@I'm 55 male,I recently started having ,I call it neuropathy in my feet and limbs, vision issues,balance,ì have seizures,how do I ask my doctor to run tests for ms ,without looking like a hypochondriac on Shift.ms

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@Craigrowe

6 Mar 2025 05:35Last reply 7 Mar 2025 11:54

I'm 55 male,I recently started having ,I call it neuropathy in my feet and limbs, vision issues,balance,ì have seizures,how do I ask my doctor to run tests for ms ,without looking like a hypochondriac

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@novemberrain

I think they should take your symptoms pretty seriously. I have MS and temporal lobe epilepsy (focal aware seizures). It wasn't until I had MRI for that they found demyelinating lesions in my brain. Good luck!

6 Mar 2025 09:30

@novemberrain

Oh I had optic neuritis very early on, just didn't get an MRI at that time. The epilepsy got me the MS diagnosis eventually. My MS is snail-like! I may never have known about it. Doctors don't link epilepsy and MS btw

6 Mar 2025 09:36

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I'm 55 male,I recently started having ,I call it neuropathy in my feet and limbs, vision issues,balance,ì have seizures,how do I ask my doctor to run tests for ms ,without looking like a hypochondriac