes my arms and legs go numb. The arch of both feet feel really tight. I have fasiculations sometimes. Random jolts of nerve pain here and there, usually hip and spine. My muscles spasm, and the muscles in my neck and shoulders are rock hard, professional massage didn't even help. Fibromyalgia runs in the family, and I get it a little bit in a couple spots but all my other pain is different. I'm pretty sure I experience the ms hug, it's only happened maybe 6 times, always in the summer, that I can recall over the years, maybe more but I usually attributed it to anxiety and panic attacks. It feels like my ribs are crushing me.
I'll be seeing a neurologist eventually, but it takes forever to see a specialist in Canada.