Dizzines/Vertigo During Childhood "Precursor to MS" Symptoms?

[LilMinnie]

Good morning, everyone,

I have seen posts from folks who have had things happen since childhood that they believe were early signs of MS.

This isn't meant to be scientific by any means, yet one thing really sticks out in my mind.

When I was a child I was prone to car/motion sickness.  On several occasions, my parents had to pull over quick!

When I was about 8, I had my first episode of debilitating vertigo.  I woke up one morning, went to get out of bed, and fell down.  I didn't cry or anything, just pulled myself up, let go of the bed, and down I went again.  My mother came in to see what the racket was about and I told her I couldn't stand up.  She took me to the doctor and I didn't have an ear infection or anything.  They just recommended bed rest.  It lasted for two days, and as quickly as it came, it went.  I had another episode of that when I was about twelve, then a couple in my twenties, but haven't had it that severely since then, although now I do tend to walk like a duck and cut corners too short and end up bumping into walls.

So, I was wondering.  Would these childhood episodes be worth mentioning to my neurologist?  I never really gave it that much thought (duh) but could they provide a clue?

Thank you for taking the time to read!

Hugs,
Minnie  :)

[LilMinnie]

Oddly enough, I could do roller coasters. Of course, now, due to my funky neck, I have been told I can't ride them any more. I am taking that advice seriously. The last one I rode was Chang at Kentucky Kingdom when on a field trip with my son about 7 years ago.

Now, rides that go in circles, or even the merry-go-round would make me sicker than a dog.

[Wobbly]

I know the feeling about being the only child of 5 that has these symptoms etc.  but my twin has RA... not good.

[Wobbly]

you know my twin sister told me a few months ago that when we were kids, she used to sit on the floor beside my bed, because I could not get up because I said the room was spinning and I didn't know why or what was happening, it happened quite abit too.  I forgot about this and have never mentioned it to the Dr.  I never was good on ride, I always got sick on them, but the car I was OK with.

???  who knows for sure with MS.  
take care
wobbly

[LilMinnie]

I swear sometimes I think I must be adopted. No one else in my family has any of this type of thing going on. My brothers never got car sick or had vertigo.

I jokingly commented to my mom not long ago that I must be adopted because I'm the only one with all this weirdness and she got pretty angry and said, "You are NOT adopted! You are the daughter I always wanted!" I told her I was just joking but I could tell it upset her. Kind of makes me wonder even more, but I will never say that again!

[PastorDan]

Wow.  Quite a variety among us.

I had at least two concussions of sufficient severity that Dad (the cheapskate, even when he had great insurance ) took me to Children's Hospital ER.  I was always free of motion sickness; even into my 40s I loved roller coasters, fair rides that flip people upside down at 60 feet above the ground, etc.  That all stopped in July 2008.  I can't remember if it was the 3rd or the 5th.  I know I called in sick, and the management @ that job later often seemed to suspect me of faking all of it.  (They even told me I took too much time off for my wife's death).
Wow, I thought my almost 5 years was a long time in imbo.

[HVAC]

My MS started at two. I was hospitalized and sent to the Mayo Clinic because of not being able to swallow. Then at 6 I was sent to a Neurologist at Duke for my double vision. Both instances they knew I had something wrong with my brain stem, but in the 60's no one had heard of pediatric MS. I saw Neurologists a lot growing up and no one told me. My vertigo never went away it is not something that comes and goes, it is something I have learned to climb three story ladders with and play sports.

Alex