I just felt well except the tingling feeling. I have no difficulty in keeping balance and have no weakness. My doctor did check my eyeball motion, sensory ability, balance.
There's one reason that the tingling worries me. Last week, while waiting for the MRI test, I regularly took low dose steroid as a precaution and the tingling did vanish. After visiting my doc and had the c-spine MRI, I stopped taking steroid and then the tingling showed up. I really worry about it and plan to take the steroid again and see whether the tingling will vanish again.
Hi there,
I too feel your english is good!
I'm sorry you are living in such fear. I cannot stress more the dangers of self-diagnosis, or diagnosis via internet. There is just as much bad info on the www as there is good, if not more.
If this doctor is a specialist, then I hope he or she is treating the current problem you mention - hypochondria and the anxiety that comes along with that. Be honest with your doctors.
You mention it's "miraculous" that your c-spine was clear. I say it is wonderful your C-spine is clear. Many of us have very damaged CNS's that cannot be healed.
Please know that there are people out there with real disease and syndromes, and there are also those who suffer w/disorders such as what your mention. Some of these can be treated with medicine and there are cures. MS can be treated, but there is no cure.
My opinion is to not seek a disease you think you have via the net or books. Be honest with your doctor and say all your fears so you can get what you need to live your life w/out being held back from feeling well.
You did a very good job of explaining your health history and it is good that you recognize that you are also a hypochondriac. It sounds like your sypmtoms are real, but finding the answers may just not happen.
Your doctor sounds wonderful - doing all those tests to be sure about MS is a good thing. IT is possible to have MS and not have lesions show on your MRI, but that is about a 15% occurence. What does your clinical exam show? Besides the SSEP, did the neuro do a complete exam, testing reflexes, balance, visions, etc? That is still the best clues the doctor can use in looking at a neurological disorder.
Our body is incredibly noisy - I just heard a doctor talk about tingling he experiences at times that is really nothing but his body making noise. If we stop and shut out all other sounds, we can hear our heart, sometimes even hear our blood flowing. We can feel pings and zaps that aren't necessarily noticed when we have other things going on. At bed trying to go to sleep is one of the worst times.
My neuro explained it early on- when you lay down at night and turn off the lights and all other sounds, you then begin to hear the creaks and strange noises of your own house. The same happens in listening to our bodies.
Another possible explanation is you may have had a virus infection in the past year or so that has left you with some symptoms that take a while to go away. The numbness and other parasthesia can sometimes happen from a simple germ running its course.
I am so sorry you are having these worrisome problems and hope you get some answers and some peace of mind.
be well, Lulu
Hi and welcome to our little corner of the web.
Well what I'm about to say has basically been said by your self all the way through your post, so I don't think you'll be overly suprised but possibly it's not something you've had medically investigated or appropriately treated.
I'm thinking psychological and not physiological because you freely admit to being a "hypochondriac", you convince your self and self diagnose different yet all serious diseases, when your sx 'perspectively' are quite minor. Your anxiety appears to run high none the less and so far appropriate testing hasn't identified the issue as a physical one so considering all that, i'd say mental health is an actual possibility, health anxiety to be more specific.
If you are seriously considering the expense of paying for another MRI, I would first consider the cheaper option, of having your mental health fully assessed before you do so. I hope that soon your fear will be under control and hopefully you can put this all behind you. :-)
Cheers............JJ