Numbness, burning, itching and tingling. I'm very scared

[abitscared21]

I am a 21 year old girl and I have not yet seen a neurologist or had an mri but am on the waiting list to do so. I have had burning, tingling and numbness moving around various places on my body for a few weeks now. I've also had pain above my eyes, normally just in left, but sometimes both and slightly 'cloudy' vision (though my optician says its perfect) I am suffering with aches and pains in my limbs, mainly at night and odd twitches and spasms in my legs and feet (though this isn't all the time) I am really very scared that I have ms and all this waiting and not knowing is the worst part. I'm not able to concentrate on all my work cause i'm so worried. Can anyone give me some reasurrance or just ideas on how to take my mind off all of this untill I know for sure? Thanks.

[alotscared]

Hi,
I am having similar problems as abitscared and it has been going on for about 3 months.

It all started with been feeling tired than itchiness on my back and chest. almost like burning sensation. it then develop into numness about 5 weeks later one day I realised right side of my face got paralised. same day I was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy.. I was lucky my face almost gone back to normal after a week also in the mean time itcheness was all gone until last week.

The burning feel is back again this time all over on my face, had, eyes and different parts of my body.

after bell's palsy I had an MRI scan and blood tests... MRI scan came all fine. the neurologist said I must have had a bad virus in my body and it is travelling and causing this all.
But my GB can't seem to understand my blood test results one day he is saying it is all fine than he is saying not easy to understand... I am soo fed up with not knowing what is wrong with me.... why is it that difficult to understand the blood tests.

This itching and burning feeling is bringing me down big time
I recently got my dream job but not knowing what is going on with me and these horrible symptoms are effecting my work as well.

Anyone out there had a smilar experience and had a diagnose please let me know... I am freaking out.

thanks

[Saidee]

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[Saidee]

hey hannah,
I can tell your really worried about it being MS, same here !! just thinking about it makes me very anxious.... it's like fear of the unknown.."" i don't know what to picture my life like if i have MS"" i dont even know what it really is ..how it will effect me 5,10,20,40 years from know!!
it's so weird how life works .. how your whole life changes from day to day..     YES ((TWO YEARS)) i've been dealing with this annoying tingly ****!! + fear of the unknown.. It's kinda like my whole life went on HOLD.... im sure your feeling some what the same .. you were saying it's hard for you to work and stuff.. !! I know , i had an amazing job , but everytime i went to work all i could do is worry, i'd rather go home and hide in my bed .. at least when i slept my mind wasn't goin nuts.."ya know"...............SORRY GIRL ( im totally babbilin on ).. I just have so much i've wanted to jus tell somone ya kno'((haha, it's not easy .. i guess life is'nt easy!! but when you have to live with added stresses it's rediculous!!
to answer ur Q's
The eye pains i feel sometimes ,  over my left eye, right above my eye lid.. kinda like a sharp pain , or if i pushed my eye a lil' it would hurt..
If you have a problem with your wisdom tooth that could definetly be a reason why around ur eyes would hurt .......my BF has problems with his wisdoms and he always complains about pains around his eyes!!
Does the pressure feeling in ur throat come around the time when ur hungry??
cuz when i haven't eatin all day .. i get this really bad pressure feeling in my throat, it really annoying and kinda painfull.... i thought everyone got that!?!.. im not sure if thats what ur talkin about....or maybe anxiety or panic attack ..is that possible!?!
Does it feel like you can't breath ??
The burning sensation i get alote expecially now..""it's weird when ever i start thinkin im sick again it's like all these symptom jus start showing up""....but i've started getting that burning feeling again on my head and shoulders mostly.
Q:I wonder if our minds are powerful enough to make us feel certain things that arent really there,, like you kno what i mean?? my doctor say's it could be just the way im thinking!! so does that mean i imagining these feelings?? I dont kno.... does stress really have that big of an impact on our health ??  I always thought my mom was exagerating when she said ''stress'll kill ya".........hhmmmmmmm

Oh my goodness, I might as well write a book....babbblebabble
take care kk hun....
Talk soon (hope the info helps)

P.S "My real name is Heather" =)

[abitscared21]

oops, now they're both there! silly me!

[abitscared21]

Hey Saidee,
good to know I've got someone to talk to who knows how it all feels!
I actually live in the UK near London in a place called Brighton!
I don't get the crawling sensation on my back and arms, though that is a sensation I've felt on and off from time to time (quite rarely) in my hands or feet. My main symptom is this burning/tingling sensation that seems to be working its way around my body at the moment. However, thats not as bad as it was, but I'm also getting aches and pains moving to various places in my body in the same way! I'm just so sick of it all and I can't sleep at night because of it. Two years hun? Thats horrid, you must be so fed up with it! I'll be thinking of you when it comes to your MRI, fingers crossed it'll be all normal for you. I can't remember if I told you I'm seeing a neurologist for the first time on the 12th (friday) and I'm so nervous about what he is going to say. I'm guessing he'll want me to have an MRI, and I don't know how it is where you are, but here I can be sure that that means I'll be put on a long waiting list for one. So most likely I won't have piece of mind or diagnosis for a while! :(
Do you get pains above your eyes or one eye at all? Cause thats something thats been driving me crazy for awhile, and I've been freaking out that it is yet another symptom of MS, though I guess that could be just cause I'm not really sleeping at the moment and my eyes are just tired! Got trouble with a wisdom tooth on the left side too, so I'm guessing that pain probably isn't helping the pain in my head and behind my eyes! Heh, its all going on with me these days!!! Also, have you had any wierd feeling in your neck or throat? I tend to get an odd sensation, like a pressure, either side of my neck/throat at the moment from time to time.
Anyways, look forward to hearing from you soon, hope you're doing ok
Hannah

[abitscared21]

Saidee
Thats wierd...i just wrote a really long reply and its not on the forum! OOps.
I don't want to type it all again but will send you a quick one.
I'm so glad I've got someone to talk to who knows how I feel and doesn't think I'm just going crazy with these 'imaginary' symptoms!
I'm in the Uk, near London actually, a little place called Brighton.
I've experienced the crawling sensation from time to time in my hands and feet but not too mcuh. Its mainly the burning/tingling sensation thats been working its way round my body! Also been getting aches and pains moving around to various places too. Am not sleeping cause I'm so worried and am exhausted!
Two years of it? You poor thing thats horrid.
Have you had any pain above one or both eyes? Thats something I've been getting and I can't work out if its another symptom or just due to my lack of sleep! Also hun, have you had any odd pressure like sensations in your neck/ throat? I've been experiencing something like that on and off throughout all this!
I'm seeing a neurologist this friday for the first time and I'm guessing I'll be referred for an MRI, but knowing how it is in this country I'll be on a waiting list for it for months if not weeks!!
Hope to hear from you soon and that you're ok. Will ebthinking of you and crossing my fingers for the 17th
Hannah