Hi all,
I've been struggling with some symptoms for the past few months that have been really unusual for me, and I'm worried that it could be MS or something neurological. I'm a 20 year old female, which I know is really young, but I'm still worried.
My symptoms started in March when I had a pretty bad virus and extremely high fever. Within a few weeks of taking antibiotics and recovering, I noticed that my skin felt like it was constantly crawling. It wasn't itchy, and there were no visible symptoms, but it was really disconcerting. I even went to the doctor thinking I had scabies or something awful like that, but she assured me it was probably just stress. The crawling went away after about three weeks. I had full bloodwork done in May and everything came back normal.
Since then, I've been feeling progressively worse. I've dealt with weird little things like numbness in my legs and buzzing and electrical shocks in various parts of my body for a few years now, but in recent months I've been having crawling sensations across my body, and it bothers me enough to keep me up at night. I've recently starting feeling buzzing and tingling in my face as well. I have been having experiencing spasms of my arms and legs when I'm trying to fall asleep. I've been extremely tired, no matter how much I sleep at night, and have been napping every day, something I used to do only once in a blue moon. I also used to exercise almost every day, but have recently been experiencing extreme weakness and shakiness in my body, especially my limbs, like my arms and legs are made of jelly and my hands shake. I have occasionally been having weird twitching sensations in my fingers as well, and sharp pains in my head. Cognitively, I feel confused a lot of the time, and forget things quite frequently now. I used to be extremely hard-working and active, but lately have been so exhausted mentally and physically that I can barely accomplish anything most days, which is obviously really difficult to deal with as a student and young person.
I know this is a lot. I want to see a neurologist because I'm concerned, but I'm worried that I won't be taken seriously because I'm young, and have already been told that this is "just stress." Has anyone experienced any of these things, or have any advice for me? Anything would be appreciated.