How Many Can You Check Off?

[kwarendorf]

Here's a Fox News summary of MS symptoms. THey appear to be the usual suspects :-)

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/07/16/could-have-ms-16-multiple-sclerosis-symptoms/

[carrieblackwell77]

Wow, I have had 12 out of 16.  That *****.  

It's funny that the voice thing is listed because I get really hoarse when tired (or just randomly) which is new in the past 6 months and my neuro said it wasn't related to MS.  I'll have to mention this article to her.  Hmmm.  I knew it was from the MS.

[PastorDan]

At least 12, maybe 14.

[carrieblackwell77]

Sorry, I didn't realize I used an inappropriate word.  I'll watch it from now on.  Sorry if it offended, none intended.

[kwarendorf]

The though Police are everywhere CB! :-)

[kwarendorf]

thought

[Evalucia]

At least 12 here.  I have an appointment with my neuro today.  Another step closer to a Dx I hope :-/

[Maracamama]

11/16 for me.  I could probably added one or two more but I'm still in denial about them :)

Laura

[carrieblackwell77]

Thought Police, that's funny!

[Sierra28]

13 out of 16 here.

But as we all know, it's all "just stress"! :)

[kwarendorf]

I forgot to mention, 10 for me...

[Corriel]

Wow, I didn't think I would have many, but as I went through the list, it looks like 11 maybe 12.  

Kind of shocking when it sets in that way.

Thanks for sharing!
Corrie

[tingletingle]

Well I checked off 12 out of 16 for the first 12 to18mths but am pleased to say I'm down to just 6 symptoms now which is a great feeling thank you.

Interesting exercise to track progress over the long term. I'm only 2 years into my journey and a lot of people tell me their MS didn't affect them much for the first five years.

So I'm just living in the moment, grateful for the support around me and my health today. I'm  hoping all will be ok in the future but knowing that with MS my health can change as fast as a New York minute.

Blessings
Alex
Ps Kyle I just had a giggle remembering your 'depths of my  identity crisis' comment probably a year or more ago when somehow people confused us. So looks like my long term memory is ok, just working on short term stuff which is my biggest battle.

[Poppy7402]

12/16 for me.  

How life can change so very quickly.  Two years ago it would have been almost 0/16.

Poppy

[anon07072023]

I have 15 of the 16.
I'm in the same boat - another doctor recently diagnosed me with vocal cord dysfunction based on a spirometry test (and of course listening to me talk - majorly hoarse) & sent me to a speech pathologist for PT.  

I told my neurologist and she said she's never heard of anyone with MS having voice issues. I said to her that I hear about it all the time.  She just blew me off - like everything else.  I think I need another new neuro. :-/  

[carrieblackwell77]

Kelly, I see you're in Colorado, maybe we have the same neuro, lol.  I'm going to mention this article for sure.  

[supermum_ms]

1 Fatigue - Yes
2 Numbness - Yes
3 Tingling - Yes
4 Balance and coordination problems - Yes
5 Spasticity - Yes
6 Vision problems - Yes
7 Pain - Yes
8 Bladder dysfunction - Yes
9 Constipation - Yes
10 Dizziness and vertigo - Yes but rarely  
11 Sexual dysfunction - Yes
12 Depression - No
13 Cognitive dysfunction - Yes
14 Anxiety - No
15 Emotional changes - No (I laugh a lot but hardly ever cry)
16 Speech and voice disorders - Yes

13/16

In regard to the speech issues, I experience both dysarthria (slurring, poor articulation of words) and dysphonia (sounding hoarse). When my son was born i strangely started sounding like a man, it came and went for years. That definitely came first for me, and it was around a decade before the first time the stuttering/slurring started, which has become an every day thing for me now.

Cheers........JJ

[ghost39]

9 out of 16 for me.

[LisaJF]

13/16 for me.

[PastorDan]

Makes me want to print my checklist like JJ's to show my nbeuro.   I often think he doesn't see the forest for the trees.

[Sailorsong]

16/16 for me. Do I win anything? :)

Dennis

[Luna143]

6/12 for me.  

[doublevision1]

9/12 for me, though never all at once.

I found the blurb about vision to be misleading.  It said that double vision, among other vision problems, is usually due to optic neuritis.  My understanding is that double vision is rarely (if ever?) caused by ON, I don't even understand what the mechanism would be, ie how does an inflamed optic nerve cause one's vision to be double?  In my case, my double vision been attributed at various times to an INO, nystagmus and sixth nerve palsy, which are all eye movement disorders.  ON caused me to have blurred vision, but didn't cause it to be double.

This is a good explanation that distinguishes the various vision problems in MS:

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1214270-overview

[kwarendorf]

I agree with you DV. My morning double vision is caused by nystagmus. My optic nerve has never been impacted by my MS.

[yorkieville]

14/16