What is wrong with me - afraid of MS?

Your chiropractor told you that you probably have MS? I am sorry, but he does not have the qualifications to make any assumptions like that, and certainly not based on nothing but your symptoms without any MRI, blood work or lumbar puncture results to back this up. Even my neurologist who was specialized in MS did not mention MS until he was 99% sure that was it and had evidence to back it up.

As for the women at your work place. What kind of people are you surrounding yourself with? What kind of person would say to a colleague that she probably has a brain tumor and is going to die? Not a very nice person, in my book, and not a very bright or educated one either. If it helps to hear this from a stranger on the internet, then... your chiropractor and your colleagues are idiots, don't listen to them. I am actually really angry on your behalf that these ignorant people have been scaring you like this.

Listen to your doctors and your neurologist when you see him/her. As you found out, the suspicion and risk of MS is so low that the ER did not want to do an MRI, and there are many issues that can mimic MS, so many that in fact the first step in an MS diagnosis is to eliminate all other possible causes for the symptoms. More often than not, an MS scare turns out not to be MS at all, and sometimes it is something very minor.

I know it is difficult, but try to relax and not stress until your neurologist appointment in 2 weeks, as stress and worrying can aggravate yours symptoms, and if it does turn out to be MS, then 2 weeks is not going to make a difference anyway, especially since you have already had a prednisone treatment. Also try to eat and live healthily.

Hopefully this will turn out to be nothing serious, but if you should end up with an MS diagnosis, then it is not necessarily the end of the world, although it can feel so at the time. I have been living with MS for almost a decade and I am doing fine, as are many others who have been diagnosed with MS.

All the very best to you. I hope you'll give us an update once you know more.

People are jumping to conclusions by making diagnoses and recommending treatments. Your doc was going out on limb by prescribing prednisone without getting a MRI of your lower spine first.

There is no way anyone could know if you have MS or not based on the information at hand. The problem could easily be an ordinary spinal problem such as a bulging disc in your lower back. All of your nerve problems seem to be in your lower extremities, which completely rules out anything in the brain, and virtually rules out MS or at least makes it very unlikely. A MRI or other imaging of your lower spine (and maybe more if warranted) and neurological testing should provide all the info needed to find the problem.

Odd problems with your heart would be expected if this situation is worrying you - that's a normal symptom of anxiety. Joint pain is not a characteristic symptom of MS.

Just relax and wait for your appointment with the neurologist.

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Hi ya Ash, Everything that Voelven told you is the absolute truth. Every single symptoms of MS mimics no less that 25-30 other diseases and condition. Most people who think they might have MS never get diagnosed with it. Your chiropractor would not know MS if it kicked him in his posterior. He was highly unethical in telling you that you have MS. That was unforgivable. You can ignore your co-workers as well. They have no idea of what they are talking about. Write them off as fools and be done with them.

Read Voelven's answer carefully and take every word that she wrote to heart. I have MS also. I could bet my life on what she wrote and sleep like a baby every night.