I've been diagnosed almost two and a half years, and I have nowhere near achieved balance on that issue. I'm always afraid I'm going to say "Oh, that's just the MS again" when it's another medical issue, or that I'm going to freak myself out about something and it will be "just" MS.

Sometimes something will twinge or hurt or feel odd, and an uncontrollable wave of impending doom will wash over me. This is it! Tomorrow I'm helpless! Even when I know better. *sigh*

I think the most common question I've seen on the boards over the last few years is "Is this MS or something else?" And the most common answer is "Maybe".

Sometimes I think, "Well, of course I'm tired at the end of a long day; I'm almost 58". But if somebody ELSE says, "We all get tired at this age", I'm miffed for some reason, because she doesn't understand, and OF COURSE I'm not like everybody else.

It just goes round and round until I either get distracted or fall asleep.