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I will be 20 this October and I have never been so scared...
I moved to Denmark from south Europe on the 21st of August a year ago full with dreams and hope. However, things did not work as I wanted... I was not able to find a job as quickly as my colleagues did and I had a massive problem with housing. Since December last year, I started feeling unwell, namely, I started having sensations ( I call them waves) in my head, which do not stop till now; I have little breaks a couple of hours max. and then again; I have them each and every day... The closest explanation is when a person is chilled, as a result of cold wind and so on and the whole body is shaking, you know, in my case, it is the head. After that, I started experiencing strange pain around my left and right armpits; a doctor checked and there were no swollen limphs or spots, again, the pain comes and goes away. The next moment is when I started having muscle spasms all over my body and weakness in my legs, it comes with a feeling that I will fall on the floor. The strange fact is that I have this feeling of weakness when my legs are in horizontal position, predominantly when I am in the bed. One more fact - I have the feeling that the skin on my feet and arms is stretching somehow. Since March I have problems with swallowing, a feeling like my throat is becoming smaller and smaller + I have white phlems every day, 2-3 per day. I do not know since when but I started having problems with eating, I used to eat very fast but now I eat slowly - 1 hour. One more fact, a problem with erection - I was OK when it came to this but now I simply cannot...
I go to the toilet somehow oddly, namely, a lot of times and almost nothing. I have no idea how but I somehow drop or knock down items. For example, when I peel potatoes or carrots, I just drop them, despite the fact that I hold them firmly. And finally, I do some actions with no sense, for instance, instead of washing my hands after toilet, I brushed my teeth. All things are so strange and scary. The thing which keeps me up all night is that nothing disappears, more and more horrible things are coming. I just want to be normal, to be focused on my study and live as my peers...
Please, if somebody had this experience or have knowledge about MS,share with me how did you solve the problem or what you did. Is it realistic to think about MS?
P.S. In the last months I have been 14-15 times to my GP but he is doing nothing. The only thing he gave me was Multivitamin and 2 blood works - everything was OK. I will be very honest, I am shaking of fear because I do not know what I am fighting with... I just want to know that everything will be OK at the end but... I have no idea what will happen tomorrow and later on... I feel so powerless and minor, just like nothing depends on me...
My tests about Vitamin D & B were exactly in the middle, if the range is from 50 - 100, mine was 75; it was just an example.
Best, Benjamin B.

There are about 400 illnesses that mimic the symptoms of MS. At these point you need to probably see some other doctors, probably starting with a Neurologist, to try to get a diagnosis.

Hi,

I think you should go again to the doctor. Describe exactly what you have said here. Don't consider MS as Elliot is right about how broad the possibilities are.

If you have any night sweats then bring that up but don't make it up if you don't.

If your doctor is dismissive find another doctor.

Regards,

Dear all
Thank you for your answers !
This is exactly what I am going to do today ( simply because It affects my daily life and 9 months for suffering are more than enough for my body and mind ).
Regards,
Benjamin

why did you wait 9 months?

Dear ElliotB,

I have been so many times to my GP. In Denmark, it is considered that your GP will do everything to help you... which is simply not true; I clearly see how does he wash his hands; it is so sad to say it. I had so many blood works, and he was constantly checking me for STDs. I told him that I have never had such things but my head is bad ( of course, all tests for STDs and so on were perfectly fine). Apparently, he did not wanted to see me anymore so he found out a person, 45+ woman who studies medicine and she started saying stuff such as " I believe you, but your symptoms are not real, they are only in your mind", "they are plenty of people like you out there, who have these problems but they are all fine, you have to just adapt and learn how to live with them", + she offered me painkillers and antidepressants. When you add the fact that I was not able and still I cannot change him because there are some problems with my local ID, different institutions are saying that it is not their fault and someone else is guilty. I know that Denmark is considered as an ideal country but I can guaranty to you 100% that it is not true. I have an appointment, if he keeps playing with my health and life, I will have no option to go back in my country and want MRI or something asap. Even now, I have the horrible waves, left back side of my head, hitting me and feeling that I will fall. Actually, all other symptoms which I have look so minor compared to what I feel in my head.

Bibi19 wrote: Apparently, he did not wanted to see me anymore so he found out a person, 45+ woman who studies medicine and she started saying stuff such as " I believe you, but your symptoms are not real, they are only in your mind", "they are plenty of people like you out there, who have these problems but they are all fine, you have to just adapt and learn how to live with them", + she offered me painkillers and antidepressants.

This is total bullshit yet very common.
They do little testing but decide that the problems you have are not real and somehow your mind is making them up.
Just because.
The STD testing is part of the game of blaming the victim: yer a slut and got STDs.
Frankly some of the disease that are "uncommon" might not be so uncommon if the large numbers of people who have
"not real" symptoms were properly diagnosed.

I had doctors telling me that when you could visibly see the muscle spams in my back and the shoulder blade winging on the left
side where the muscle spams were occurring.
I also spent many years having the pain and large number of symptoms I had when I had cancer so bad my kidneys were failing dismissed as minor and not of concern.

Keep at them until you get the answers you need.