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I think I have MS like crazy
Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:08 pm
Back in 2014, I experienced muscle twitching in my left eyelid. Hell, looked it up thought it was stress idk. It rarely happened in my limbs. It soon over time moved to my facial muscles cheek, mouth, lower eyelid, temple, neck you name it. Not constant but definitely annoying. (It's barely noticeable to be unknowing eye)
A few weeks ago I had this terrible back pain that hit at least twice within that week. Only thing hat kind of helped was aspercreme, however the second time I used it, it was barely effective. I figured I'm stressed as hell. Now almost two weeks ago, I was doing my recreational thing. Hell, everyone knows I smoke, not surprising. My entire body went into jerks and twitches. My toes looked like an accordion. My arm was jumping to the point I had to put the ps controller down.
Now within the past week and a half, the twitching has moved to my upper back and in my biceps.
Mild atrophy of my muscles have began as well. I can feel my shoulder blades more so than I could a week ago. My arms are rigid with tight skin. Sometimes they get hot. (Rarely). My shins have become more visible as well as bones in my hands and feet.

I am also sore at times and had a moment at night where I couldn't even reach for my phone with my right arm. I went to the ER to have labs done, all came back negative. Recommended a second opinion and possible Mri. I went to another doctor yesterday, he ran his strength test which seemed good. Thank God.
He did labs and if they come back negative, it might be a neuro problem. They need to basically see my brain to check for lesions on it or the stem. He said he will order the MRI. My right leg is rather sore. Last night, my mouth went numb so to speak and I thought I was having a stroke until it got better very fast. It was difficult to speak.

Other symptoms are itching when it's hot or humid. Especially after a hot shower, a crackling sound in the back of my head(similar to lightly moving a bag of chips), I have this burning in the heel of my foot sometimes as well. The weight loss has recently stopped. I also get crystal like shards heading towards the center of my eye every now and then.

This Friday I have an MRi. What do you guys think?

There are about 400 illnesses that mimic the symptoms of MS. You need to let your doctors who have years of experience and are highly trained in their field do their job as they determine what is going on with you. It could take a bit of time so be patient. Hope you are feeling better soon!

so you've been experiencing weight loss?

i've been experiencing some weight loss and have had really strange twitching recently. In fact there seems to be a correlation between my MS-like symptoms and my weight

i wonder if you have any updates on your condition?

gerardyu wrote:so you've been experiencing weight loss?

i've been experiencing some weight loss and have had really strange twitching recently. In fact there seems to be a correlation between my MS-like symptoms and my weight

i wonder if you have any updates on your condition?

Actually yes. Thanks for answering this thread. Update: The twitching is every now and then in my muscles.

The atrophy I mentioned has continuously progressed. It's not like I'm almost an apparition atrophy. But for instance, when I talked about it with my roommates a few weeks ago no one was believing me. I have slowed down on eating but there is a total difference in losing weight vs losing muscle mass. They without a doubt notice the sinking in of my hands and arms now. It's just progressing. No clinical weakness yet I would say. I can still stand on my own and move around on my own. Hwoever, there are some days it feels like a banding around my legs, hands, feet, etc. Today it feels like an invisible 2 lb object is sitting on my right hand. My hands and arms certainly do feel lighter now as well. My MRI came back of my brain and was clean. However, I haven't seen a neuro yet. Hopefully this coming Friday. I had to reschedule. They are to call me back soon.