Anxiety/Stress or MS/Cancer/Something Serious?

[Hypo02]

I am a 23 year old white male with a history of health anxiety. 2 weeks ago I had a really bad anxiety attack the morning after a night of drinking. I thought I was going to pass out and I've been having upper right abdominal pain which I believe is trigger points from crunches but in my mind I freak out about it being my liver so I panicked and my whole body tingled and my arms cramped up to where i couldn't move. I finally calmed down and everything slowly went away. For the past week and a half I have been having muscle pain all over my body (legs, back, shoulders, jaw). I really don't have any numbness or tingling just occasionally but I do have constant pain and fatigue all over my body and sometimes i feel dizzy. I often feel tired and haven't been sleeping well (having a lot of dreams). The pain goes down both legs and I can feel burning pain in my buttocks and lower back. The same with my neck and arms. I also notice that I get cramping feelings in my feet and hands. I've been taking a multi-vitamin and getting plenty of potassium. I've also had muscle twitching all over my body that varies in intensity each day mostly when I'm relaxed. I have been looking up things on the internet and of course everything points to MS. Would MS bring symptoms on so dramatically like this or do you think it is lingering effects from my anxiety or something else serious? I don't have any family members with a history of MS. I also have a desk job where I sit 8 hours a day so my posture hasn't been the greatest. I constantly look things up all day on the internet to see whats wrong with me.  Since my severe panic attack 3 weeks ago the radiating pain in my arms and legs has lessened. I still have tingling in both arms and fingers (mainly outside two) Now over the past few days I have developed a numb/tingly chin. I googled numb/tingly chin and it said it is an early indicator of MS or cancer from numb chin syndrome. So now I am freaking out about that. It is my whole chin and includes my lips and feels like when Novocaine from the dentist is wearing off. This continues all day especially when I am thinking about it. I also have a crawling sensation/tingling on my face, scalp, and shoulders. Sometimes it feels like my eye sight is "out there and foggy" not so much a dizzy spinning feeling. I had a really bad tension headache yesterday and my neck muscles are still very tight. Does this all still sound like anxiety or something serious? Should I stop worrying so much and looking stuff up?

[Hypo02]

Do you think that my hypochondria and severe anxiety about this could be causing this? I had no symptoms until I had that bad panuc attack.  A neurologist on another website said he doesn't feel it is MS and more likely stress or fibro.  I've read that MS doesn't usually present so strong at first.  I'm just so scared and all I do is google and think about these symptoms. I have a doctors appointment Tuesday.

[Dr Sharma]

These multiple neurological symptoms could be due to a chronic demyelinating condition called multiple sclerosis where the disease phase is characterized by active phase and remissions. It has multiple symptoms and signs and is a diagnosis of exclusion. The symptoms of multiple sclerosis are loss of balance, muscle spasms, numbness in any area, problems with walking and coordination, tremors in one or more arms and legs. Bowel and bladder symptoms include frequency of micturition, urine leakage, eye symptoms like double vision uncontrollable rapid eye movements, facial pain, painful muscle spasms, tingling, burning in arms or legs, depression, dizziness, hearing loss, fatigue etc. The treatment is essentially limited to symptomatic therapy so the course of action would not change much whether MS has been diagnosed or not. Apart from clinical neurological examination, MRI shows MS as paler areas of demyelination, two different episodes of demyelination separated by one month in at least two different brain locations. Spinal tap is done and CSF electrophoresis reveals oligoclonal bands suggestive of immune activity, which is suggestive but not diagnostic of MS. Demyelinating neurons, transmit nerve signals slower than non-demyelinated ones and can be detected with EP tests. These are visual evoked potentials, brain stem auditory evoked response, and somatosensory evoked potential. Slower nerve responses in any one of these is not confirmatory of MS but can be used to complement diagnosis along with a neurological examination, medical history and an MRI in addition, a spinal tap. Therefore, it would be prudent to consult your neurologist with these concerns. Take care.