Weird half numb sensation in right arm tonight (well this morning as it’s 3am!) Have always thought I might have ms as clumsy and my mum has it. However after looking up symptoms I’ve hit so many boxes and have hit some of them recently! I have dizziness and vertigo which I have been told is vestibular neuritis. Repeated uti’s despite only signs being blood Clumsiness like bad balance and seeming to drop things for no reason like my phone. Getting words mixed up More recently (and have only seen this as a symptom tonight) loss of sexual desire and orgasm. Numb limbs. I have a doctors appointment as concerned with lack of orgasm and constant mild period pain but maybe I should bring up ms. Mum’s anxiety symptoms are through the roof with her ms, she’s already had a breakdown. Worried she will blame herself and mentally relapse. Then there’s my fiancé and our wedding this year that mum will think she’s ruined. I run, horse ride, work and active job as a vet nurse and on parents farm. Mum gets no support with her ms- so any point in me getting diagnosed?! Guess I’m wanting moral support by doing this post. Help!
Hi hun, i wonder if some of your symptoms are just down to a lot of anxiety, your mum, your wedding all piling on top of you.
The symptoms you have could be anxiety and stress. If your stressed your less likely to relax when having sex.
Seems you have a lot of things on your mind, and i think its lovely you dont want to add to your mums anxiety by thinking she has given you MS.
MS isn’t hereditary.
Why not just relax for now, and enjoy planning for your wedding, and see if you cant get yourself back into the swing of things.
If it is MS it isnt going anywhere, and it can take for ever to get diagnosed (mine was 10 years), so just enjoy for now your life, and support your mum, and yourself, and go off and do things to get that wedding sorted out. How exciting something to look forward too.
xxxx
Hi
Why don’t you see your GP, explain your worries and see whether s/he feels that a referral to a neurologist is necessary. You don’t have to mention anything to your mother until and unless you are diagnosed with MS. But all of your symptoms could be stress / worry related. Having a doctor tell you what they feel is wrong with you might help. If necessary have neurological testing to rule MS in or out.
As Crazy Chick said, MS isn’t hereditary. Your chances of getting it are a little bit higher than if you didn’t have a parent with MS. But there are many many factors. And if you are diagnosed with it, your mother may feel guilty, but did she already have a diagnosis when you were born? Even if the answer is yes, ask her whether she’d rather have not given birth to you? All our parents feel guilty, it’s part of their job as mothers and fathers. My mother feels horribly guilty, but she couldn’t have known auto immune diseases were going to blight the lives of me and one of my brothers.
Sue