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Hi everyone, i would be grateful if anyone could give me any advice or anything at all as i am scaring myself silly with my symptoms.
I have been referred to Neurology but there is currently a 12-18 month wait in my area.

It started a year ago when i had what i can only describe as a buzzing in my bottom - i genuinely thought i had sat on my phone! This last on and off for a few weeks and i saw a dr who said it was probably sciatica.
The next thing i can pinpoint is june this year i started to feel like i couldnt breathe and in a 2 week period i presented at the walk in centre twice saying it felt like someone was sat on my chest and i couldn’t breathe properly - i was sent to the hospital for an ECG and chest xray and all was normal.
Then for the last few weeks on and off i have been getting what i can only describe as an intense burning in my upper back between shoulder blades (not movement related) which comes and goes.
Along with this I have had worsening headaches, tingling skin on the hands and legs and I have had a couple of instances of weakness in one arm where i couldn’t hold my phone for a few minutes. I sometimes get floaters in my eyes and my vision has worsened BUT i am on computers all day at work… I ahve been treated 3x for vitamin D deficiency too.

I feel like i am getting a reputation with my GP as being anxious but finally he has referred me but i would be grateful for any opinions from people who like me are worried

thank you and sorry for rambling!!

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Might be MS but could be any number of things with those symptoms. Hope for your sake it isn’t MS. What has your GP said? Must have some sort of opinion, surely?

In some areas, GP’s can order MRI’s, so that by the time you see the Neurologist, they already have access to the results. Can save a few months.

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GP said there were some symptoms suggestive of MS but said neurology would need to arrange mri etc… I’m hoping it’s just my mind playing tricks but as I’m sat here now my fingers feel like mini electric shocks are going down them and at work today there was one patch on my shin which felt warm (not to touch)

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I am glad that you have a referral, but that is an awfully long wait, isn’t it? All I can suggest is that you keep notes on what has happened when so that you haven’t forgotten it all by the time you see a neurologist. And I hope that you can get a cancellation appointment a bit sooner.