Hello, My name is Amy. I am so confused right now. I have had signs of MS for going on 2 years now. Last summer my symptoms for worse, especially on hot days. I had always went to the tanning bed for years and had no problems. Last summer I went twice and could not go back. As soon as the tanning bed and room heated up I would get blurred vision, dizziness, numbess, tingling, heavy legs. Also, my hearing seemed like it would go in and out. To be honest I felt like I was drunk. After about 12 minutes in the bed I would have to get out. As soon as I started cooling off I would be back to my normal self.
I tried going to my families swimming pool and felt like that also. The symptoms were so bad I had to go home and get in the air conditioner. Then, the achy pains came along with numbness that comes and goes just about every day. It is like my symptoms are like clock work. Last summer I also had 2 episodes where my vision in my left eye went blurred and 1 hour later a headache came. October 2012 I decided to go to my family doctor and he referred me over to a MS Specialist whom I just had my first visit with on Jan. 10, 2013. The MS specialist continued to suggest I have "Small Fiber Neuropathy".
He did send me for a MRI of the cervical and thoracic spine, which he says he seen no lesions and he is diagnosing me with Small Fiber Neuropathy. If I am reading correctly about Small Fiber Neuropathy it is only common in diabetics and alcoholics? I am neither. I need some suggestions as to what I should do. Should I find another MS Specialist or Neurologist? Should I go to an eye doctor and have them look for damage to my optic nerve since I have had 2 episodes of blurred vision?