Ms symptoms or anxiety
Common Questions and Answers about Ms symptoms or anxiety
multiple-sclerosis
Hi Lolly - Welcome to the group.
What you describe does not sound typically MSish. You said that in one instance your symptoms resolved after starting Zoloft. In another they resolved following a massage from your husband. Both the massage and the Zoloft are ways of alleviating stress. Once the stress was eased, the symtoms went away.
Some of what you describe could be caused by MS, but MS does not respond this way.
I am set to have an MRI and I am terrified! I don’t know if that means MS or what? Of course I googled the symptoms and it came with MS being a possibility. After reading this I have gotten a weakness and fine motor issues in my right arm (I can button and do small things, but it just feels off). I also have burning in my left ankle and sometimes pain going all the way up the back of that leg and they feel heavy. My foot on that leg feels weird as well.
Also, I think that fact that you are working for the MS Society has made you hyper-aware of the symptoms of MS, which can also be playing tricks on your mind. I also work for a company that does work with MS patients and MS medications, so I feel like the fact that I generally know more about MS has played into my fear of having it.
Have you seen a psychiatrist at all? Maybe talking to one about your fears regarding your health would help. Also...
Hello,
For the last 3 weeks I have had this tingling sensation in my right shoulder blade. No pain was involved just the tingling sensation. It finally went away this past week and it hasn't returned but now my back feels somewhat stiff. Still, it's not painful just an annoyance. Also, my hands feel weird. Not quite tingling but just odd. I don't know if it's anxiety or mild symptoms of MS but there is no actual pain or numbness.
t tell you how many times i was told my symptoms were the result of stress and/or anxiety and sent on my way with a prescription for anti-depressants or even valium. i know anxiety can do a number on people, but i knew in my gut that there was more going on with me than that.
i am currently undiagnosed, but after seeing over 20 doctors, i have finally found practitioners who are taking me seriously.
You know, MS is a common thought for people with anxiety, bc od similar symptoms! I am one of them! My doctor said that I don't have MS, but still, from time to time, I get the enormous fear of MS! Even people on the MS forum told me I got anxiety..... So if your tests are clear, and your doctor told you so, relax!
m back to square one....me searching up my symptoms it narrowed it down to anxiety or Ms. Nobody in my family has this and this is my first time hearing about ms. Im praying and hope this is anxiety just relapsing again. It seems like Ms would destroy my basketball career and I go back in a couple weeks. I must say the tingling is mostly in toes on my left foot and the tingling in fingers go away for a while. I have no numbness anywhere no diarrhea no blurry vision.
Hi I'm a 19 year old basketball player, I'm pretty fit and never had health issues until about 2 months ago the start of summer. I was so stressed out it got to the point of having pains in my chest, heart palpitations. I finally went to the doctor and he told me it was anxiety, perfect ekg and all. The symptoms went away quick after About two weeks. I went about a month without symptoms. The heart palpitations slowly for some reason came back.
Hello all we'll about 2 months ago after igot back from a skiing trip I was just sitting on the computer and all of a sudden I couldn't breathe and had to call 911 they came out and everything was fine. Next day I was worrying about it and right as i woke up got all numb through out my body(everywhere)and once again I couldn't take deep breathes, this time I went to hospital.
Also, muscle 'jerking,' (where an arm or leg actually moves out or in very quickly) is pretty common in MS. This can happen just once or multiple times, and is called myoclonus. But twitching, particularly widespread, can be from quite a lot of things, not usually MS. By twitching I mean little muscle movements that may be just felt, or may be seen under the skin.
It is hard to say whether anxiety causes symptoms or symptoms cause anxiety. Even Doctors have trouble figuring that with each of us.You can have a GP perform a Neurological exam if you are concerned. They can decide if you need to see a Neurologist and what kind. Neurologist's specialize as MS Specialist or Headache Specialists.
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