multiple sclerosis stories first symptoms
Join our mailing list! What can we help you find today? Many MS symptoms are invisible: We need to share our stories Like many people with multiple sclerosis, my symptoms are invisible. Many days, fatigue overwhelms me and I have something. I threw myself everywhere. I have rare sensory symptoms like the feeling of water running around my back, itching of the skin, and the upper part of my ear feels like it's being pierced over and over. Anyone else understand that? From the outside, I look like any other 29-year-old woman. I don't look sick. I don't need a cane or a wheelchair. People are quick to forget what I just told them about being in pain or feeling too weak to bear. If symptoms are invisible, how are others supposed to know that something is wrong with you unless you tell them? This is , but awareness is only a part of the solution. I think it's our obligation to others. If people understood what it was to live with a chronic and invisible condition, would it be nicer? "Nothing can change until you say what is not spoken..." — If we are not creating consciousness and educating others, nothing can change. Why? Sharing our stories can have an impact on the world. You don't have to run a marathon or participate in a 24-hour dance a day (unless it's your jam). Whether you tell a friend, make a video for social media, or shout from the rooftops, you're educating others. Sharing their history could influence government policy, improve health care or change perceptions about disabilities. On a smaller scale, but not least, it could help someone reach terms with their condition. When you start talking about your story, you help those with MS and show others the importance of being kind. Maybe you will start one and share the stories of other people. We never know what's going on in someone else's life. We only see what's in front of us. I understand that not everyone wants or has the confidence to share his story. I know I didn't. After me, I hid my illness. I was afraid of what people would think. I was worried that they would presume I was not capable, and I didn't want to be compassionate. It wasn't until someone asked me on social media about my experience I started opening. Before I knew it, people started talking about their illnesses. They said they hadn't shared with anyone before because they thought people wouldn't get it. He gave me the opportunity to help others and helped me reach an agreement with my own illness. It was when I realized that my story was bigger than me and that my experiences could help people. If you want to learn to share your story, I encourage you to join the Facebook group. What's your diagnosis story? Notify me in the comments below. ***Note: it is strictly a news and information website about the disease. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. This content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek advice from your doctor or other qualified doctor with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never despise professional medical advice or delay in searching for it due to something you have read on this website. The opinions expressed in this column are not those of or its parent company, BioNews Services, and are intended to provoke discussion on topics related to multiple sclerosis. How useful was this post? Click on a star to vote! Average score 4.8 / 5. Vote count: 37 There are no votes so far! Be the first to vote this post. As you found this useful post... Follow us on social networks! We regret that this post was not useful to you! Let's improve this post! How can we improve this post? Tagged , , , , . 9 comments Share our stories is a great idea. If nothing else, give those of us who have people in our lives who do not get enough the vision of third parties who do not have a stake in our own lives and stories. I don't know how many times I had to explain that "feet fall" is real to my partner, which isn't about me looking at where I go or being a klutz, before I started to *like* get it. I gave up trying to explain that MS fatigue is not the same as being tired of a hard day at work, nor is it something that anyone who has been tired can understand. It's not the same. I wish a nap would solve the problem, but it doesn't. It would be nice for friends and casual acquaintances to understand that I am not blowing your events, shows, invitations, etc. for laziness or because I am antisocial, it is usually more than I am capable of most days, especially during the week after work and parenting duties. I'm grateful that my MS isn't worse, and it could certainly be, but that doesn't mean it's a sunny day picnic, either. I don't expect anyone to bend back to accommodate my health problems, but a better general understanding of the world in general about what MS does not externally obvious would be useful. Thank you for your mail I have that feeling of piercing, over and over again... but mine is on my left eyebrow... It makes me wonder how people voluntarily get their eyebrows pierced. You're right about fatigue, too... if I tell someone I can't go somewhere or do something because of fatigue... they usually say they get tired, too, sometimes. It's very difficult to describe fatigue and I have to lie down for it. I even had a lady who told me I don't have MS... because she had a friend with MS, and she was in a wheelchair. I almost feel like I have to prove it somehow. Thanks again 50 years of rare symptoms, and I can't get a diagnosis. Food of unknown origin, itching, lumps under the skin in the joints, pain in the joints, alopecia that came and thankfully was. Now I have pain behind my ear that feels like post-herptical wrinkle pain, comes and goes, but sometimes I think it's radiating through my throat and back. Walnut-sized lesions appear in my brain resonance. Great article. I was diagnosed at age 30 and took a magnetic resonance and I relapsed so my neuro could believe me. So it's hard for me to talk about 8 years later. Thanks for using your voice. I'm having this same problem. Not that I want a MD dx. 3 legions in my mri. Mri's hynch with pinched nerve. Extreme tremors, electric shock feeling a different part of my body all the time, dizzy, I have lost my vision twice, first episode 5-2019 second episode 1-2020. Retinopathy 3 fingers and heels of numbing feet, fatigue is amazing. Just taking a shower and dressing is a task. But I still don't have dx? Thanks for this story. I've been diagnosed since the first 20s and as you mentioned, I didn't want anyone to know at first. It took me almost 10 years to share with people. But because my symptoms are "invisible," even when I tried to share and warn people, they don't understand or give me that look that says "UH." You don't look sick. It doesn't help, with all these celebrities sharing stories and their physical symptoms, as well as how it affects them and what they're doing. I still have hope, that sharing, someday, will help someone understand, or help when someone else knows, has a chronic disorder. I have had many experiences similar to The Bouncer for fifty-four years now – when I was first diagnosed seven years after my first symptom fatigue was a major obstacle to me. I was thirty-five and six children. I was visiting Chicago, Illinois because I had to attend with my husband and six children a big anniversary party for my parents. The bathroom had a sofa I slept on and my four-year-old son was next to me. Everyone who went into the restroom said how drunk I needed to lie down. I don't even drink. It was a horrible MS experience. So I'm fighting lately. I haven't been diagnosed yet, but my doctor's ordering me an MRI. As long as I can remember that I have been exhausted just as some of you have shared, I have been told several times that sometimes my dream and nap time take precedence in family time and wish I could go through it. I have been told several times that sometimes my dream and nap take precedence in family time and want me to go through it. I wish they could understand. I've always said that I wanted to feel as bad as everybody else asked me how it feels to be normal. I've been diagnosed with anxiety so, of course, I've been in the anxiety and depression medicine now for at least 8 years. I have trouble concentrating or taking out my words, that drives my husband crazy. Over the past two months my symptoms have increased with numbness and tingling, I get up to use the bathroom at least five times per night and extreme random itching attacks. The joint pain in my ankles is what really caught my attention because I have always been an active person especially in Pilates and yoga and have had strong feet. However, until late my legs are constantly giving me my weak ankles. I'm trying to stay positive before I know for sure, but after hearing many stories and getting to a friend who has MS, I'm almost sure it's my problem. Hey, Richelle, I'm so sorry to hear you're fighting lately. It's a difficult position where you never mind trying to explain to family and friends why it's hard for you to do things that once make you easy. The diagnosis usually takes quite a while, if you leave me an email (it may be found on my site) I can send you some things that might help you get some answers faster and we can have a chat too. I want to make sure you're okay. Stay adorable, have this, Jessie. Leave a comment Your email address will not be published. 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