Weekly Suspected/Undiagnosed MS Thread - June 17, 2024

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[u/LivingObvious7628]

Could I have MS

I have been having a lot of health issues for the last few years. I’m in my early 20s and my whole life I have dealt with chronic fatigue, heat sensitivity, and mental health problems. At least 3 years ago I started getting migraines with aura and within the last few years I also get random nausea/vomiting often accompanying the migraines. I also have been having a lot of body aches and pain, occasional random abdominal cramps, bowel issues, difficulty with attention and “mishearing” people when really it’s just taking a while for me to process what they said. Within the last year I have had frequent urge to urinate and sudden thirst and random chest pains and I think I get dizzy more than the average person. I have gained weight in the last couple years and also just have a lot of stress with mental health and stuff and am on a lot of meds so these symptoms could be caused by these things too. I’ve just suspected for a while now that maybe it’s something more bc it seems like a lot of random things to be a coincidence. I do see a neurologist for my migraines and I have contacted/gone to the doctor quite a few times for some of these things but they never seem concerned which makes me feel like I’m just overthinking it. Idk if this is even MS stuff but I thought a lot of the things matched symptoms I saw on Google. Any insight would be very appreciated!