what were your first symptoms of ms?
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would anyone be kind enough to tell me there first symptoms of ms please? and how did you get diagnosed thank you.
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JohnSP12 Keira8488
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Hey, sure
I had a lot of symptoms. But I couldn't tell if they were my subjective feelings. The doctor said they were due to my anxiety and gave me some antidepressants. The first main symptom I had was the difficulty to write. I couldn't write legibly even if I tried to. The doctor suggested a brain MRI which turned out to be pretty normal. The difficulty to write subsided and I had a tingling sensation on the left side of my face. I didn't take it seriously. A few months went by like this. About 9 months later the tingling sensation progressed into excruciating pain. It was shooting pain, which lasted 3 or 4 seconds occurred multiple times in a minute. Took MRI with contrast study of brain and spine. Now on the images, multiple lesions were visible. The CSF analysis result was also positive. Thus doctors came to the conclusion that I have RRMS.
JohnSP12 Keira8488
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This is what I posted when I noticed some symptoms. Got many valuable suggestions from here. Consider going through this thread.
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/multiple-sclerosis-symptoms-but-brain-mri-is-almost-normal-594459
bic24773 JohnSP12
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Hi I've commented on your thread, I'm still having problems and recently developed bells Palsy and the ENT asked my go to refer me to another neurologist. I'm awaiting an appointment. It's going to sound off but I'm scared they won't find anything when I once again have soany symptoms and have to use a wheelchair now imhooe you're ok and glad you got your diagnosis.
Keira8488
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thank you so much for replying to me. the reason I ask is because since last March 2017 I've been dizzy fuzzy headed everyday only having a 9 month break from it while I was pregnant. my doctor keeps blaming anxiety I've been on anti depressants beta blockers vertigo tablets all have had no relief. my doctor keeps fobbing me off telling me it's anxiety I know it's not. I keep crying because my symptoms are deliberating and I feel like I'm getting no where with the GPS
mrs_susan74280 Keira8488
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Keira8488 mrs_susan74280
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I've been on fluoxetine and sertraline none have helped me x
allenp803 Keira8488
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I know this is late, but I'll fill you in on my experience as well.
My symptoms began in 2010 or so, and it was frequent urination. I went to a couple of urologists and one chalked it up to me being a young man (I was in high school at this time) and explained I could be going through hormone or excitement changes; the other dx'd me with a UTI and sent me on my way. They both gave me medications for it, one was supposed to slow down my urination (it didn't) and the other was anti-bacterial (didn't help either). I ultimately got used to it and my frequent urination slowly fell under control and such.
My next problem started in 2011, where my sides went numb and I also had bouts of tingling in legs. The Dr just said I had low vitamin D and sent me on my way. I guess they looked over my symptoms because I was still a young man in high school- I'm too young for that disease lol. This too rectified itself until 2012, and I went to boot camp. The urinary symptoms and the sensory symptoms returned, and I had to leave. I now think that my MS only advances under high stress.
Fast forward to 2017, I randomly lost vision in one eye and no one could find out why. I had an MRI done and I expecting it to be a waste of time; it wasn't and then everything added up. I was dx'd with RRMS in Feb of 2017.