Migraines or ms

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Is it possible for migraines to leave lesions on my brain and damage my myelin sheath. I've had an mri and it said i had a dymyelting disease such as multiple sclerosis. My neurologist never said anything to me my rheumatologist gave me a copy of my lasted mri. I called my family doctor and scheduled an appointment with a new neurologist and an optamogist. But unfortunately my neurologist appointment isn't until may... I keep getting told i have chronic migraines and fibromyalgia... I keep getting pins and needles in my hands and feet , my legs fall out from under me, i see floaters, and auras or maybe the best way to describe it is staticy. And i have accidents... Last i checked peeing your pants was not a symptom on fibromyalgia. I am in constant pain. I am sensitive to light.

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    Hello, it sounds to me like you do have MS. You need to ask your Dr or write to the neurologist for a proper diagnosis. I sincerely wish you well. I have MS and arthritis and sometimes think i have fibromyalgia, i believe fibromyalgia is linked to ms, i have no evidence it's just my own belief.

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      Thank you and i am sorry for you i hope you are fine .

      I went to 7 doctors 6 of them told to start with the medication but i was afraid due to the relapse of optic neuritis and the lesions

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    Thank you for your reply i was just very confused for starting the medication or not but i took my decision to start after the opinion of the seventh doctor i don't know if i am right or not

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    I also have the same symptoms as you and also have episodes of slurred speech and my sight is getting worse...I'm confused as my neurologist has advised I have fibromyalgia and silent migraines with essential tremor but still think I have MS as a lot of my symptoms do not fit Fibromyalgia...my scans show white matter both in my brain and spine but still being told it's not MS so given up keep complaining.

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    Thank you for your reply the doctors said it might be an early stage of ms and that i should start the medication to avoid any other attacks at the beginning i was afraid to take it but now cause the doctors was worried about the lesions so i am thinking to take it
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      If they have advised I would take the meds and let us know how you get on. I'm stuck in limbo which is a nightmare...hope you get on ok

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      Thank you so much i guess i will start it soon and write if i felt anything
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    Hi I'm sorry to hear about your experience, I have MS RRM it took 20 yrs of going to dr before I was properly diagnosed. I can't say if you have MS it effects every person differently. I can say some of your symptoms are consistent with MS. Two things helped with my diagnosis, one my general practices Dr told me to start keeping a journal of my symptoms, the date yr time of day symptoms and duration here in the USA this can also help if you ever need to get onto disability. 2 my past ct,pet,and mri scans keep everything in a file. To be diagnosed for MS there will be several test for other diseases, these test are done to rule out everything else before they will say it's MS. I hope you will start a journal it was very helpful to the neurologist it gives them a snapshot into your life which will hurry the diagnosis. My prayers and good wishes for you.

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