Hello!
I know it’s been a moment since my last post. Since I’m still undiagnosed, I’m still trying to avoid searching for my own answers. That being said, I’ve noticed something happening on and off over the last week, and I wanted to mention it.
Recently, I’ve noticed my left leg will swing inward and brush against my right ankle while walking. If I’m not paying attention, it happens once every few steps. I’ve done a cursory search of “leg swinging into other leg while walking” and found a variety of gait issues. Of course, MS was mentioned as a common cause of them, and now I’m worried again. Has anyone else ever experienced this?
I’m also struggling with whether or not to tell my doctor about this. Since my symptoms have been so gradual, I’m afraid that any issues my body is having wont’ be “bad enough” to warrant their concern. I feel stuck and unsure of what to do. I don’t want to get worse, but I also don’t want to go to another doctor’s appointment and be told that it’s not a problem. I’m feeling pretty low about things right now, and I just wish I could stabilize or get better. I’m starting to believe that I never will though.
It might be worth keeping a symptom diary for a while, before booking another appointment with your GP. There is obviously something wrong and asking for referral to a neurologist seems perfectly reasonable to me.
Don’t be put off by attempts to gaslight you.
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Thank you so much for the advice! I have a symptom tracker on my phone that I use to log things every few hours or so. However, it may benefit me to actually write them down. If anything, it would at least give me extra space to experiment and see if anything makes me feel better or worse.
In regard to gaslighting in the medical field, do you have any advice for how to spot a “good” doctor versus a “bad” one? Before this started, I rarely visited the doctor more than once or twice a year. Now, I’m struggling to trust that any provider has my best interests at heart. Thank you again for the advice, and I hope you have a lovely day! 
That sounds like a good plan to me and hope you get taken seriously on your next visit.
My (female) GP around the time of diagnosis was excellent and remained fully supportive at all times. Nothing like your poor experience. No idea if your GP is male, but if so, it’s not exactly uncommon for men to gaslight women.
Trust the evidence of what your body is telling you and don’t hesitate to change your GP if necessary.
This link is from the professor of neurology at Barts and some of it might sound familiar to you.
Medical gaslighting - by Gavin Giovannoni - MS-Selfie