I was diagnosed with MS October 2005. My diagnosis was proven through a lumbar puncture, visual evoked potential eye exam and other types of testing. I am positive, and my Neurologist concurs, that I've suffered with this disease for over 15 years. My primary care physician told me all those years that I had Fibromyalgia (she still says I likely have it along with the MS). In the last two weeks I have started experiencing EXTREME heat/electrical shock type of pain in my right leg just above my outer ankle bone. It started only radiating up about four inches above my ankle but is now going further up my leg and lasting longer. Is this a characteristic of MS? Also, is there any connection between MS and Raynaud's Disease and MS? I've suffered with this for over 20 years and it gets more difficult all the time.
My Neurologist wants me to undergo the five day IV steroid therapy but every MS patient I've talked to say it just gives you a "false and temporary burst of energy." I hesitate to pump steroids in to my body, I already take 18 pills a day. Any thoughts?