I am a 30 year old mother of two young boys. I was extremely healthy and never hospitalized, that is until I had my youngest son, four years ago. A month after having him is when all these symptoms started plaguing me, and some of them are getting worse. I have been to countless doctors and specialists, and they give me the impression that they are not sure what could be going on with me, but they still diagnose me anyways. My blood work shows that I do have an auto-immune disease, so the rheumatologist told me that I have Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis. I was diagnosed by a neurologist as having Fibromyalgia and a Pseudo Tumor Cerebri ( severe swelling of the optical nerve). A back doctor has diagnosed me as having bulging/herniated disc in my back, that causes inflammation around the spine. A Gastrointerologist diagnosed me as having IBS because I stay constipated. An Endocronolgist found abnormalities in my blood work, and although they didn't diagnose me, they told me all the signs point to a hormonal imbalance. I have also visited a Urologist for trouble/frequency urinating and blood keeps showing up in my urine, but they are not sure why. I also went 3 1/2 years without a menstrual cycle and the Gynecologist couldn't figure this out either, It started back about 6 months ago and is very heavy and painful. I have been hospitalized 6 times for having seizure like episodes, where I get very dissoriented, slurring speech heavily, and falling down. My very 1st symptom was chronic leg pain, and the doctors kept diagnosing me with different illnesses and medicating me, but the medicines never worked. These diagnoses from all these doctors might explain one or two symptoms but never the majority. I find it so hard to believe that someone can go from being perfectly healthy to having over 10 different illnesses in less than a year and the fact that I have to go to so many different specialist that don't communicate with each other is frustrating, so I am trying to figure out what is going on with me so I can tell the doctor. So if anyone can give me any advice, inputs or opinions I will be forever grateful. My research of all my symptoms points directly to M.S. . My mother has been telling me she thought that is what is wrong with me and now I believe her. My symptoms include chronic leg pain that is debilitating the majority of the time, substantial vision loss from swelling of the optical nerve, shuffling gait, unbalanced/unsteady while standing or walking, my middle and ring finger curl into my palms as well as my thumb, constipation, toes are numb, trouble swallowing, the "seizure episodes" come and go, my memory is shot and I have a very hard time managing and organizing my thoughts, I feel like I need to urinate constantly, but it takes me forever and only a little comes out, electical type shocks in my arms, trouble talking( I think about what I want to say but I repeat words, stutter alot and forget what i'm talking about, I absolutely cannot go outside when its hot because I get very weak and dizzy, severe trouble falling and staying asleep, very tired and weak all the time, constantly dropping things, and I have become so irritable and depressed lately because of everything going on. I must figure out what is going on with me, 95% of the doctors I have seen come across as having a careless attitude, and I really need someone that cares, so that I can start moving on and at least be able to work on acceptance and treatment. I am sorry this was so long but once again, if you could please take time to give me any advice or information I will really appreciate it.
Thank You so much!