Numbness

shellymay · 11-04-2009, 09:29 AM

Does anyone that has been diagnosed with MS have the problem with going numb in one place but not actually to where you can't feel anything. It just tingles and feels numb. Does this make sense?

Michelle

lilc · 11-04-2009, 10:24 AM

Makes lots of sense. Happens to me very often.

MSJayhawk · 11-04-2009, 12:27 PM

Yes. It is quite common. I have areas that are in various levels of sensation (numb to partial feeling)...

shellymay · 11-04-2009, 01:54 PM

lilc and MSJayhawk,

Thanks for your replies. I started having these symptoms 6 years ago and was going to different neurologist and they all told me it was in my head so I stopped going and I haven't been in about 3 years. I'm going to go back now because it seems like some things are getting worse. I don't want to have MS but it sure would be a relief to find out exactly what is wrong. Thanks so much!

Michelle

MSJayhawk · 11-04-2009, 03:18 PM

Actually, Michelle, it is technically in your head! It can be in your head, cervical and thoracic spine...

Soooo the next time they say "its in your head" say "Yes, I know, it might also be in my spine, now what are You going to do?" Bad bedside manner is no excuse for not effectively testing and rendering a diagnosis. Stay proactive and go after the situation until you get an answer. When you show the doctor that you are armed with evidence (your journal of symptoms that presented) and up-to-date info on MS and the McDonald Criteria, the doctor will know that you are a patient who will hold him accountable. This world has good and bad doctors, with any luck, you will meet a good doctor who treats you with respect and not an air of dismissal.