Hi everyone,
I’m 22 and really worried I may have MS. I have Ehlers Danlos hypermobility as well.
Basically a week or so ago I noticed my hands can’t stay perfectly still and a tremor a lot, can’t remember if they’ve always done this or not. I became a bit obsessive with this as I’m a naturally anxious person. I’ve been anxious about ms years ago after I had skin tingling but it went away. I do currently take 30mg of Mirtazapine a night and I have read that 1 in 10 people with it get tremor as a side effect. Since then I’ve noticed I get the skin burning/tingling (again says it’s a side effect) and I’ve been feeling some numbness, right now it’s in my face but can’t tell if I’m imagining it. I also get this feeling where it feels like the air has been knocked outta me and I worry it may be ms hug.
I saw a doctor yesterday and explained all this; she said at my age with no family history of ms she said the chances of ms are next to none and she’s not at all concerned. However I was told for years I didn’t have Ehlers Danlos before I was diagnosed so I just can’t trust doctors
She didn’t seem concerned at all, said my tremor looked normal etc and said it’s my anxiety and I need to stay busy but I just can’t get this fear of having ms out of my head. She said at my age ms normally presents as sudden vision or movement loss. I do have a lot of time on my hands to overthink recently but I can’t stop worrying about this.
Any advice greatly appreciated; thanks so much x