Scared of MS

[Anxiouslizzy2000]

So lately I’ve been terrified of getting or having MS because I’ve had random symptoms reoccurring that cause me to get scared. When I was in high school which was 2 years ago I would randomly feel like my legs forgot to walk and it would only last for like 2 seconds and at the time I just thought it was normal but now I’m freaking out. Now im drooling excessively while sleeping, I ALWAYS have restless leg syndrome and I just woke up and my tongue feels heavy and tingly. Sometimes I feel like my face is numb and it freaks me out. I know anxiety can cause facial numbness, but what if these are all signs I have MS? Please help.


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[matisworried]

drooling when you sleep is not uncommon... and during my year-long MS scare (caused by an abnormality found on a MRI) i don't recall seeing that as a symptom... and i spent literally hundreds of hours reading articles and scouring message boards. it's very likely all your tingling and numbness sensations are caused by your anxiety. when my anxiety over MS was at its worst, i was experiencing near-constant numbness/weakness/clumsiness/muscle spasms... i could go on and on. the more i read and the more i worried, the worse my symptoms became. a year after my worries started, i got my follow-up MRI which showed no new abnormalities which meant i didn't have MS. as my anxiety about it started to diminish, so did my symptoms.

please don't google symptoms or otherwise do research. it'll only increase your anxiety. have you seen a doctor about this? do you see a therapist?

 

[bin_tenn]

IMO none of that sounds concerning. Drooling is very common during sleep; I do this often as well. I've had a tingly / "heavy" tongue before, and I've had plenty of head and facial numbness and tingling. It could be muscular or related to nerves. Tense muscles (as well as minor nerve issues) can cause all sorts of symptoms, including numbness, tingling and pain.