What are the possible initial Multiple Sclerosis
symptoms?
Multiple Sclerosis
attacks and damages the nerves throughout the body. Because
it is very unpredictable as to which of the nerves through out the body
that Multiple Sclerosis will attack in each case of MS, this can result
in any number or any combination of the broad range of symptoms that is
often associated with Multiple Sclerosis.
The other factor that
determines which o the initial symptoms that may appear, before the
actual diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis depends on how mild to severe
each particular case of Multiple Sclerosis is and how fast it is
progressing in how much of the potential nerve damage can be caused by
MS.
Because
Multiple Sclerosis attacks and damages the nerves throughout the body,
including attacking and damaging the myelin sheath along the spinal and
with attacking and damaging different sections of the nerves in the
brain, there is a broad range of
Multiple Sclerosis can also
demyelinate or damage the myelin sheath on the spinal cord that can
leave
scarring or Multiple
Sclerosis brain effects
can be
seen such as cognitive problems, trouble
with speaking or memory problems.
MS tests are
performed to determine if a person has Multiple
Sclerosis,
using mri or magnetic resonance
imaging machines.
Multiple
Sclerosis attacks
the body, as if it is a
foreign invader. Multiple
Sclerosis nerve damage can
result that replaced the
damaged nerves with
scarring that can interrupt the nerve signal traveling from the brain
to other
parts of the body. Depending on how severe the MS scarring that results
is,
this can determine how severe the Multiple
Sclerosis effects are on the body.
Multiple
Sclerosis can
include a broad range of MS symptoms that can
be mild to severe in how much they affect our bodies. The possible initial Multiple Sclerosis
symptom can vary by a broad range too,
although there are some
symptoms that are more commonly seen as part of the initial symptoms
of Multiple Sclerosis.
Twelve years
ago, I myself was given the Multiple Sclerosis
diagnosis.
Before I was
diagnosed, I traveled for work and led a very active life in many ways.
I had a
very time consuming and demanding job, but I managed to squeeze in time
where I
could to be involved socially in several groups and to help out by
volunteering
at an orphanage near where I lived. I was always on the go, always
doing
something.
I was 31 years
old when I was given the diagnosis
of
Multiple Sclerosis. My initial MS symptoms were
so
subtle, that I did not even notice them at the time that they were
happening.
Thinking back on it all
now, about what I was experiencing before I was
diagnosed, it is easier to see now what were actually my initial symptoms
of MS.
Multiple Sclerosis is often
diagnosed between that ages of 20 and 40, although some people are not
diagnosed with it until their 50s or 60s. There have also
been a much smaller number of people that have been diagnosed
younger than 20 also, but these cases are found much less
often.
Possible initial symptoms of
Multiple Sclerosis may
include any combination of the following symptoms and they may come and
go off and on for 2 to 3 years before the symptoms may become severe
enough that Multiple Sclerosis may be suspected before the diagnosis of
Multiple Sclerosis is suspected or diagnosed.
Possible
initial Multiple Sclerosis symptoms can include any of
the
following:
* Memory problems - I
had a very good memory growing up, but I started to forget many things,
like
what I was planning on doing at work and forgetting what people had
just said
to me. I started losing things all of the time. I had to write a “To Do
List”
most days, just to keep track of my tasks for each day. I had to leave
myself
reminders at home so that I did what I needed to do before I left for
work each
day. To me Multiple
Sclerosis memory problems are the toughest MS
symptom for me to deal with
besides the incontinence and frequent infections.
* Overwhelming Fatigue – within
about 2 years before I was diagnosed with MS, I had two 6 month periods
of time
where I was so incredibly exhausted that I had a very difficult time
making it
through an 8 hour work day without taking naps every chance that I had.
I
normally had an hour drive to work each day and it was very difficult
for me to
drive for 8 hours without pulling off the road when I was only halfway
to work
for me to rest for 10 to 20 minutes before I could drive the rest of
the way. I
had to take a nap at every break (like coffee break or lunch break),
because I
could not keep my eyes open at these times. I had to take a 1 hour nap
before I
left the office to drive home. I was so exhausted after I arrived at
home that
I had to take a 90 minute nap before I could make dinner. I would go to
bed as
soon as I ate dinner each night. Getting out of bed the next morning
was very
difficult, since I had trouble keeping from going back to sleep when I
needed
to get out of bed. I had this happen to me for 6 months and then the
fatigue
just went away for 6 months. The MS fatigue returned for 6 months again and
then it went away for 6
months and after this was when I was diagnosed with
MS.
* Cognitive problems - Multiple
Sclerosis cognitive problems that I had included more
problems thinking
things through and more problems with figuring things out that were
easy for me
to figure out before.
*
Not Connecting with my Surroundings as well -
I had MS brain function
problems that made it difficult for me to understand what people were
asking
me. Things just did not make sense to me sometimes or I did
not connect
with what was going on around me. I also had problems with
having a slower
response time - things did not register to me as
quickly as they had
before Multiple Sclerosis entered
my life.
* Personality changes
(temporarily) – I had
an episode where I became very upset with one of my managers at work
and
started screaming at him over very little. I totally misunderstood what
he had
said to me and I jumped to conclusions and acted like he was personally
attacking me. I never would have thought of acting like this with
anyone at
work before. I was reprimanded by my boss, instead of being fired and I
was
told not to do it again. I apologized and I felt horrible for doing
this to
him. I had no idea what was going on with me and I felt like I was
starting to
lose my mind and my sanity.
* Numbness and MS Tingling – odd
sensations started coming and going including MS
numbness and MS
tingling sensations,
specific points of intense pain.
* Weakness and Problems
Standing – I had a
few short episodes where I would become very weak all of a sudden and I
had to
sit down and wait until the feeling passed. This made me feel like my
knees
where going to collapse and I was going to fall on the floor, if I did
not sit
down.
* Vision Problems – multiple
sclerosis vision problems that I experienced
included things being more
out of focus, blurry or tilting sideways. This happened off and on for
a few months
before I was diagnosed.
* Eye Pain – the multiple
sclerosis eye pain started within the 2 weeks
before I was diagnosed.
* Headaches – the
headaches came off and on probably some time within the 2 years before
I was
diagnosed.
* Sciatic Pain – this multiple
sclerosis pain or multiple
sclerosis sciatica started
becoming a shooting pain that traveled up the back of both of my legs
whenever
I tried to sit down about 1 week before I was diagnosed.
* Overheated Often – this
would come and go sort of randomly. Multiple
Sclerosis heat sensitivity was gradually
increasing, even before I was
diagnosed.
* Frequent Infections – I had
the flu 4 to 7 times in 1 year, even when it was not flu season. My
boss
noticed this before I did and asked me why was out sick so often for 2
years in
a row, when I had not been previously.
* Incontinence -
I had a very big
problem with ms incontinence when I was first given the Multiple
Sclerosis diagnosis, but I don't
remember if this was starting to become a problem before I was
diagnosed or
not.
* Balance
and walking
problems - Multiple Sclerosis balance and multiple
sclerosis walking were 2 very
noticeable problems that I had just before I was diagnosed with MS. I had more and more problems with
balancing and
walking before I was diagnosed with MS that were very noticeable. This
symptom
alone made people notice that there was definitely a big problem with
what was
going on with my body, especially within the 2 weeks before I was
diagnosed.
* Spasms
or Tremors - multiple sclerosis spasms or ms tremors were not as severe before I was
diagnosed with MS, but
other people around me at least noticed them. Spasms or tremors are
where the
legs kick on their own or the arms, hands, feet or other parts of the
body
appear to jerk uncontrollably on their own.
All
of these MS symptoms that I
had within the 2 years before I was diagnosed, were very mild and other
people
noticed them off and on when I did not.
After
I was diagnosed with Multiple
Sclerosis,
I was told by so many people "How does it feel to
have an incurable disease" that this made me more determined then ever
for
me to keep searching for anything that would help to reduce my symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis .
Well,
I am happy to say that I have found some
Alternative and Natural ways to reduce my own symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.
It has taken me some time
and much "trial and error" to find ways that have helped to reduce many
of the initially severe symptoms of MS that I experienced, that may
help you to find relief to your symptoms of MS too.
You don't have to learn by trial and error like I did for way too long,
to find out about the ways that I have found that have helped me to
find
relief to the symptoms of MS. There are ways that can
help you to find
relief to your MS symptoms.
I have written an Ebook that can help provide you more information
about what I have found that can help that discusses the alternative
and natural ways that I have found that have brought me relief to my MS
symptoms and helped me to function better that are ways
that
may be able to help you too!
