Is this multiple sclerosis?
 

Hey everyone, I'm here to just ask if you guys think I have MS. I'm a 23 year old female. My journey starts on January this year. On the first week, I was sick with a cold, the week after I was got extremely stressed. I noticed I didn't have the appetite but still ate the same amount of food. The next week, I noticed that I was loosing weight. This concerned me as I'm not the type to loose weight right away. I got a whole abdomen ultrasound, all results came out fine. I got tested for my thyroid levels, they came out fine as well. I could say that since the check up I haven't been loosing weight anymore, I've been gaining but very little. At the time of my check up, January 26, I noticed some muscle twitching. They started on my legs. As of writing, the twitching has progressed everywhere. It does not happen all day, around 10 times in an hour. I've also experienced some muscle weakness and loss of muscle tone. Just this morning, I was standing in line and my knees started to shake like crazy. I couldn't make it stop. There are moments also that the right side of my brain tingles. There are times as well that there is muscle pain on my right arm and right leg (not at the same time) sometimes, my left leg feels really numb. I'm so lost on what this could probably be. Could it be MS?

Welcome Noey! It does sound neurological but testing is still needed to find
Out the source. I wish you well in all your testing and hope that it is just
Something fleeting and won't come back.:hug:

hello and welcome to NT,

it's really almost impossible to say yes or no. it's the MD that needs to evaluate you & do a physical & neuro exam. i would suggest seeing a neurologist & your primary care dr.

there is something called the McDonald Criteria that drs go by when trying to diagnose MS. diagnosing MS is more a process of eliminating other illnesses.

i hope you get the answers you need. keep advocating for yourself.

Thanks so much for thr replies guys! I'm actually gonna get tested for vitamin deficiency levels. Hopefully HOPEFULLY it's just that. Thanks everyone!

Hello Noey and welcome to NeuroTalk.

My opinion, for what it's worth --- it doesn't sound like Multiple Sclerosis but only testing, Neurological evaluation/exam and ruling out other possibilities is the only real way to know.

Much of what you are describing can be caused by many different reasons such as stress/anxiety, medications, vitamin/mineral deficiencies and other health conditions.

If you are not physically active (exercise) you can have weakness and loss of muscle tone. It takes as little as 2 weeks of inactivity to lose muscle tone.

All over muscle twitching (Fasciculation) can be benign with no known cause. Some known causes are stress/anxiety, medications, dehydration and vitamin/mineral deficiencies.

A person my daughter knows has ended up in the ER, twice, with muscle pain, weakness, and all over muscle twitching. The diagnosis? Dehydration. He created the problem by not drinking enough fluids and then believing he had a serious medical issue that required emergency care.

Thank you so much. People like you give me so much hope. I am getting tested for vitamin D, K, Ma, Ca levels. Wanted to add B6 and 12 buf I should probably ask my doctor about that. I just wanna know what this is. Sighs this is the hardest stage! I know diagnosing MS is hard. But I'm hopefull that this is just a vitamin deficiency.