First signs

[Blue2703]

What were your first early signs of MS?

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador]

Hi Blue2703 Welcome to the community! Trying to pinpoint MS symptoms can be really difficult. Have you seen a neurologist yet?

This is a list. BUT! EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT!!!

mymsaa.org/ms-information/s...

So please just because you have a symptom, doesn't mean you have MS.

But feel free to ask anything!

🤗💕

Jes

[goatgal]

Unexplained weakness in knees and ankles leading to off balance lurches; weaknesses in wrists when using a casting rod for long periods of time. No pain, just a joint that would fail to work momentarily. This was followed decades later by optic neuritis, foot drop and a range of other symptoms, none of them lasting long enough to get accurately diagnosed...until my 70th year when I finally again had a classic exacerbation long lasting enough to be concerning.

[falalalala]

I would drop things that I thought I had a grip on. Objects I was holding would just fall out of my hands.

Then the Lhermitte's Sign started and that is what motivated me to get answers.

[rjoneslaw]

Mine was me walking sideways to the left. My sister noticed

[Hidden]

Balance used to run every evening started jogging like I was drunk , falling and unable to keep running in a straight line

[Kenu]

Lost vision overnight in my right eye 👁. Ken 🐾🐾

[RoyceNewton]

trigeminal neuralgia, face pain

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador]

1st symptom was my knee dancing on its own! Just like now!

[greaterexp]

CIS over 20 years ago. Intermittent leg aching and mild muscle spasms of legs throughout the years. Relapse began with pain in hip and LS back requiring use of a cane, then tingling left arm. It progressed pretty quickly into a full blown relapse taking away the use of my legs for a couple of days and other symptoms.

Are you asking because you think you may have MS? Be sure to get to a neurologist very soon to find out what's going on.

[Blue2703 in reply to greaterexp]

Hi greaterexp, well I started getting this cold wet sensation inside my left inner thigh three days ago, and now aches (feeling weak not pain) in my whole leg. Yesterday at work I found it a bit hard to focus on the board (primary school teacher), not that I was seeing double vision but more of a strain. After work, I went home with a headache and had a lie down.

Were your symptoms on going or were they on and off?

[greaterexp in reply to Blue2703]

Early on, before the relapse, symptoms came and went. I did see a doctor a few times for the aching in my legs, but the doctor or NP always said they couldn’t find any reason for it.

Your symptoms definitely warrant a trip to your primary provider and/or neurologist.

[IFwczs]

Fatigue, balance, numbness

[RoseySawyer]

Numbness, Strength, Balance and Fatigue. ❤️🌹