mommyofgirlies
08-08-2006, 09:53 PM
Aren't a lot of our symptoms the same with MS ones? I keep driving myself crazy about this. I had a clear MRI back in February but I can't stop thinking about MS...The tingling, the numbness the tiredness, headaches...
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Punkdizzle
08-09-2006, 11:01 AM
well since i have MS and anxiety i guess ill chime in on this one..
the symptoms are close but not quite the same... in my personal exp.. i have never had tingling from anxiety that lasted more then a few hours and it was more of a whole body tingle...
i have had tingling/numbness with MS and it lasted for quite a while (about 3 months).. and it was local to just the fingers on my left hand....
for me anything from anxiety is here and gone really fast within a day or so...
when i am having an MS attack it doesnt go away for quite a while or until i call my neuro and get put on IV Solu-Medrol for 3 days then it usually goes away quicker..
the tiredness i feel after an anxiety attack is way different then the fatigue i feel with MS... with anxiety i just feel kind of sleepy...
with the MS fatigue i feel like i got hit by a mack truck my whole body gets weak and just want to go pass out in bed (and usually do) for about 2 hours... usually this is brought on by heat for me.. i can just be in the sun for 20 min doing next to nothing and be over come with fatigue and have to go in the house and lay down and sleep..
now this isnt to scare you but you can have a clear Brain MRI and still have MS.. did they use contrast? did they do an MRI of your spine? odds are you dont have MS but if you think you may its best to get a Dx sooner then later and get on treatment..
the symptoms are close but not quite the same... in my personal exp.. i have never had tingling from anxiety that lasted more then a few hours and it was more of a whole body tingle...
i have had tingling/numbness with MS and it lasted for quite a while (about 3 months).. and it was local to just the fingers on my left hand....
for me anything from anxiety is here and gone really fast within a day or so...
when i am having an MS attack it doesnt go away for quite a while or until i call my neuro and get put on IV Solu-Medrol for 3 days then it usually goes away quicker..
the tiredness i feel after an anxiety attack is way different then the fatigue i feel with MS... with anxiety i just feel kind of sleepy...
with the MS fatigue i feel like i got hit by a mack truck my whole body gets weak and just want to go pass out in bed (and usually do) for about 2 hours... usually this is brought on by heat for me.. i can just be in the sun for 20 min doing next to nothing and be over come with fatigue and have to go in the house and lay down and sleep..
now this isnt to scare you but you can have a clear Brain MRI and still have MS.. did they use contrast? did they do an MRI of your spine? odds are you dont have MS but if you think you may its best to get a Dx sooner then later and get on treatment..