Symptoms

MS symptoms are a fun bag of tricks. They vary from person to person and from day to day. The most common complain in MS patients is fatigue. Not just being tired. It feels like your whole body is encased in wet cement and can't get out. Everything is in super slo-mo. And your brain is working overtime to try to keep up.

Other fun symptoms I have experienced so far:

• L'Hermites Sign
• Neuropathy (tingling in my hands and arms. Usually worse in my left)
• Headaches
• Tremor (usually brought on by overuse/overexertion of a muscle group)
• Short Term Memory Loss
• Lack of coordination for fine motor skills
• MS Girdle
• Stabbing Pains (For me this has been localized in my big toe while driving and sleeping)
• Proprioceptive Dysfunction (I wake up feeling like I am holding something ie: a pen, the remote, my phone and am not. I also feel like my hands are somewhere they aren't.)

I don't have all of the symptoms all of the time. The neuropathy in my hands, the L'Hermites and and fatigue seem to be the most consistent at this point. Some days are worse than others. There are a host of other symptoms that I could be experiencing, and I am thankful that I am not at this point. This is a weird disease.