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Originally Posted by amiallison
Can anyone help me please? Any ideas???? Here are most of my symptoms:
constant, moving pain and tightness in legs
burning pain in hips and lower back sometimes
weakness in legs-can't ever walk for long
lightning pains in ankles-almost all of the time
cannot stand still for any period of time
not lifting feet high enough (though I think I do) going up stairs so I trip
sitting hurts after a while and then walking hurts after a while so have to sit
tightness around ribs and shortness of breath sometimes
weak but not painful arms
hands often lose grip and I drop things a lot
dry eyes, dry mouth sometimes
can't sleep from pain because something always hurts
total, complete lethargy, feel like I have no energy at all
Doctors say there is NOTHING wrong with me-one today told me it's STRESS!!!!!!!
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Hi and welcome to NueroTalk. Boy, if I had a dollar for every doc that told me "its just stress" or "its all in your head" or "there's nothing wrong with you" I'd be a VERY rich woman today. I cant sit here and tell you if you have MS or not, but the thing I can tell you is to get yourself to a MS neuro ASAP!
Only a neuro who specializes in MS can work with you on this. That was my mistake many years ago. I just saw neurologists. None who specialized in MS. I got the typical, "she has depression, there's nothing else wrong with her" and was put on anti d's and sent home.
That happened for a long time until I went to an MS neuro who did the right testing and the right MRI's WITH contrast and really looked at me and did the right kind of in office testing.
Of course your stressed. Duh!! We all are when there's something wrong and we don't know what it is, especially if we fear its MS. There's a lot of things to be ruled out first before a dx of MS can be confirmed, and a lot of things to fall into the McDonald criteria before a dx can be confirmed.
It can take a long time, or it can take no time at all. Big thing is, you need the right kind of doctor. Sorry this is so long, but you need to be steered in the right direction when you are just starting out. Be patient, don't give up, don't let them tell you its all in your head! Its a cliché, but you are your best advocate. Only you know your body, only you can speak for yourself. If the doc isn't listening to you, move on.
There's a lot of warriors here with a lot of experience and a lot of hugs to go around. Don't ever hesitate to come and talk, or vent or just need hugs. We are here for you.
