Symptoms of MS cannot go to Neuro for 2 months

[lindaCrustu]

Hello,

I am a 35 year old female who has had pins and needles sensation in both feet, legs, hands, forearms. The parathesia is the same on both sides. In addition, I've had leg weakness in both legs and I do not notice one being weaker than the other. They are equally weak. Also, I've had floaters in my right eye - these floaters only show up when I look at a white screen and move when I move my eye. I have not had eye pain, blurred vision, or any others besides the floaters that look like a clump of tiny cells.

I do NOT have heat intolerance. My symptoms actually get better when I take a hot bath.

So overall, my symptoms are:
pins and needles symmetrically,
leg weakness symmetrically,
right eye floaters.

These symptoms have came and went for 2 years now. Do any of my symptoms suggest MS?

(I'm seeing a neurologist in 8 weeks, that's the wait over by me, I'm having insurance issues)

I also have serious ovarian cyst issues and have been diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Disorder (if anyone cares lol but I don't think it could possibly be related to this)

[Red_Star]

My symptoms of severe insulin resistance include buffalo hump, acanthosis nigricans, very high hip to waist ratio (0.96), skin tags, numbness/tingling, muscle weakness...i could go on but my labs are normal. Normal. O_o Oh yeah this can happen. *Sigh.* So onto my worsening of symptoms.  Well my fasting glucose still looks normal. Seriously this is getting old. I've had symptoms for over a decade at the very least.  My OGGT test finally shows i'm almost diabetic. Nice eh. *cries* lol But i also have eye floaters too. Insulin related? Maybe.

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"It is now clear that PCOS is often associated with profound insulin resistance as well as with defects in insulin secretion. These abnormalities, together with obesity, explain the substantially increased prevalence of glucose intolerance in PCOS."

[kwarendorf]

I have to qualify the comments I am to make about bilateral symptoms. My initial presenting symptom, 21 years ago, was bilateral numbness in my feet. Eventually my symptoms did pick sides though.

What you describe doesn't sound like MS to me. The bilateral nature of your symptoms, over an extended period of time, is not usual in MS. It likes to show up on one side or the other, often switching sides at random.

The other item you mentioned, relief from warm baths, is surely not typical MS. While everyone with MS will have a unique story, none of us thrive in heat :-) Heat is the sworn enemy!

Have you had any testing done, or are you waiting for the neurologist visit?

Kyle

[HVAC]

Floaters are normal for people over 30. I have them and they have nothing to do with my MS. MS is usually not symmetrical. Polycystic Ovarian Disorder has nothing to do with MS since MS is Neurological.

There are many things which cause MS like symptoms. It would be hard to say what is causing your symptoms.

My MS symptoms started on my left side. I have some symptoms on the right but nothing is symetrical.


Alex