Symptoms - Multiple Sclerosis Message Board

Jordy199 · 12-16-2005, 07:56 PM

What were your first symptoms before being dx withh MS?

iluvsiamese · 12-16-2005, 08:34 PM

My first symptoms I was seen for was optic neuritis, although my mother said she could see signs of it in me even as a teenager. The first symtom I can really recall was lehermites as a teenager. I was dx when I was 27 although that was just formality. They new I had it at about the age of 24, but didn't want to give me a positive dx because they were afraid it would effect my insurance. I'm 34 now, and have left work on disability. Hope that helps answer your question.

Natatude · 12-17-2005, 07:48 AM

the optic neuritis,,,, my eye sight would go bad in the summer and then all of the sudden get better,,,, as a child i always fell down loosing stength in my left hip,, and would break arms and wrists and everything in the summer time i always had a damn cast on somewhere,, my parents think now,, maybe i had MS back then,,, and i would always get sick in the summer,,, i was a majorette in high school and we always had band camp and band practice and i would get so sick have to get in the shade,,, and my eye sight would go bad,,, mom took me to the dr and they just said i had heat exhaustion and to just get in the shade drink lot's of ice water.

Jordy199 · 12-17-2005, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by iluvsiamese

My first symptoms I was seen for was optic neuritis, although my mother said she could see signs of it in me even as a teenager. The first symtom I can really recall was lehermites as a teenager. I was dx when I was 27 although that was just formality. They new I had it at about the age of 24, but didn't want to give me a positive dx because they were afraid it would effect my insurance. I'm 34 now, and have left work on disability. Hope that helps answer your question.

What did L'hermittes feel like for you?

iluvsiamese · 12-17-2005, 11:13 AM

It's not painful, just annoying, when you bend your head down it's like a wire is short circuiting, and I can litterally hear it. It sounds electrical too, but nobody else can hear it.