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@dd11 

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Numb??

Does your leg ever feel "off"- like it feels as if it is numb, but it isn't? My right leg feels almost heavy and noticeably different from the left. What is this considered and does anybody know what I'm talking about ?
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My hands and fingers have a numbness like they are in icy cold water . Has anyone experienced this ? If so what do you do or take for it ?

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Numbness - what does everyone do or take for total body numbness ? I just started acupuncture but it really hasn’t made a difference . Neither has gabapentin ?

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@lzaleski 

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I was diagnosed in January 2025- i had numbness and tingling of my lower body. When i was in the hospital the MRI showed lesions on my brain and in my thoracic. I had one round of ocrevus in March. Just had a 6 month follow up MRI which stated lesions were still on my brain but have resolved in my thoracic with no signs of demylenating disease as it reads on MyChart. I don’t see my neuro until Aug7 but i was wondering if anyone has had similar where the lesion is gone now and no signs of disease in my thoracic

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@Jimmy369VT 

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Hello everybody, I am Jimmy. I just found this group and a little bit about me. Both biological parents were diagnosed with MS mom in her 20s. My dad and his 40s I have learned to watch for signs and symptoms, but I put them off thinking it can’t be happening to me it skips a generation And then I found out my dad‘s little sister was diagnosed and a cousin that is only two years older than me was diagnosed and I decided my wife being a nurse I might as well not put it off anymore because my body was getting worse. I have lost Feeling in both my feet. My limbs go numb for no reason I cannot stand or sit for long periods of time my bladder does not function the way it should. My balance isn’t the greatest anymore. I am pretty much going through all the same problems. My parents went through And I know I should listen to the neurologist and do everything but it just feels like he already knows he just wants to make sure that it isn’t a disease that mimics MS I know I just have to be patient and do everything but my body is in so much pain sometimes and I can’t sleep But then when I am able to walk around, we have sand spurs here in Florida. I can walk across my yard and my dog can feel them more than I can when they get stuck to the bottom of our feet and when I tell doctors and neurologist that both of my parents Suffered MS, their eyes light up like I’m assigning it to experiment and tell me that it is rare to hear that the neurologist I have studies MS and he says this was the first time he has ever heard of both biological parents having MS. He even showed me studies And it’s either a grandma or a grandpa Paw or a mom or a dad and then I was told I have a 12 to 15% more likely chance of having MS at first I was frustrated and then I was just depressed and then I realized if my parents could deal with it for so long and keep their positive attitude even though their bodies were breaking down And rejecting the things they wanted to do. I have decided that I will listen to the doctors but with everything else going on with me some of the medicines for it I can’t even take because of heart condition conditions or colitis. I appreciate being accepted to the group and I just wish there was something like this for my parents back in the 80s and 90s

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What does your neurologist prescribe for all body numbness besides gabapantin ? What do you do to ease the pain of the numbness in the hand area ?

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I have all over numbness and I can’t see well , I can see close up but not from a distance . No active plaques . No idea what did this ?

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@TeresaS 

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Numb Skin

Has anyone else ever experienced your whole body feeling numb? I have had it in just specific locations before but never my entire body. I will feel that I have an itch but when I scratch it it’s like I’m scratching someone else’s skin. I have an appointment with my neurologist on Thursday, just cur...
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@LexM-D 

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partial face numbness

Hi, apologies for posting again so quickly! Just trying to work out if the symptoms I'm having are MS related or something else. In addition to a numb left hand with pins and needles, I've now got a weirdly numb face. But it's on the upper right hand side. Can MS related facial numbness be just part...
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@christypogue 

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Im looking for advice? I will be 57 this month and I met with neurology nurse practitioner today. I have spinal stuff going on that could explain my numbness in my arms and the tingling but what led me to them is my frequent falling. I've fallen 3 times in 8 months. Once in the shower. Second time at a childcare center because I work with behavioral children and I fell broke my wrist and I thought I did something to my neck, bit through my lip. Then several weeks ago I just face planted in the garage and broke my nose. The mri did show lesions but I'm pretty old to be diagnosed. Im not sure I want to be diagnosed at this age? Should I even pursue it? Im so confused? Im not one to stick my head in the ground but I also don't want to sit around and get worse. I have other symptoms and I've fallen many times before here and there and just chalked it up to me being clumsy. I could use some advice?

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