Hi, I just wanted to reach out as I am feeling in a black hole with all I have been experiencing just this last week…
I began having a pulling feeling around one eye a couple weeks ago, I put it down to anxiety or eye strain… but then I started getting weak feeling legs (again shrugged off as I know anxiety symptoms well!) but then I started getting off balance, weird coordination problems and very weak feeling shaky arms and legs/fingers.
I ended up at a and e last night as it has all felt so wrong and scared me so much… ct scan clear but being fast tracked to a neuro hopefully within a week.
The worst has probably been insane rigors at night and an unbearable almost adrenaline feeling in my legs (and arms today) Lots of twitching and jerks at night. No appetite/hard to eat/nausea… I just cant believe how much this has progressed in a week - is that even possible!?
Also I have been getting a very stiff tense feeling neck which twice this week has turned into a strong pressure back of neck/headache. Now I am javing indescribable weird feelings in my face and am just trying to
I feel so unwell but dont know what to do. Does this sound like it may fit ms?
Many thanks so much to anyone who reads.
Hannah
Hi Hannah,
That sounds like a really alarming ordeal. I’m so sorry and I hope you have managed to make some positive progress since.
MS has a wide range of symptoms. Those same symptoms are not specific to MS, and occur in other illnesses too. So it’s really hard to tell symptoms alone - some of yours sound like they could occur in MS, some don’t sound much like MS.
You said they were fast tracking you to a neuro. That’s excellent. You can easily wait over 6 months for a neuro appointment after a GP referral.
Presumably if they think it might be MS, they will order further tests to check. I hope you get some answers soon.