My neurologist told me that since my MRI is clear there is no possible way I can have multiple sclerosis. They told me that there pretty much no explanation for what is wrong with me and that I am fine. I'm not sure if I have MS but I really don't feel fine.
I was a college sophomore and I was pretty active, I made good grades and went out with friends. At this time, I cannot go grocery shopping without becoming completely exhausted.
My symptoms started in the fall when I couldn't take a hot shower without my left arm going numb with sensations of pins and needles. My friends told me to go to the ER and I did, only to be told that this was merely a panic attack. My health got worse but I didn't do anything about it, I had convinced myself this all had to be in my head and that I was making myself sick. It didn't make any sense to me but it kept me going an entire semester.
I'm not in school right now and I don't know if I can/ should go back. I miss my friends, I miss my classes, I miss my old life. It seems that my life is put on some awful hold. I've given up on doctors, they seem so dismissive because of my age and its pretty obvious. I haven't once been to a doctor where I haven't heard something about my age, that I am too young to be this way. I have this terrible feeling that I have to wait until I get a lot worse to be diagnosed with anything (even if it isn't MS) and I'm scared that it might be years.
Has anyone else been through this and maintained their old lifestyle? Can I mentally ignore or get past these symptoms? What makes you keep going? Any advice on what to do next?