I've had balance problems related to vertigo, the "spinny feeling" you mention. it was as if the world was spinning around every time I moved my head even a little. I had to stay motionless to make it go away. When I got up to visit the bathroom I could hardly get there, and on the way back I went unconscious and fell. Knocked out several teeth.

I was only 20 then, and the MS wasn't diagnosed until I was 39. It never entered anyone's head when I had that first vertigo spell. I had another spell of it, not nearly as bad, when I was about 33, and since then I've had it off and on but meclizine often helps, or just resting can help too.

More recently there's been a different kind of balance problem. In the last couple of years my legs haven't been doing what they should be doing when I try to walk. It's more the "I can't feel my feet" thing you mention. it's as if I'm losing control of my legs.

My idea of an answer to this is to try to walk more. I'm averaging only about 1,000 steps a day. The average person (healthy person) takes about 5,000 and ideally should take 10,000, or at least that's what I keep reading on fitness websites.

I excuse myself on the grounds that I'm doing well for somebody who's had MS for decades but my legs are telling me I can't get away with walking as little as I do.

Balance issues are hard to understand and explain. I hope you can find some answers for yours.