I've experienced the laughing and crying uncontrollably. The laughing 1x for about an hour. The crying would last for a 1 1/2 days for about 2x a year for several years. All before diagnosis. After diagnosis and on various treatments I do not have this issue. I never mentioned this symptom to Doctor but learned it is a ms symptoms

I've lost my sense of humor because I'm too wrapped up inside my own head trying to understand what's happening to me 😢 I'm homesick for myself.

Hearing sounds that no one else does. Especially at night when it’s quiet.

My legs, when I'm resting in bed if feels like they're "vibrating" sometimes uncontrolable movement.

i wish this doctor was here in my town

When I was first diagnosed, I had so many symptoms that I needed to write them to ask to my neurologist if it was normal. Some of them was surprisingly weird : I smelled cigarette smoke for 2 consecutive weeks (yummy), I also had horrible itching on both legs at the same place. Sadly the neurologist told me with confidence that the half of my symptoms that I described was not MS but probably "in my head". He took me as an hypochondriac and I felt misunderstood and alone. Sadly, he was an MS specialist. Your KZfaq videos, FB groups, and research studies made me learn better what MS can really do to my body.

It feels like you have bugs on your skin..

I have many cognitive issues. I forget short term memory, I forget my words, while talking, they come out wrong or backwards. Things is, people around me, are getting sick of this from me, and just get annoyed. Having a very small amount of people, who do care,read up on it. It hurts when people are fun of me. XoXo’s

I sometimes get the sensation that hot liquid is being poured on my leg. It takes me a moment to realize nothing was spilled on me. I also have the sensation that I am having tremors in my arms or legs, but my muscles are completely still. I often feel a low level buzzing in my arms and legs which is annoying when I'm trying to concentrate. I could keep going, lol. I don't think my neuro believes many of my symptoms, which is almost as frustrating as the symptoms themselves!

I haven't been diagnosed with MS, but my doc wants to run tests for it. A weird symptom I've been experiencing for years is when my body heats up when I'm doing anything active, like cleaning, going for a walk, etc. My muscles and skin feel really hot and start going numb, sometimes I get a vibrating sensation in my hands, then it becomes harder to move around. As soon as I sit down and my body cools off it gets better. I've been experiencing numbness for years it seems to come and go, but it gets way worse when I'm doing anything active. So weird, even my tongue and throat will go numb sometimes, the numbness seems to be worse on my left side. This is all accompanied by extreme fatigue, trouble keeping my balance and even walking at times, blurred vision, brain fog/ forgetfulness. I'm also constantly dropping things. Very scary and frustrating, I'm hoping I can get some answers soon. Thanks so much for this video!

Thank you Dr. Boster. Many of the unusual symptoms you described is what I experienced before my diagnosis in 2010. I was actually diagnosed in the psychiatric ward of a hospital, after a 2 week stay. I had psychosis, erratic behavior, laughing spells, cog fog, depression, and I'm having the itching going on now for past 2-3 years. In the psych ward, a neurologist/psychiatrist asked me to explain my symptoms once again and she ordered an MRI and spinal tap and diagnosed me with MS. It was a long, hard scary journey because for almost 2 years every hospital was saying I was having a mental breakdown. What you are sharing is true. Thanx! 😁👍

Swelling: Hands, feet, face, stomach.

Reading used to be difficult for me. I would read a sentence that said: “The cow jumped over the moon” I would read it like this: “The jumped over cow the moon” And I don’t have dyslexia or anything. I would have to re-read a sentence to understand what it said. Luckily this symptom stopped. But it was very frustrating

Ah yes, the ITCHING!!! It’s so random and so incredibly frustrating! Benadryl sometimes helps, but I sometimes wonder how much of the relief is psychological, since there doesn’t really seems to be a good reason to be itching to start with.

i have several of these, the uncontrollable crying and laughing is a nightmare, my doctor just prescribed depression pills, I knew I wasn't depressed so didn't take the pills

Every symptom I have had with ms has never been the same diagnosed 2002. From burning, tingling, neuritis, speech, tips of my fingers and toes sleep, body right side, cough, summer, left leg, lower back pain etc.

I'm so glad I found this video. I have progressive MS and in June of this year I had psychosis and they put me in a mental hospital for nine days and diagnosed me with a mental illness. I'm 41 years old and had not previously experienced psychosis, just depression and anxiety. Now I know I need to inform my neurologist about the psychosis and hope he knows it can be a symptom of MS. At the hospital, they put me on a medication that's used for schizophrenia, which I'm still taking. I'm certain it's the MS that is causing the depression, anxiety, and other mental quirks. I see my neurologist in 10 days. Thanks for this video. I love all of your videos.

Light sensitivity is increased and I also startle real easy.

Startling very easily. Stuttering. Have not heard these addressed. ANYTHING will make me jump and hard. It's painful! Thanks again Doc! Lo in Fl

I wish you were my Dr. I learned so much about my MS thank you ❤

I cried watching this video and the pathologic itching video as well. I feel like you were describing me specifically the whole time, yes all the symptoms, not just one or two. I have been to over 100+ appointments this year since January 1st and I'm really starting to believe that I am the crazy one 😔 but my local neurologist checked for MS to rule it out and so far they say my brain and cervical MRIs are normal. As I'm writing this the electrical impulses in my head and down my neck and arms are so bad I can hardly stand it. I'm so sorry if this is TMI for a comment but I don't know what else to do. Thank you so much for the time and effort you spend on your videos as they are very educational and I do understand they are not in place of a medical diagnosis.

I was hospitalized for 2 months and lost touch with reality. My life at that time revolved around watching the Petito case and developed a delusion that my brother was lost in the forest and started calling people randomly to tell them my brother was lost. The delusion didn’t break until I saw my brother

Worst symptom for me at the moment is feeling like the physical embodiment of white noise while trying to sleep... feel like I’ve been plugged in to a power socket! - so frustrating and doesn’t help with general fatigue. Really interesting video, thank you 😊

always great info

Hi Dr. Boster, I’m so happy to have found you on KZfaq the other day. I’ve been watching your videos nonstop. I’ve had 2 unusual symptoms that no one has had that I’ve asked. first symptoms that lead to my diagnosis were very painful muscle spasms starting at the top of my head traveling down to my feet only on my left side. When I started to get dizzy and my head would start tightening up, I would brace myself. my chest and stomach would start tightening up. My left arm, hand and fingers would start to curl up so hard that my Big Guy couldn’t get them open. My foot and toes would curl up in my shoes. It would hurt so badly lasting about 15-20 seconds, then it would let up and I would be fine again. My other weird symptom would start again with dizziness in my head, my voice would start to really slur, my arms would swing violently if I tried to raise them and my body would start rocking back and forth. It didn’t hurt and often occurred when I was woke up, got too hot or tensed up too hard. It lasted about 15-20 seconds too. I don’t have any of these symptoms anymore..I did all the tests for seizures and they came back normal and clear. My first lesion was .3 mm on the right of my cervical spine. The 2nd was a 3.7 mm on the left side of my cervical spine. Have you ever heard of these symptoms? If so, what could they have been?

The cog fog! Along with stroke like symptoms sent me to the hospital last year in July.

Thank GOD for u

I needed to hear this 😩😔🥺❤️

Great speech Sir

So glad you have highlighted these issues because there is not a lot of information out there for us. It is so frightening when odd symptoms appear that aren’t discussed often enough, or even recognised as MS symptoms. Thank you so much. 🙏🏻

Thank you for making these videos, Dr. Boster. My first husband hid his MS from me...I found out from his mother after we had already spilt. He has to live with her now permanently and he’s lost of most of his function. He has some of these rare symptoms...didn’t realize they were rare. I’m still trying to make sense of it. From what I’m learning here, his symptoms might not be so severe if he JD gotten treatment earlier. He was distrustful of doctors, which ive commented about on one of your other videos. I wish he had had someone like yourself who took time to explain things.

You are awesome! Thank you for breaking this down for us all! 🧡🧡🧡🩰

Good video

Thank you for reassuring me about vomitting, my neurologist said that it wasn't MS' fault that I lost 25 kilograms due to unstoppable vomitting. I was lost, so I thank you, from the bottom of my heart !

I get a warning sensation on different places on my legs. I also get a sensation of water droplets as well on my legs but no actual water on my legs.

Omg!! Yes!! Thank you!

Thank you for such great information!

Love the tie!

Yesss, I have .omg . The itching, vomiting, brain fog dementia, etc

Thanks for sharing Doc, interesting stuff ...

So informative-you rock!

Thank you for doing this video! I was diagnosed in March of 2018 after almost 20 years of troubling symptoms that were dismissed as mental health issues or injuries from a later car accident. At 13, I was diagnosed with psychosis after several episodes of not being able to distinguish between reality or not. These episodes led to me being hospitalized 3 times within a year and a half. The following year at 14, I had an incredible and sudden onset of physical symptoms that were brushed of as severe panic attacks. I would describe it to others that I felt like I would have a heart attack, stroke and seizure all at once. These episodes would last hours and happen daily and I was put on several different medications that did nothing to help. I'm not going to explain close to 20 years of symptoms here, but let's just say that I have a lot of the unusual symptoms as opposed to profound physical disability. That's not saying that I don't have physical symptoms, but the ones that I do have are weird and not really explained thoroughly to me. I have no seen spinal lesions, but a large amount of lesions on the brain. I have exacerbations where full body pathological itching is one of my main symptoms and it is horrible. These itching episodes will go on for days to weeks and make it almost impossible to sleep. I get bouts of extreme, sudden cog fog. Very easy startling. I haven't had an episode of psychosis in a few years now, but they were still happening.

Pseudo bulbar effect - crying like my heart is broken; when meeting with a psychologist at hospital - she panicked !!!

Aaron thank you so much for this video

Thank you for clearing up so much of what iv have been going through

I wish I could see Dr. Boster , too! I loved this discussion today🧐I have the itching but only intermittent-yet has been going on for years. Am so glad to finally understand why! Sometimes I have the crying- usually around a spiritual topic . Older , former nurse and am past the age of receiving the treatment they offer the younger clients. Praising the day I found you! I’ve learned so much and have found relief in the experience of “ learning together “Priceless and Comforting the Compassion you share ❣️

I just figured out why I cry when I express some feelings that doesn’t warrant crying...I will even say, “Why am I crying? I’m not even sad!”

Very interesting thank you so much

I just found your channel and im so please. I have been diagnosed for 4 years now, 16 when diagnosed and these videos are very helpful and informative

Dr. Boster, love your analogy of our spinal cord, the SUPER HIGHWAY. Please continue to share your knowledge and observations. It's nice to hear a medical professional provide the insight we don't get to ask during our visits to the neurologist. Many thanks. Cindy

Thank you so much for all your videos. I haven't actually been diagnosed with MS - but I am very frustrated because i am having trouble getting in to see a specialist/neurologist here in Australia. My symptoms include tingling down the side of my face, dizziness, difficulty walking, squeezing sensation in chest and head, internal vibrations, muscle fatigue in limbs, burning pain in limbs...just to name a few. I had a brain MRI that had 15 "non specific" lesions and 10 months prior to that I had an MRI with zero lesions. But because they were non specific they said wait a year....haven't had my spine checked at all. Anyway, I'm very frustrated because I'm going down hill and I can't even get anyone to look at me. Sorry, I just needed to vent. Thanks

Wow. Thank you for the information. I have a lot of questions for several doctors.

Dr. Boster... Thank u. These videos mean the world to me.

Alright, here goes. I have persistent itching mostly on the left side of my spine in the mid back area. I also experience lots of shakiness in my legs. Sometimes I have tingling and numbness in my fingers and toes. I also experience frequent myoclonic seizures ( around 20 to 30 a day. The cognitive fog you mentioned resonated with me. A couple of years ago I was in bed so long I developed 2 bedsores. Headaches. No money, no insurance so I just deal with it the best I can. BTW. No official diagnosis of MS, but 5 out of 5 doctors have said they feel it’s MS. thanks for listening

Yes, the vomiting and the itching. No one could figure it out but now it makes sense that I’ve had two flairs this year. I honestly felt that was going on and am relieved to hear you teach on this.

Your videos are amazing!

Hi Dr. Boster, I’ve been watching your videos and appreciate all you have shared. It’s helpful to have something to reference for things that aren’t always easy to understand! I was dx with RRMS about 2yrs ago now and I too dealt with the extreme nausea/vomiting for months prior when docs were unable to know yet what was going on. I also have Type 1 diabetes, but this is under great control. A1Cs are usually 6.8-7 every 3mths that I go for my hemoglobins. However, there is one recurring symptom that I have that my neurologist and doctor have not really quite figured out? Right before I was dx and now several times since, I have had a weird pressure in my head. The best way I can describe it is to say that it feels like someone is blowing air into a balloon. It isn’t consistent and can disappear and come back for sometimes days/weeks! I do not have any pain with the head pressure/headache etc. I at times when this happens have had blurry vision on/off, dizziness etc. My neurologist at one time gave me a zpac of steroid and the pressure cleared up after a few weeks. However the issue still persists. Each time I have had MRIs done, they have come back showing no new lesions or active MS. Neither for my brain or spinal cord. I am wondering if you have ever heard of this symptom? Or whether or not you have any knowledge of what this could possibly be? The only reason I believe it is in correlation to my ms is due to the fact that with the steroid use, it helps relieve it all together. Any information would be greatly appreciated!😊 Would like to hear your thoughts on this.

A vibrating jittering trembling feeling that goes from my chest down through my abdomen, groin and to the tops of the front of my thighs. I always wake up with it and now that it is 3 a.m. it is back. It's like an earthquake under my skin. It's horrible. Right now it's been happening for an hour. I used to think it was atrial fibrillation, a racing heart but that was ruled out. I also can't walk due to getting totally out of breath after a few steps and have to sit down. That happened suddenly one night. I was bedridden for months and now can walk about ten steps but it takes all my strength to do it. It takes me 15 minutes to catch my breath.

I get migraines that feel like my head is swelling,the dizziness ,sharp random pains in wrists toes fingers etc takes DAYS for it to go away and slurred speech

I was diagnosed chronic fatigue in my 20s, fibromyalgia in my 30s, a mental disorder I forget the name that you make yourself sick in my 40s or mitochondrial disease, now atypical MS in my 50s. I have vertigo, pure autonomic failure, lost kidney to hydronephrosis, Pots, abnormal evoked potential tests, psvt, previously ibs, reactive hypoglycemia, toxemia with both pregnancies, CEBS, removal of gallbladder, cervical spine issues that cause nausea and overheating, metobolic syndrome, hyperhydrosis, six brain lesions, neuropathy of limbs, blurred vision and elongated lights at night that comes and goes, extreme body stiffness, and now spacticity in my right knee which causes extreme pain, and foot falling to side when laying down, eczema on feet and hands. Cry at inappropriate times and don't feel sad inside. I still feel like something is being missed, and my whole life had Drs think they know, then when tests or symptoms don't add up, they treat me like I'm crazy and give up. The sad part is, my youngest daughter has even worse symptoms to the point of hand tremors in her twenties. They treated us her whole life of symptoms like I had munchousers. It has made her reluctant to seek help as an adult b cuz we were treated so bad. Now they have her on anxiety meds for her hyperhydrosis and tremors. It is not anxiety. I feel it's too late for me. But I so want a diagnosis so my daughter doesn't spend her whole life not being believed and treated bad when she asks for help.

Thank you, I haven't been diagnosed with MS but this has helped me in compiling a list of symptoms for my medical appointment, symptoms I wouldn't have thought were connected with MS

You have no idea how grateful I am that you made this channel! Thanks so much Doc!! Have a beautiful day!

Oh my goodness! I am so happy I saw this today. I have been going through a period of severe itching that has no know source (that I could think of) so I was concerned it may have been my MS. I have been scratching until I bleed simply because I cannot stop. I also get bad cog fog. Sometimes, I cannot even seem to remember my children’s names. My neurologist was unconcerned with the cog fog and said it was par for the course. Thank you for your videos. They have helped me become far more familiar with my illness. I went I diagnosed for a long time.

You have no idea how much I love ur videos. Thank you.

I really need a dr like you!

When I was first diagnosis, my hearing dropped down to 20% in both ears. I do have hearing loss but that was extreme. When people talked to me, it sounded like the teacher from the Peanuts cartoon. Thankfully I regained my previous level of hearing after a round of steroid infusions. Also I have and randomly still experience that horrible itching you referred to as well as the cog fog. There were times that I had no idea what I did throughout my day and it scared me. Also I have trouble walking sometimes, but it's weird because I can drive a car fine but not walk. I literally have to keep saying left, right, left, right in my head or I can't walk at all. Even when I would do that, my walking was very slow, difficult, and robotic. Those are some of my experiences that my neurologists thought were unusual.

Thank you for the channel. My sister was recently diagnosed with MS and I want to learn all I can about the disease in order to support her as best I can. Subscribed!

Thank you so much for your videos. I share them more than any other channel and that includes cute cat videos! 💓

Thank you for your easily understood detailed information. I am still active after 40 years.

I have had the unknown itching that lasted for months. I haven’t had it in quite a while thank god. you have given me validity on a few symptoms I was told had nothing to do with MS like the itching and cog fog. Again I love your videos. You should come to NYC and do a Q and A.

After I had my youngest child, I almost immediately lost all sense of taste and smell. When I mentioned it to my OB/GYN, he said that it sounded like my wiring was screwed up. My MS neuro later confirmed that was caused by MS and it's very common to have a flair up after giving birth. I also have this weird cough that plagues me in the evening hours. After undergoing numerous tests, CT scans, and even a referral to a lung specialist, my neuro said that my chronic cough is likely centrally mediated (whatever that means) and caused by lesions in my cervical spine. No one that I have spoken to on social media, etc. has ever heard of this issue, but I've had several neuros confirm that MS is the likely culprit. I've decided that I was weird before MS and it's only right that I'm still weird with my crazy symptoms. 😜 I'm very blessed that I'm relatively healthy, not in pain, and have all of my mental facilities (most of the time). Thank you for sharing this topic with us as it's greatly appreciated. Patients (such as myself) sometimes need someone who has knowledge and experience to talk to regarding this crazy disease.

Thank You for sharing Dr. Boster!!! I hope NOT to have some of the rare conditions that you described but it is Very Helpful knowing this information! And sharing it with my wife!!! You are AWESOME Sir!!!

Thank You Sir

I experience several of the rare / unusual MS symptoms you discussed. It is so frustrating. I am seeing a new Neurologist in Feb...praying he is as attentive to details as you are. Praying for help with my MS

Really enjoyed this one!!!! I have the zings in the head,smells trigger nausea and vertigo,I have Menniere's. Currently watching the history of the Mayo Clinic on PBS and I saw your upload and now I'm binge watching what I've missed!!

Hello to all. I have not been diagnosed with MS. However, I have been diagnosed with TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA. It is absolutely horrible. I have gone from 187 lbs to 129lbs Difficult to eat during relapse I am experiencing many symptoms of MS along with my disorder. Fearful I may have MS Planning on getting checked out

I experienced the intractable vomiting. It was really scary and painful. In the hospital they could not help me that evening and send me home after an infusion. I ended up sitting on the floor at home with a bucket on my lap - vomiting the whole day and night - until I (somehow) fell a sleep. I am so thankful for not being forced to get through this again. I still suffer from uncontrollable nausea, but prism glasses and sunglasses give me relief from that. Thank you for your video!! I feel better knowing that this happens because of the lesion in the medulla oblongata.

Thank you so much for posting this video!! I have weird hearing loss in only my left ear and no one was able to figure out why. I also had leg numbness and sometimes severe pain we just figured was a back injury, so grateful to finally find a dr that looked further because I guess hearing loss isnt common. She said last she had never seen an MS patient with it.

I've had itching for 8 years. Head to toe, feels like what I imagine body lice would feel like, I can't count the times I've hit myself in the face with my phone, cig, remote, etc., pins and needles, pain, fatigue, etc. It's the itching that brought MS to my attention. I haven't been diagnosed, but I'm starting to wonder if my diagnosis of fibromyalgia is correct?

I will start laughing when something is funny, but after a few seconds it turns to crying and I can't stop for a few minutes.

I just want to say thank you. I have been trying to explain what is going on with me to family and Drs. with this presentation i can explain my problems with MS so much better.

Hi Aaron! Thanks for the video, it's quite informative and I love watching your channel. I have the sensation of a sunburn, that occurs in place of the typically-described 'electric shock' from Lhermitte's sign. When I bend my neck down far enough, this sunburn sensation travels down my spine and flashes across one or both thighs. As soon as I straighten my neck, the sensation disappears. It's not painful, yet it is uncomfortable and distracting. It's very similar to the 'hot liquid' sensation described by others, but I can make it occur on command! Hurray?

Hi from Scotland. I get buzzing all over my body internally too. When I was in bed I honestly used to think there were mild earth tremors. It's highly unpleasant

YOU ARE THE REAL DEAL YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND MS PEOPLE MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU HELL YOUR A DOCTOR WHEN I FIRST GOT MS I COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING DIDNT NO WHAT THE HELL WAS WRONG WITH ME CAUSE ITS NOT FUNNY

Thank you so much for your videos ❤️ I was diagnosed about 20 years ago. Some years ago I suffered from an insane itching, both my legs. I was scratching myself until I fell asleep, totally exhausted. Almost every night a couple of years, from a few minutes to an hour or more. I was told it was urticaria/hives... Well now I know :) My condition is much worse now, the walking part. But thank God, the itching has at least not returned. A warm hug from Norway ❤️

I was diagnosed with MS a few months ago and this entire experience is rare and unusual for me. This video was extremely informative and necessary. Thank you for the information doctor, its much appreciated!

Thank you Doctor for taking the time to share your knowledge with us, I just watched your video on itching and wow I didn't know MS causes itching, I actually go through it, I just chalked it up to allergies, when it happens I pop a zertec and it calms down, but I have a question it's regarding eye closure, my left eye will not stay open, when I do get it to stay open its not for long, I noticed that it is light sensitive, I've had the Botox shots but no real change, the only thing that seems to help is you guessed it Zertec, after watching your video I was just wondering if you have ever come across this, also I was diagnosed with RRMS in 2001. Thanks for your time

The intricate revelations of neurological challenges is astounding. Thank you Doctor. Be 🙏 Well

Thank you for your wonderful channel. I've experienced a distorted sense of taste. I could only stand eating bland foods. It came after brain stem seizures which were also very hard to deal with. After that I went into a 20 plus year remission.

I've had MS for 20 years, but in the last 3 years I've developed Neuromuscular Scoliois and it has progressed rapidly and is, by far, the most debilitating symptom I've experienced.. When I first noticed it I was leaning slightly but no pain. Over the next 2 years my angle of scoliosis has progressed from 40 degrees, to 55 the next year, and now it is 68 degrees (at least that's what is was in January.) I cannot stand up straight and that's an understatement...I lean at an almost 90 degree angle when I am on my feet for any length of time.. I spend most of my time in a chair with feet elevated, or in my bed, arranged with a wedge system so I can be upright in the bed I have never been a good candidate for surgery because of the extensive spread of the scoliosis and my inability to rehab from a surgery this complex. I have no core strength after 20 years, the core strength is very weak Far from what is needed to recover from a surgery that takes two days to complete...one 8 hour surgery and a couple days later a 12 hour surgery. During recovery you need to move your body without bending your back, and rehab can be 6 months (the incision is from the cervical spine through L-5.) I still can walk, just not very comfortably. I've had my Baclofen pump upped and it does keep the spasticty in check, but does nothing to help the lean/curve. The thing that surprised me about the scoliosis was the speed at which it worsened. The radiologist had an x-ray that we took just a few years before the beginning of the scoliosis and my lumbar spine was perfectly straight and the vertebrae were spaced perfectly. Now I advise if you notice a lean to one side, get an scoliosis series of x-rays and rule out neuromuscular scoliosis. Scoliosis usually progresses a degree or two per year, but with Neuromuscular Scoliosis the disease can progress much more quickly. Mine has progressed a degree per month and sometimes more that a degree per month. So pay attention to "leans."

Inter-nuclear opthalmoplegia - this was my first MS symptom. I know vision problems and brain stem issues are common but I was told it's quite unusual! I was quite the medical anomaly in hospital.

Gracias, parece una persona muy empatica, gracias por su trabajo!

Sudden onset of severe tinnitus. I thought I would go crazy it was as loud as an ambulance siren and sounded like a fire alarm. It staid that intense for 8 months. To this I still have tinnitus and had to find ways to cope along with meds. Studio headphones help. Music pretty much. Meds. That was the post anxiety provoking symptom, I couldn't sleep I still heard the alarm sounds in my sleep 😢 it's really haunting I'm worried it will get that bad again.

I have MS. One day I was suddenly hit with a severe form of OCD. Literally one moment I was fine and the next I wasn’t. I thought I was losing my mind until I got an MRI showing an active MS attack. The symptoms improved greatly with IV steroids., although unfortunately not enough and it’s still a struggle for me. OCD is brutal 😓

I've experienced some of the unusual symptoms mentioned in your video. I'm concerned that I have MS but have not been tested. I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's during the pandemic. I kept telling my doctor that something was off but he never considered an autoimmune condition since my labs were normal. I finally figured it out and went to a different clinic to get tested for antibodies and was properly diagnosed. My story is too lengthy to post but I'm struggling in life like never before. It's my belief that most people don't understand autoimmune disease as a result I've suffered greatly. I'm not a typical complainer, I just honestly have never felt worse. I need to have a MRI, I just don't want another doctor who doesn't understand. If you have any suggestions for a doctor or clinic in the Nashville, TN area please let me know. Thank you so much, Jamie S.

I think I experience numbers 1, 4 and 5. I was diagnosed on December 29th 2020. I'm learning allot from your videos thank you.

Thanks for these videos Doc! MS can be so frightening but knowledge gives us confidence, we feel more in control. I have had RM MS and dealt with it successfully for 36 years now. Just lately I got terribly dizzy and had a feeling of "tightness" across my face, as if my skin was being stretched from the inside out, and some numbness and tingling especially on my chin. Spasticity which has been more or less under control started up a day or two before this too, very painful in my feet, ankles, calves, even my ribs and upper legs. It's annoying because thanks to a very careful diet almost all my symptoms improved for a good long while. Why then would it start up now all of a sudden? Can't think of anything that would spark it off?

I was diagnosed a little over 30 years ago. I went through a period of several years where I would occasionally smell cigarette smoke. There were no smokers in the house and I was the only one who could smell it. Lately the lower back of my scalp will itch for a couple days or so. My scalp is healthy and it comes on quickly and goes away quickly--never would have guessed it my be the MS causing it or that the smell of cigarette smoke could be from MS either. Thanks for your videos.

Currently in the scary point of being possibly diagnosed with this. I had a very profound attack last week-today that pretty much intensified every symptom I have had in the past unaware it was possibly MS. (numbness on the scalp and weakness in the legs that comes and goes). Anyway during this attack I have gone through back weakness, flaring up and down numbness of my feet and legs, a very intense drunk cog fog in the hardware store, and just insane cognition/psychosis. I mean I was losing my shit at night and hearing things and being so disoriented as if I couldn’t get my conscious to drive my body for days. All while trying to navigate and convince people I’m not insane and I need them to look at my brain at the hospital and on the phone. So disorientated and nauseating. Last night I couldn’t even sleep because every time I would get to that point of transfer I would twitch and wake up. At the hospital they couldn’t even put me to sleep with Ativan through an IV. Every time I would get to the point of transfer “TWITCH” wake up.

New to this channel. I like how you present your channel, so many seem unapproachable. I'm in limbo waiting for diagnosis. I have lots of odd symptoms and the usual ones but at the moment I'm having profound fatigue. I'm almost nocturnal as I can barely keep awake during the day. I'm waiting to see if the seizures I've had are epileptic or not and awaiting MRI results.x