Could this be MS?

[Euky123]

Is am 28, mother of 2 and trying to figure out what is going on. I have always had migraines, as far back as I can remember. I have also passed out several times over the years, had some incidences of slurred speech and temporary vision loss. Every incidence was pretty far from the others until the last 3 years. Around that time I started having many things happen at once. I started getting dizziness, nausea, numbness in my face and arms and sometimes my legs. A crawling feeling in my legs at night and lots of pins and needles. Once I even had is electric shock feeling like I had been electrocuted but without the pain and one side of my body stayed numb for a while after the shock feeling subsided. I have continued to get vicious migraines and a cold tingling area on my spine that stuck around for a month before finally going away. I am overwhelmingly exhausted all the time and often have brain fog and cannot come up with the right word or I'll ask a question that I just asked a moment before but can't remember asking. A few times,  have become disoriented while driving in a familiar area and gotten lost for a while until suddenly, I recognize where I am. I also get jittery feelings and my skin is sometimes extremely sensitive and a tap on the shoulder will feel like someone punched me in the arm. I don't know if all these issues are caused by the same thing but I really want answers. I had an brain MRI done on a 1.5T machine and the lab report said it was normal. The neuro refused to look at it himself. I am paying out of pocket to have it redone on a 3T to see if that shows anything. My PCP ordered it for me. She has been trying really hard to find the root of the problem. She sent me to 3 different cardiologists before sending me to the neuro and they only found minor problems, none of which any of the cardiologists thought could be causing my symptoms. Does this sound like MS? If not, any ideas on what it could be? This is really interfering with my life. My kids are toddlers and it's a struggle to find the energy to get out of bed each day. i really need a solution.

[kwarendorf]

Hi Euky - Welcome to the group.

Like ALex, I'm not a doctor, nor are there any here. That said it sounds like your migraines are more responsible for you issues than something like MS. The only thing I read that woulld make me think of MS is the electric shock sensation you experienced.

There is something called L'hermitte's sign that can be associated with MS. It is basically aen electric shock sensation the travels from the top of the neck down to the toes. It is triggered by dropping you chin to your chest. It can be triggered on a fairly predictable  basis. However it is a rapid onset, short lived sensation. It does not hange around for very long.

DOes that match your experience?

Kyle

[HVAC]

I am no doctor so I can't say it is MS or not. Only a neurologist can diagnose MS unfortunately. Most like to follow you over time, sometimes years. They rule out every other possibility. Have you had a lot of blood work to rule out other illnesses such as Lupus, vitamin deficiencies, etc? Is your neurological exam reflexes and such abnormal?

The way the neurologists think is it is not MS until all the evidence says it is.

Many of us with MS can't read blocks of print so if you could divide your print that would help us. Thank you

Alex