MS and Lupus together

[scaredguy309]

Well, i have been doing alot of research and it looks like i have both lupus and MS unofficially.Yes i am still waiting for my ANA but look at these symptoms. I have attacks that came a couple months ago, left and recently came back, only to leave again. My first attack came with mostly faigue, headache and joint pain. Recently they came back worse. Am constantly in the sun cause i live in the tropics so  don't know if it was because of that, but i got a red butterfly rash on my face together with some white patches of dried skin on my face. Then that disappeared and then came the joint pains, little fatigue, few headaches, all over body aches, many fasiculations all over (small spasms), muscle pains. When those started subsiding, i became weak all over with depression, difficulty swallowing and anxiety. However I have a histor of panic attack so the depression and swallowing with choking sensation is most likely due to that. The biggest worry is my muscles. Don't know when it started but i just know it was there after the first attack and remains. My muscles have tremors when i do eccentric contractions. Example when I contract my bicept, there is a little vibration but its not as bad as when i extend it. Like if i have some weight such as a dumb bell, and i slowly lower my bicept (extension) with it in hand, that movement is jerky. This happens in all, and i mean all my muscles.Even in contraction they seem to be contracting slower than normal. Example when squatting and i observe my thigh muscles, you can actually see them contracting and relaxing in a slower than usual fasion. Normally they're supposed to contract and relax so quickly that it just seems like a vibration. Hope someone understands as am trying to put this as simple as possible. Now all my symptoms are gone except my eyes heart at times, still have spasms/fasiculations and ofcorse my muscles. Strangest thing is my muscle strength doesn't seem to be affected. I know cuz i do gym. My blood works so far: some lupus latex test (not ana) was neg, Rheum factor:neg Liver, kidney and pancreas function:normal, CK levels:norm and sed rate remains at 3. Only abnormal results are: lymphocytes: slightly high, neutrophiles: slightly low, LDL(cholesterol): slightly high Any ideas?

[scaredguy309]

Hey, thanx alex.

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Alex

[scaredguy309]

No it isn't stressful. I came first in the last set of exams and am ontop things so far.yes am in my first year. My panic attack strted while watching tv for no apparent reason. However since then (3 yrs ago) haven't had any. just a bit anxious and the meds have helped a great deal since i strted them again. however the only bit that remains is for my health.whenever am sick i get a bit anxious but am better now, just being concerned espesially with all i was expecting to achieve.

[biowham]

Some of here DO understand "that part" and what the bloods for that part ought to look like, and you don't seem to have the blood results (at least not yet) that support lupus. You may have something inflammatory, but then...that's why you're at the rheumatologist. Anxiety meds don't always "take care of" anxiety, and certainly, you are experiencing some major anxiety here. Your posts make that abundantly clear. You also mention supportive parents, letting people down, fear about career, and if you're 22, are you in your first year? Must be. Is it stressful? Is it something that you feel may be too much? Again...neuropsych eval.

Bio

[scaredguy309]

i am on anxiety meds so thats being taken care of. But you can't blame me when i was so looking forward to living my dream as a MD and making my upportive parents pround in the process.Now i'm giving them bills and stress. My rheumy told me it seems like i have ''medical student syndrome'' where we go crazy diagnosing ourselves. Anyways i will be giving the news in 10 or so days. However the thing is my symptoms seem to be relatively mild for now in reference to ms so only time will tell. But most of the symptoms above are lupus related and match quite well so i don't expect you guys to understand that part. Meanwhile am trying to do other stuff to distract myself.. thanks anyways guys and gyals

[essdipity]

You have been given very good advice here by people who know what they're talking about. Yet you insist on talking all that away and instead are sure you have at least one serious disease, when the data are not yet in. Does this sound like a sensible thing to do? Especially when worrying like mad is only making you more and more anxious? And especially when you have a history of being sure you have illnesses that you don't have?

I don't know much about lupus, but from what you say there is virtually no evidence you have MS. You could possibly get relief from the pain in the back of your neck if you could relax the muscles, perhaps with a prescription med. Tension can do all sorts of things.

I do hope you can choose to change your focus, and that if you can't, you will seek help for that. Even if you do have one of these illnesses, you will feel much better if you can feel emotionally better too.

ess