[Debbie D]

I have noticed the last few days that my forearms have a heavy weak feeling to them...when I'm walking outside or when shopping, I put them in my pockets to hold them steady...they feel so weird.
It's happening in my quads too. A heavy but weak feeling...and I'm sleeping many hours throughout the day and night...
So is this MS related? It is very new to me...and scary.

[Erin524]

I felt like that for about a month or two (or three?) before my latest flare that made my legs weak and has had me wobbly walking for the past month or two.

I agree, it's scary! Terrifying in fact. (look at some of my posts for the past month. I was freaked!)

All I wanted to do for weeks was sleep. Couldnt sit down without falling asleep. Then one morning I woke up and could barely move my right leg. I had a cold the week before that happened. (cold went away quickly, which was weird) and I also had an undiagnosed asymptomatic UTI for a month or two at least, before that flare hit me.

Today was the first day in weeks that I felt a lot better. (about time!) I'm worried I'll wake up tomorrow feeling just as crappy as I did the other day tho. Been feeling like a yo-yo a couple of times the past few days with one or two of the symptoms. Symptoms have been going back and forth on improvement and un-improvement some.

Hopefully whatever is going on with you is something that is just temporary. Do you have any symptoms of a UTI, or a cold/virus? Things like that can cause MS symptoms to flare.

I live in fear of getting a cold or an infection. I wish I didnt have to do that. MS sucks.

[SallyC]

It most likely is MS related and in that case, I hope it goes away soon and hopefully not the start of a flare.

There are also many mean little viruses running around. So get yourself checked out at your Doc's. Some of these bugs can be treated by ABs and some by AVs.

Feel better soon sweety.

[Debbie D]

I just completed a round of ABs for the bronchitis. I've been asymptomatic with that for a week now. So I don't think I have an infection. I just want MS to go away...

[Erin524]

What antibiotic were you on? I'm not a doctor or pharmacist, but I've been told some antibiotics can trigger neurological stuff in some people with neuro diseases. I dont know if it's true or not.

[SallyC]

Originally Posted by Erin524

What antibiotic were you on? I'm not a doctor or pharmacist, but I've been told some antibiotics can trigger neurological stuff in some people with neuro diseases. I dont know if it's true or not.

Cipro can and does in some people.

[daisy.girl]

Originally Posted by Debbie D

I have noticed the last few days that my forearms have a heavy weak feeling to them...when I'm walking outside or when shopping, I put them in my pockets to hold them steady...they feel so weird.
It's happening in my quads too. A heavy but weak feeling...and I'm sleeping many hours throughout the day and night...
So is this MS related? It is very new to me...and scary.

This sounds like a Flare to me....why don't you think that it is? You said last few days, so new symptoms, lasting more than 48hours are considered a Flare. Isn't that right??

[Debbie D]

Daisy, I'll be darned if I know...I just do not understand when a flare occurs or when it's just an exaserbation. I have had it explained many times, and it just won't sink iin.
In fact, I understood MS better two years ago than I do now

BTW the weakness in the arms is a bit less intense, but still there.

[barb02]

I understand Debbie. I have symptoms that come and go, but have never had as bad a flare as my first one. I felt horrible for months, was entirely numb from my rib cage to my foot on the left side, and could barely walk. So I guess I compare all of my symptoms to that. For the past few days, I have experienced a new weird (sensory) feeling on my chin - kind of painful and tingling. But I don't think of it as a flare.

Hope you continue to improve.

[tkrik]

Originally Posted by Debbie D

Daisy, I'll be darned if I know...I just do not understand when a flare occurs or when it's just an exaserbation. I have had it explained many times, and it just won't sink iin.
In fact, I understood MS better two years ago than I do now

BTW the weakness in the arms is a bit less intense, but still there.

Wait! Isn't flare, exacerbation, and relapse the same thing, just different words? Now I am confused. I know pseudo exacerbations can happen especially after being sick. But I did not know there was a difference between a flare, exacerbation, and a relapse.

Glad to hear the weakness is easing up a bit.