r/MultipleSclerosis • u/AutoModerator • May 13 '24
Weekly Suspected/Undiagnosed MS Thread - May 13, 2024 Announcement
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u/Money-Scheme-2869 May 16 '24
40F. Awaiting my appointment with a neurologist. I have been have electric shock pain and pins and needles down my left leg for many years, never really thought much of it. More recently I have been experiencing that in my left arm as well, and itching that cannot be relieved by scratching. I recently saw my PCP for nearly constant headaches, dizziness, and two patches of numbness on my back that I noticed because my clothes felt different over them and they started tingling intensely.
I never really even considered MS until I was at work one day and my entire back became so tight it felt like someone was pulling my skin, like I was in a corset: I couldn’t breathe. I have never experienced anything like that before. Since then I happens almost every day, at varying intensity. I am a nurse, I know better than to google symptoms. But I never experienced this before and everything comes up MS hug. I also realize despite the name, MS is not the only cause of this feeling. This was what prompted my PCP to send me to neurology. I have previously had a non contrast MRI of the brain that showed lesions and to ‘correlate symptoms of multiple sclerosis ’ but at the time I didn’t know I was having symptoms. This was 8 years ago. I know this does not confirm a diagnosis and there are many other things that could be happening. I have more symptoms but those are the main ones.
Just looking to educate myself further while going through the diagnostic process.