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@Jasminefairy 

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Jasminefairy

The long road

Hi, so I'm a 25 year old, fit and healthy women, who has for the last 7 or so years been plagued by a variety of a strange symptoms. I have constant muscle twitching, pins and needles/pricking/tingling in my feet, numbness in toes, loss of balance, shooting pains to name a few. I have been diagnosed with a bit b12 deficiency for a few years and have injections every 3 months. No doctor has ever told me why I have this. So the reason I am on here is my fear. My fear is that I have done something to myself all these years, I have ignored symptoms and got on with Uni/life and convinced myself that I am imagining it and its jot really happening... I moved to a new area this year and a new doctor couldn't understand why no more investigation was done and sent me to a neurologist. I am waiting for my mri (next week)... The more I read, the more I am convinced that I have ms. I feel in limbo, no knowing what I have and why. I feel guilty because I have done nothing about it. I feel guilty because I have days where I can't cope. Has any one been through a similar experience? I feel like I'm going mad. Thanks X
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@alaz2906
@alaz2906
 

i currently am on the same road as yourself. i have been under a neurologist who turned round and said i was just tired. in november 2011 i had a stroke and things have got worse from there, i am currently waiting for a professor to arrange an appointment as my gp and myself and also my urologist feel i have ms, the more investigation and people i speak to make me think i have ms. i have two young children and i hate what this is doing to them let alone me one day i am ok the next i cant string a sentence together. i hate the waiting i just want a diagnosis then i can hopefully get on with my life!!!!!!????? thanks x

@Stumbler
@Stumbler
 

<a href='https://shift.ms/community/people/jasminefairy/' rel='nofollow'>@Jasminefairy</a> & <a href='https://shift.ms/community/people/alaz2906/' rel='nofollow'>@alaz2906</a>, MS is notoriously difficult to diagnose as the symptoms are shared with so many conditions from a vitamin deficiency onwards. Given the neurological symptoms that you both have, then a Neurologist is the person best placed to get to the bottom of things. They will perform some standard neuro tests, e.g. reflexes and walking. They'll also ask for your medical history, of symptoms that you have experienced. They'll then call for further tests to provide further pieces of your personal jigsaw. An MRI scan of brain, and possibly the spine, with or without contrast, gives the Neuro a visual image of what's going on. They might call for further tests if this is not conclusive. So, it can be a frustrating journey. You have to be patient. But, be kind to yourself too. Worry and stress will only make any problem worse. You'll get your answers once the Neuro can piece the bits together to give them a definitive picture. Hope this helps.