Have all of the symptoms

[samos30677]

I have all of the symptoms of MS. I know what they are all too well. My mother had MS. I have had 2 MRI's on my brain. The first one did show a small white patch and the most recent one showed another small white patch. There were about 2 years between scans. My doctor does not think I have MS. I do have alot of medical problems such as Graves' disease, fibromyalgia, degenerative disc disease and have recently needed to see a cardiologist who thinks I might have a weak heart or a blockage.

This is all so hard to deal with. Anyone else have similar experiences?

[lyndacarol]

I have all of the symptoms of MS. I know what they are all too well. My mother had MS. I have had 2 MRI's on my brain. The first one did show a small white patch and the most recent one showed another small white patch. There were about 2 years between scans. My doctor does not think I have MS. I do have alot of medical problems such as Graves' disease, fibromyalgia, degenerative disc disease and have recently needed to see a cardiologist who thinks I might have a weak heart or a blockage.

This is all so hard to deal with. Anyone else have similar experiences?

Welcome to ThisIsMS, samos30677. My experiences are not the same as yours; but, if you do ultimately have MS, each case of MS is unique. So I cannot answer your specific question, but I hope you are open to my general thoughts.

I understand that you are very familiar with the symptoms that your mother had, but please realize that these same symptoms of MS are found in many other conditions. Since your doctor has not yet diagnosed you with MS, I think it is important to investigate and rule out the other possibilities.

In my opinion (I have no medical background), the first area to consider is nutrient deficiencies. Have you had a vitamin D test (the 25-hydroxyvitamin D test)? If so, what was the actual number result of the test? (More than 1/2 of the world population is deficient in vitamin D.)

Since vitamin D is needed by every cell/system in the body, symptoms of a deficiency can manifest as any system – neurological, vascular, cardiovascular… Or ANY of the other systems. If your GP, the cardiologist, or any other Dr. you see, has not ordered a vitamin D test, please ask for one. It is not yet routinely included in the panel (as is a glucose test or cholesterol testing); it must be specifically requested. (It is an inexpensive blood test – $50-$70, and is usually covered by insurance) Request your own copy of your test results (as you probably know, it is useful to have the actual numbers) and let us know how it turns out, if you like.

The thyroid gland is one of the first places affected by a vitamin D deficiency. Fibromyalgia is often a vitamin D deficiency:

University Lecture: the D-Lightful Vitamin D for Health by Michael F. Holick (99 min.)
2013 University Lecture at Boston University



@56:50 Osteomalacia has generalized bone pain, isolated bone pain, muscle aches and pains; the nouveau diagnosis is fibromyalgia – is often vitamin D deficiency osteomalacia (40-60% of the time is osteomalacia)