scared to ask

[Cindy40]

Hey everyone,

I have some questions about MS symtoms.  I'm scared to ask my Dr. right now because she already thinks I'm crazy.  I have not felt well for about 2 years.

  I started with Mono at 39.  I feel like I have never fully recovered.  I stay tired and have periods of extreme sleepiness.  After that I developed muscle weakness, mostly in arms and legs.  It has gotten worse lately.  This spring I had episodes of waking up and feeling great.  Lots of energy and just overall good feeling-then couple hours latter-nasea, dizzines-crash-sleep for hours and feel bad for days.  Had this 5 times in 2 months.

Thyroid TSH checked-6.8  Checked 4 weeks later-4.7  I am on 50 Mcg of Synthroid.  Still have symtoms of weight gain, muscle weakness.  I have had problems with eye sight on and off. Blurred vision and touble seeing up close.  I am 41, so I have contributed to age.  I have Lasik 5 years ago-so don't how it should be working now.

It's very embarrassing, but I have touble with urine leakage.  Just a little at a time, but I don't realize it at time.  It's not the coughing, sneezing thing.  It's anytime.
My Dr. does not think the muscle weakness is thyroid since last TSH was 2.1

I am so tired of trying to tell her different syptoms
So you think I have enough syptoms to ask her about MS?
Sorry this is so rambling and long.
I also have touble with thought organization.

[Cindy40]

Exactly,
Also, the last appointment I kinda broke from all the frustration and she freaked out.  Wanted to refer to counselor right away.  I explained that it was situational and I was having a bad day.  Depressed? Yeh.  After 2 years of the same stuff?  Of course I'm depressed.
Anyway, thanks for the reply.  I may have to just tell her and if I'm ignored find another Dr.

[jensequitur]

Your symptoms could be neurological.  You certainly have enough symptoms that you can ask her how to resolve them - depending upon how receptive she is, you could tell her that you suspect MS.  Some doctors are turned off by their patients appearing to know too much - I don't understand this, but there you go.

[Cindy40]

Wanted to add that I was diagnosed with tendonitis of the hip and degenerative disc disease after a battery of tests about 8 months ago.  neg. lupus and artharitis.  Still have touble walking at times with pain in hip.