Worried about health

[SadMan]

My health anxiety started with Brain Tumour then travelled to Parkinson's disease and now it's static to MS.I get pins and needles in all my body particularly in some postures like Sleeping,holding mobile,during driving in feet.
I don't think I have any high end fatigue or any other thing but sometimes tinnitus.
Someone please help!! feeling hopeless
Age-23(Male)

 

[Hal 9000]

I know logic doesn't help but it's likely not a coincidence that you believed you had all these other illnesses and now believe you have MS. When you had the others you were just as convinced I'll bet.
It's hard and I'm sorry you are burdened with health anxieties, it's awful. Is there ever down time between these fears or do you travel straight from one to the other?
By the way, all of these symptoms DO point to a specific condition - anxiety. The physical feelings created by anxiety cover just about every kind of pain & presence and involve every part of the body.

 

[triceps]

So sorry sadman that you are going through this. Hal 9000 has made a great point. Are you able to absorb the fact that those other ailments didn't turn out to be valid concerns? Anxiety had the power to make it so I couldn't walk, often effects my ability to speak clearly, causes nausea and loss of appetite and skews my thinking towards thinking the worst of any situation. It easily has the power to cause the symptoms you describe. The hard part is accepting that symptoms are anxiety related and not due to a major ailment.

 

[SadMan]

Thank you friends for your valuable time.I am preparing competitive examinations and pressure is omnipotent here.Further habit of googling everything has aggravated my anxiety.Even when I read or see anything about these diseases i freak out.And Pins and needles I get was incidentally a day day after I read it on symptom list of BT.I am fighting.Some days are good some are bad but I am trying to again be as I was before 14/3.
On this day everything started.

 

[jtmitchell4]

Hey SadMan,

Maybe I can help out because I have thought I had those diseases at some point in my life. Pins and Needles (Paresthesia) is what led to me to get brain scan because I was convinced I had MS at 24. My doctor thought I was crazy but I didn't great I demanded the MRI just for ease of mind.

I would tell you from experience that unless you start to develop eye problems or problems with balance you are probably okay. A good exercise for me was this. Put your left hand out with one finger up and close your left eye. If you can touch that finger with your right finger than that would be a good sign. Also--go on a balance beam and test your balance. All reassuring things. BTW, pins and needles can be found in many conditions, anxiety being the leader in the clubhouse.

Have a good one.

 

[Wooyall9]

I completely understand your pain. I go from one thing to another. I am now stuck on Brain tumor because I now get ocular migraines for the last two years that are getting more frequent (2-3x/month). I get spots in my eyes and a squiggly thing in the corner of my eye and o can’t see and then it goes away 5 minutes later. Eye dr said they are common migraines just different part of brain that most people get migraines in. Funny thing is it started two months after my daughter was diagnosed with liver issues. But I still worry and want an mri but I am controlling myself. I already get mri yearly for cyst on my pancreas that of course was an incidental finding because I demanded an mri for stomach pain that ended up being a pulled muscle. I’ve had multiple mris, colonscopys abd a crap ton of other things done. It’s stressful but know you aren’t alone.
Does ms run in your family? I believe most neurological diseases are genetic. So I wouldn’t worry about it. Sounds like you are getting physical symptoms of your anxiety.

 

[Hal 9000]

I completely understand your pain. I go from one thing to another. I am now stuck on Brain tumor because I now get ocular migraines for the last two years that are getting more frequent (2-3x/month). I get spots in my eyes and a squiggly thing in the corner of my eye and o can’t see and then it goes away 5 minutes later. Eye dr said they are common migraines just different part of brain that most people get migraines in. Funny thing is it started two months after my daughter was diagnosed with liver issues. But I still worry and want an mri but I am controlling myself. I already get mri yearly for cyst on my pancreas that of course was an incidental finding because I demanded an mri for stomach pain that ended up being a pulled muscle. I’ve had multiple mris, colonscopys abd a crap ton of other things done. It’s stressful but know you aren’t alone.
Does ms run in your family? I believe most neurological diseases are genetic. So I wouldn’t worry about it. Sounds like you are getting physical symptoms of your anxiety.

Regarding retinal migraines - I was scared when I got my first one but now they are just annoying. It starts out appearing to be an afterimage as if I just looked at something shiny. Then the zebra thing starts in the corner of my vision and grows toward the middle.
Some people get headaches, some get numbness and we get the psychedelic show.
Sometimes it can be followed by a headache. To prevent that you quickly get caffeine when you start seeing the images.
I don't know anyone else who gets them so maybe they're anxiety related or at least exacerbated by anxiety.

 

[Wooyall9]

Regarding retinal migraines - I was scared when I got my first one but now they are just annoying. It starts out appearing to be an afterimage as if I just looked at something shiny. Then the zebra thing starts in the corner of my vision and grows toward the middle.
Some people get headaches, some get numbness and we get the psychedelic show.
Sometimes it can be followed by a headache. To prevent that you quickly get caffeine when you start seeing the images.
I don't know anyone else who gets them so maybe they're anxiety related or at least exacerbated by anxiety.

How long have you had them and do you get them often? I’m assuming I would’ve dropped dead by now if it was something serious since I’ve had them for years.

 

[Hal 9000]

How long have you had them and do you get them often? I’m assuming I would’ve dropped dead by now if it was something serious since I’ve had them for years.

I got my first one over 20 years ago and now I get them maybe once every 2 months.
I can't figure out a pattern as to when they come.
last year my sister described it to me (so I was a little inaccurate when I said I didn't know anyone else) and she didn't know what it was until I told her.
If you're curious about the mechanics, I was told a blood vessel in your brain constricts and, depending on which part of the brain it's in, you will be affected in different ways (ours are apparently in a vision area). For some people, the vessel reopens very abruptly causing a headache.
BUT, as far as I know, they are not dangerous and are not an early sign of anything else. Enjoy the fireworks.

 

[SadMan]

Thanx for help guys.I am doing good.And yes no one in my family has any neurological disorder.