Feet problems

[Ndobbins]

It is harder walking at the end of each day. Today wasn't a good one. The buzzing sensation started when walking this morning & I had to ask someone else to take workers around to show service locations! I was so embarrassed & then one lady had the nerve to ask me if I would qualify for disability! Sheeps wool!!! I was so aggravated! My first MRI showed lesions in the gray matter in 2005. The person reading it said it indicated MS to them. Went to neuro & he said migraines. Oh, I didn't know they caused leg pain & speech problems too! Spinal tap was negativefor MS so went for another MRI with no change six months later. Symptoms had slacked off some. Last year vision in right eye suddenly became extremely blurred & opthmalagoist said bi-focals. Why one day difference? No answer. Eye pain too. Lately left foot is numb in toes over past few months & right foot feels like intermittent sliding/buzzing under it. Speech & thought problems intermittent & I feel like someone has a voodoo doll sticking pins in it randomly! Even on my face on cheek below right eye. I go to a new neuro next week. Anyone have similar history? From what I've read no pattern with MS. A cousin passed away from this last year. Thanks. Nancy my first MRI was in May of 2006. I was wrong on '05.

[Ndobbins]

Walmart, Sam's any large store bothers me too. I think it's because of the big open space & not feeling like I have anything to grab onto. I have felt like I was sliding sideways a few times. That is weird! Thanks for letting me know that someone else has experiences this! I thought I was losing my mind! I have jolts of pain in my head that feel sharp at times.

Have you ever had a feeling as if a rubber band was being snapped in your spine?

Oh, the speech for me is that I say things backward or feel at times as if I have a mouthful of bubblegum & can't get the words out!

Thanks. I hope we all have a great day!
Nancy

[scentsthatmatter]

***Speech & thought problems intermittent & I feel like someone has a voodoo doll sticking pins in it randomly! Even on my face on cheek below right eye.***

I know when I am at the beginning of a MS attack.  My best friend freaks out because I am talking like a drunk and I don't drink.  It scares her.

Cognitive issues are daily.  Some days are better... some days are worse.  Life the morning I could not remember how to turn on the shower,  I remember that afternoon.  

Sometimes I get really sharp pains in my head that feel like someone is stabbing me with an ice pick.  Or that's what I would image it feeling like.  My neuro called head pains.  I have gotten them on my face before as well as a numbing feeling.  Like the Novocain is wearing off.

I can't feel vibrations below my knees any more.  If I try to read something standing up it feels like I am on a moving sidewalk and I have to grab something so I don't fall down.  That is annoying when I'm at the store trying to read an ingredient label. Doc said no more high heels for me.  I like heel but he's right.  I fall down because my balance is not great and heels only make it worse and more dangerous.

I was dx in June of 2005.  I now need a cane if I am going to do any walking.  Walmart is a store that requires a cane.  I finally got a disability tag for my car.  Some days I don't need it but other days getting out and around even with the tag is a challenge.  On days I don't need it I don't use it.  I always think what - if someone needs the parking space and I used it when I didn't need it.  I feel horrid just thinking about doing that to someone.

My newest thing is jerky feet, legs and sometimes hands.  It's annoying but at least it's not painful.  I'll take annoying over painful any day.

[Ndobbins]

I take 75 mg of Lyrica twice daily for pain management due to a shoulder injury. I also take  B-12 shots weekly, acid reflux (who doesn't), blood pressure, premarin cream (HRT) & depo provera shots for migraines. I know a lot of meds. My pain management doctor suggested increasing the Lyrica to three times daily. He thinks I have MS too. I want to wait until I see the neurologist next week.
Thanks again.
Nancy

[Ndobbins]

I pulled my first MRI report & it says white matter lesions too not gray. I appreciate you sharing with me. I will post as I find out more but realize I may not know anymore even after next week!

[compnet]

One possibility:

"Magnesium deficiency symptoms involving the peripheral nervous system include numbness, tingling, and other abnormal sensations, such as zips, zaps and vibratory sensations."

The Importance of Magnesium to Human Nutrition
Michael Schachter M.D., F.A.C.A.M.
(Online article)

[slightlybroken]

Hi,

I've been on the forum for awhile...I think 2007 when my problems started in full force. I have some of the same issues you have. I even have a distant cousin who has MS.

I think the only differences is..my lesions are in the white matter, not gray. I've developed toe numbness and the buzzing early on. Now I have foot drop. I'm currently in PT for my left sided weakness and spasticity because of this.

In 2007/2008 an opthamologist DX me with eye muscle weakness. I developed intermittent double vision and blurred vision. On an eye exam however, I can still see very good and without glasses..things just go out of focus very easily especially late in the day and if I'm fatigued.

I'm way over due for an MRI..but it's been unchanged since 2007. I've been tested for every mimic known to mankind..even the rare ones. The only thing that has came up funny was a vitamin D deficiency, which is common in MS and autoimmune diseases.

Are you taking in medications to help with your symptoms? I'm not DX, but my doctors at least will give me meds for my symptoms.

I'm sorry that you are going through this..I know how you feel. Hang in there. I know that it's frustrating to say the least...I get looks all the time and people ask me what I did to my leg when I limp. It's pretty bad when you don't have an answer and your doctors don't either. Hopefully will find our answers soon☺