I was convinced I had MS too. I woke up one night with both legs numb and fell. I also saw some black dots in my vision. I went to the neurologist and had an MRI and a CT Scan. No scarring, no MS. He just confirmed that it was anxiety. It's good that you are seeing a neurologist to make sure and also so that it will ease your mind. I have thought I've had all sorts of things. You are not at all alone! To this day I am still scared of the idea of having heart attacks (I'm only 28!). I smoke and am reading a book on quitting smoking hoping it makes the chest tightness go away. I am trying to be as active in my recovery as possible and am pretty optimistic we can all beat this. Hang in there. Hugs! - Chrissy

You sound just like me. I used to think that I had MS. I went online and researched about it and then became convinced that I had it. Does the mind have a way of doing that to anxious people? If a non-anxious person went online would they still worry and panic as much as us? Now I feel that I have something else wrong with me. I had a panic attack in March and it has spiralled out of control. I have spent countless hours on the internet researching what could possibly be wrong with me. I have basically convinced myself that there is something seriously wrong with me and I am pretty scared. I wish that I never went online. I am in the process of trying to stop. It is a never-ending cycle. I can't tell you to stop thinking about what is wrong with you because I can't stop myself. It amazes me how I can worry to the point of making myself sick. I am constantly on high alert to see how I feel. I would love to relax and think about nothing. How about you?

Hi everyone. I have posted here a few times, but mostly lurk. I am having a really hard time. I need a kind soul to convince me that I do not have MS or some other devastating neurological illness. I am OBSESSED with MS, and the anxiety symptoms that I have that could *possibly* be caused by MS are driving me crazy. My symptoms that I deal with on a daily basis are: Tingling/itching in face, mostly right side Tingling in right extremities Buzzing or humming in left extremities Blurry vision, spotty vision, not all the time, it comes and goes Shaky feeling deep in my bones, as if I just lifted weights vigorously I am currently seeing a neurolgist. He has yet to order any scans or xrays to rule out MS or to check for pinched nerves that could be causing this. I just keep getting bloodwork ordered. Next week he is doing an EEG on me. I am also having panic attacks, very severe ones. He has given me Xanax, told me to take it right away next time I have a panic attack. It has been a whole week since my last panic attack. But I am enduring very intense anxiety in general, sometimes resulting in very intense nervous spells, I sometimes cry out of the blue over the fear and feeling of overwhelmed-ness of all of this. I try to stay away from the Internet because this whole MS obsession of mine started when I googled my symptoms and found page after page of MS, ALS and Parkinson's pages. I just wish just once I could believe that I don't have something horrible, but I just cannot shake this fear. And, my symptoms are the first thing I wake up to in the morning. So, its not like I am nervous *first* then the symptoms come on. It always starts with a symptom. Like all the sudden I feel my foot or hand buzzing. Then the thought pattern starts "Oh my God, I do have MS. I keep telling myself its anxiety because I am in denial, but it really is MS and its only a matter of time before I am in a wheelchair and incoherant" Right now as I am typing, both of my arms feel weak and shakey like I am typing after I just mowed the lawn or something. Can anyone relate? Give me some words of comfort? If I really did have MS, wouldnt' my buzzing be constant? All my symptoms come and go, throughout the day. I may twitch or tingle for an ho