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Originally Posted by invisable View Post
Did you have sensory all over body or just in certain area?

Could you describe sensory symptoms:

Thank You.
I've had, in relapse, periods that my whole body's been 'affected'.

Sensory for me involves burning sensations, mostly from the neck up. This includes the left side of my head/face (occasionally the right, majority of the time the left), and my mouth. These are 'consistent' symptoms that never fully leave me.

I also experience decreased smell/taste, which can change day to day, minute to minute. There's no rhyme or reason. Yesterday, I had a good 'sniffer' day (could smell well, and as a result taste well).

I do have little symptoms come and go that remind me of MS otherwise. I have a spot on my right leg that feels at times like I've dropped water on my leg, or I get a buzzing sensation on the bottom of my left foot.

During a recent stressful period at work, I could feel, from the hips up, a burning throughout my entire upper body.

In relapse, I've had many different symptoms, L'Hermittes sign and girdle-banding were the 2 that were my 'hallmark' MS symptoms. I've had all types of pins and needles, burning, humming, you name it. It's difficult to explain the types of sensations, I told my neurologist L'Hermittes was like someone was strumming a guitar string against my bare back each time I bent my head down (not to mention I felt like a wizard due to the electrical sensation going through my hands. I half expected to begin launching magic missiles).

I have the double/blurry vision (another remaining symptom). In relapse, I went through 2 periods of extreme vertigo.

There's a million different symptoms MS can cause. It's important too to remember that my symptoms could be applied to another disease or condition, as there's many mimics to MS out there.
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2004 to present - Trigeminal Neuralgia
2007 to present - Burning Mouth Syndrome
March 2008 - Multiple Sclerosis DX
05/2008 - Relapse
05/2008 to 02/2009 - Copaxone
10/2011 - Relapse - Optic Neuritis developed
9/2012 - Relapse - Balance issues 1 sided
8/2012 - Erythema Nodosum - diagnosed 10/2012, reaction to Topiramate (Topamax)
April 7/14 - Raynaud's Syndrome DX
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