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[Ma2sgrl]

Hi everyone. I have some questions about some weird things I've been experiencing for a couple of months now. It started out with my right arm feeling like it was freezing cold, but when I touched it with my hand it was warm to the touch. I keep having weird sensations like that or pins and needles type of feelings. I also have a constant tremor when I use my muscles. Its in every single muscle in my body. Sometimes its hard to do little tiny tasks like pick up coins because my hands will tremor like crazy. Also I have fatigue like crazy and my muscles get sore extra easy. If I work out I will be hurting for days. It doesn't help that I get pretty much no exercise. I work a desk job and when I get home I'm tired and lay on the couch. I have Anxiety problems but my Dr has ruled that out as my problem and they also looked at my cspine which everything looked normal. The neurologist said he can just tell by looking at someone if they have MS, so he didn't want to do an emg or look at my brain. The tremors never go away so its not like I'm having episodes, its pretty much constant with some weird sensations. Anyone have suggestions?

[Sparkysarah]

I would echo Slightly Broken's post about your neuro. They do not have xray vision and you cannot tell what anyone has by just looking at them! I would seek advice from someone else and get another opinion.

I am sorry that you are experiencing all these symptoms but from what I have learned on this forum with MS it is more normal to experience symptoms on one side of the body in early stages rather than all over (although on another occasion it can affect the other side e.g. one arm, or leg).  Anyhow let us know how you get on

Best wishes

Sarah

[slightlybroken]

Hi,

What it sounds like to me that you are experiencing is (the strange feeling of something being cold when it's not or pins & needles) paresthesias. Paresthesias is common in MS. Here is a Health Page about it:

http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Multiple-Sclerosis/Paresthesias---Things-That-Go-BUZZ-in-the-Night/show/378?cid=36

Tremors, the other symptom your having, comes in several different types. There are three main types of tremors:

Resting (or static) tremors: These tremors are present when your muscles are resting. The tremor may go away or become less noticeable when you move muscles that are involved.

Intentional (or kinetic): These tremors occur at the end of a purposeful (intended) movement, such as writing, pressing a button, or reaching for an object. The tremor will usually disappear while the affected body part is at rest.

Postural or action tremors occur when you are holding your arm or leg in one position for a period of time against gravity. This may happen when you are writing, holding a cup, holding your arms out, or when you stand up straight.

Intention tremor is more common in MS, compared to the Resting tremor, which is more common in Parkinson's Disease. From your description, it sounds to me that you get a tremor when you are picking up an object or doing an action. This would fit with the Intention tremor.

Fatigue is also a common symptom in MS.

Have you had a brain MRI with contrast? This would be one of the first steps in diagnosing MS along with blood work to eliminate all the mimics. MS has a lot of diseases that mimic it, and the blood work has to be ran to make sure that you do not suffer from those diseases instead of MS.

Now, what's scary to me is what your neuro said..."that he can just tell by looking at someone if they have MS, so he didn't want to do an emg or look at my brain". He would have to be a super hero with x-ray vision & be from another planet. Is your neuro superman?lol I think not, so I would be afraid about going to someone who thought they were.

Back in the summer, I went and saw a MS specialist speak about some of his patients. He said there was 2 ladies that had loads of lesions in their brains..but they had hardly any symptoms. From the outside, they look & acted okay. On the flip side, a patient can have 2-3 lesions in their brains and have tons of symptoms. So, if your doctor hasn't done an MRI of your brain, how would he know what is actually going on? He needs to to the full work up, and in my opinion, I would find someone else to do it.

Take Care