So in the past 3 weeks, I have been having weird symptoms. I initially had an eye and ear ache which was checked by the optician and doctor and was fine. However this triggered my health anxiety badly and since then I have had a numb neck and face. It’s not numb to the touch (aka I can feel myself touching it) however when I’m not touching it, it feels like I haven’t got full sensation. I went to A&E yesterday and expressed my MS concerns to which the doctor said it’s most likely anxiety and a migraine. However last night and all of today I have been struggling to breathe and swallow. I’m aware most of these are also symptoms of anxiety and they didn’t start until I was already very anxious. But my anxiety is making the symptoms worse and I’m not sure if what I’m suffering from is health anxiety or MS.
The philosophy of Occam’s Razor reminds us that the simplest explanation with the smallest number of moving parts will tend to be the most likely one. Anxiety certainly looks like the key suspect on that basis. Note I didn’t say ‘just’ anxiety: it’s a horrid condition and there’s nothing ‘just’ about it. I am sorry that you are having a bad time.
Dear Jessie,
I to been up A & E quite a few times this past week (im never at hosp) seen various A & E drs they told me the same took some bloods
bloods they sent came normal popped my blisters had 2 lots of antibiotics i kept telling them its neurological related I said I think my symptoms is ms related he said your only 34 your to young get MS that i should take myself off ms forums the fact is im not too young. He said its likely anxiety
Saw ENT Specialist, this was the 2nd time they booked me another appointment, i didnt attend the first one as i didnt think my symptoms was connected to ENT but glad i attended to as they ruled out
my condition being ent related they said its more likely my condition is neurological related given my past medical history of being under neurology for epilepsy since being a child and having had 2 brain surgeries 1 in 1997 at 9 yrs old and 2nd in 2012 when i was 24 yrs old they did i’m now seizure free ive had theendoscopy hearing tests looked alshe looked at back of my throat checked my neck for tumours took some more bloods to check my calcium levels theyre booking me anothorbappointment but with the radiology department for an MRI Scan.
If my symptoms isn’t consistent ms then what is wrong with me?. The only thing i can link all these oroblems started back from was when a psyciatrist tried me on an ssri drug sertraline initially 50mg then it gradually got increased to 100mg to the point i wasntnt sleepingn it was making me worse so my gp decided to stop this to see if my symptoms would subside but they didnt theyre still with me daily symptoms worse at night my emotions are all over the place crying im usually not one who cries im quite hard. Im fatigued constantly needing to sleep a lot even when ive had 1-2 hrs still i font feel full (this isnt me i was never like that) keep getting intermittent sleep at night i take cbd daily morning and night i take cbd oil in my herbal tea sometimes its allowed me to sleep stright through. Been getting bladder & bowel issues to.
Thanks for the advice, I have also recently started taking sertraline which could be causing my throat problems
Dear Jessie,
Its since i’ve been on that drug for ptsd thats when it triggered off my ms symptoms of ms over past 5-6 months worst decision by dr to put me on i havent been well since, ot saying itll happen for you also gave me issues with sleep.
Just to update, I saw my doctor today and she was sure that it’s not MS. I’m going to take that as a good sign and try to move on.
My symptoms seem to have worsened. Although my throat symptoms have gone down, I not have slight numbness (again I can feel touch) but my fingers are also very slightly tingling.
I decided to come off sertraline to see if that was causing my ms like symptoms however I haven’t seen a change yet.
I’m so worried I could have ms I’m driving myself crazy. I’m not sure if the symptoms I have are strong enough to warrant ms or if they’re just my anxiety