Thinking I may have MS...various symptoms. Scared!

Hello, I have been thinking for sometime that I might have MS. I don't want to over react, but the more I read about it and the more I talk to people about it the more I think I do have it. I went several years ago, more then 7, and had an MRI and it didn't show anything. I am now 39 and the symptoms get more frequent and varying. Here is a list of all the things I have experienced at different times over th last 5 years.

 

1. Dizziness (like drunk feeling)

2. Light headed

3. tingling in fingers and toes

4. heavy arms and legs like I have weights on them.

5. Extreme fatigue like I can't get enough sleep and never feel rested.

6. Eyes seem to have dirt on them when I blink

7. Almost blacking out after feeling dizzy,but never have. It's been like a slight loss of vision

8. Room spinning and I have to grab a wall to stablize myself.

9. heart palpatations, skip heartbeats

10. buzzing and ringing in my ears

11. feeling like i can't swallow

12. Not able to remember things like I used to and easily forget

13. Constipation

14. Depression and more so anxiety

15. tremors of my hands and a feeling of shaking that is visible when I hold out my hand.

 

Ok I think that covers it. Sometimes I have more then one symtom at a time and sometimes it's just one. THey come and go and seem to increase with stress.  

Can anyone tell me what I need to do or should do? Of am I way off base here?

 

Thanks for your time.

Post Edited (Casper55x) : 3/22/2011 1:10:47 PM (GMT-6)

Thanks atwin. I appreciate the information. I will be contacting my doctor tomorrow. So being wheat and dairy free help?That's good to know.

Thanks again.

Hi Casper55:

I agree that your primary care doctor is probably best to start with. As a referral to a MS Center in your area if that is the diagnosis. A lot of times they will do a spinal tap and MRI besides an exam. This help to hopefully confirm or deny diagnosis. Best wishes to you

Beebe86

There is no way to tell if you have MS by reading a list of the basic symptoms, you will need an MRI as only your first step in a very long process of extensive testing "if" lesions present. They don't even necessarily mean a person has MS, many lesions can be from chronic migraines but a MS neuro can determine MS lesions from other white matter. Once you go from that step is when you can deal with the rest but there are many many other extensive tests that they perform to ensure a person has one disease from another due to the potency of treatments. Also keep in mind the symptoms you have listed are very basic and mimic those of soo many various syndromes, conditions, diseases etc so dx'ing is basically a process of exclusion. They most likely won't only test you for MS so don't be worried about that either if they test you for Lupus, Lyme, RA etc it could end up being Fibromyalgia ALL of the symptoms you listed are related to Fibro except there is no diagnostic testing for it that is a dx's of exclusions based on tender points and criteria so if you come up clear of everything else it could be possible that's what you "may" be suffering from. In my experience with Fibro it's not what does Fibro have it's what doesn't it have! I am not a dr in anyway shape or form, I only am offering you advice strictly from personal experience living at drs offices, the hospital and tons of research from suffering myself with multiple medical conditions for several years. I am a 33 yr old girl in a 90 yr old body. ;) Stay Strong, Positive & Focused it will take you a long way!