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%  Dr. Google Kept Saying MS, but I Wasn’t Ready to Believe It Everyday Health MenuNewslettersSearch Multiple Sclerosis <h1>Dr Google Kept Pointing to MS but I Wasn t Ready to Believe It</h1> It took three years of come-and-go multiple sclerosis symptoms for me to seek medical help and a diagnosis. By Jennifer SchroppFor My Health StoryReviewed: March 24, 2022Everyday Health BlogsFact-CheckedJennifer Schropp, shown with her husband, Patrick, right, had a lumbar puncture and MRI before being diagnosed with MS.Photos Courtesy of Jennifer Schropp; CanvaI’m sure I’m not the only one who had to learn the hard way, but maybe I am.
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%  Dr. Google Kept Saying MS, but I Wasn’t Ready to Believe It Everyday Health MenuNewslettersSearch Multiple Sclerosis

Dr Google Kept Pointing to MS but I Wasn t Ready to Believe It

It took three years of come-and-go multiple sclerosis symptoms for me to seek medical help and a diagnosis. By Jennifer SchroppFor My Health StoryReviewed: March 24, 2022Everyday Health BlogsFact-CheckedJennifer Schropp, shown with her husband, Patrick, right, had a lumbar puncture and MRI before being diagnosed with MS.Photos Courtesy of Jennifer Schropp; CanvaI’m sure I’m not the only one who had to learn the hard way, but maybe I am.
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I naively thought that multiple sclerosis (MS) happened to people older than me. I’m 36.
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I naively thought that multiple sclerosis (MS) happened to people older than me. I’m 36.
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I’m very active. I don’t drink or smoke. I eat mostly healthy.
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I take care of myself. In August 2021, I learned that things happen that are out of my control. I’m not as invincible as I thought.
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I take care of myself. In August 2021, I learned that things happen that are out of my control. I’m not as invincible as I thought.
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<h2>First a Crashing Sound in My Head </h2> It was the middle of January in 2018 when I woke up at about 4 a.m. to what sounded like a train wreck.
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First a Crashing Sound in My Head

It was the middle of January in 2018 when I woke up at about 4 a.m. to what sounded like a train wreck.
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We live near a train track, so I got out of bed and looked out the window. I didn’t see anything, so I thought it was a dream — until a few days later, when it happened again while I was awake.
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We live near a train track, so I got out of bed and looked out the window. I didn’t see anything, so I thought it was a dream — until a few days later, when it happened again while I was awake.
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It seemed loud, but it felt like it was in my brain. I assumed that maybe a migraine attack was setting in, even though I had never had that sensation happen before when I’d had a migraine. After that day, it didn’t happen again.
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It seemed loud, but it felt like it was in my brain. I assumed that maybe a migraine attack was setting in, even though I had never had that sensation happen before when I’d had a migraine. After that day, it didn’t happen again.
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<h2>Then a Numb Tingly Leg</h2> A few months later, my husband and I were lying on the couch watching a movie, and he was rubbing my legs like he always does. Not long into the movie I noticed that I couldn’t feel him touching my right leg.
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A few months later, my husband and I were lying on the couch watching a movie, and he was rubbing my legs like he always does. Not long into the movie I noticed that I couldn’t feel him touching my right leg.
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That feeling (or lack thereof) lasted throughout the whole movie. When I got up to walk, my leg was still numb but also tingly now.
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That feeling (or lack thereof) lasted throughout the whole movie. When I got up to walk, my leg was still numb but also tingly now.
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I assumed that my leg was “asleep,” until the sensation continued for hours, days, even weeks, almost nonstop. I’ve had iron-deficiency anemia, which can cause this to happen, all my life, so I brushed it off and took my iron medications. Just like the head issue, it eventually stopped.
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I assumed that my leg was “asleep,” until the sensation continued for hours, days, even weeks, almost nonstop. I’ve had iron-deficiency anemia, which can cause this to happen, all my life, so I brushed it off and took my iron medications. Just like the head issue, it eventually stopped.
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When these things were happening, I got lost in the web, googling my symptoms to see what might be going on with me. Let me just say that the internet can be a dark place when doing this, but also helpful. As I searched, everything kept pointing to multiple sclerosis.
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When these things were happening, I got lost in the web, googling my symptoms to see what might be going on with me. Let me just say that the internet can be a dark place when doing this, but also helpful. As I searched, everything kept pointing to multiple sclerosis.
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But I didn’t believe that, because I didn’t think it could happen to me — just like I’m sure many other people have thought, too, before being diagnosed. <h2>Next a Feeling Like My Face Was Being Electrocuted</h2> In May 2021, I woke up from a deep sleep feeling like I was being electrocuted on the left side of my face. This was my wakeup call (no pun intended).
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But I didn’t believe that, because I didn’t think it could happen to me — just like I’m sure many other people have thought, too, before being diagnosed.

Next a Feeling Like My Face Was Being Electrocuted

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It happened a few times that day and then intensified in the days to come. I couldn’t eat or talk much without triggering the pain.
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It happened a few times that day and then intensified in the days to come. I couldn’t eat or talk much without triggering the pain.
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Brushing my teeth made it worse too. This feeling was something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. Imagine chewing on tinfoil and being struck by lightning at the same time.
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Brushing my teeth made it worse too. This feeling was something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. Imagine chewing on tinfoil and being struck by lightning at the same time.
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That’s how I’d describe it, but even that doesn’t do it justice. To say this was scary would be an understatement.
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That’s how I’d describe it, but even that doesn’t do it justice. To say this was scary would be an understatement.
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I talked to my doctor, and he immediately said it was trigeminal neuralgia. Okay, I’d never heard of that, so now what? <h2>Many Tests Later All Results Suggested Multiple Sclerosis</h2> I started on nerve blockers, and I had an MRI, which showed some alarming signs that something bigger was going on.
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I talked to my doctor, and he immediately said it was trigeminal neuralgia. Okay, I’d never heard of that, so now what?

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I was sent to a neurologist, who confirmed trigeminal neuralgia, but after I told him about other recent symptoms, as well as my past symptoms, including tremors, blurred vision at times, and constant neck pain, he ordered more tests. I had two more MRIs, blood work, and a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) to rule out any other autoimmune disorders. Every single test came back supporting the conclusion that I had MS.
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The episode of trigeminal neuralgia turned out to be what my doctors now consider my first major MS relapse. <h2>I Still Didn t Want to Believe It but I Knew It Was True</h2> The neurologist then suggested that I see an MS specialist.
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The episode of trigeminal neuralgia turned out to be what my doctors now consider my first major MS relapse.

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Right then, I realized that maybe the internet hadn’t lied to me. Maybe I should have investigated those weird sensations three years ago when they first happened. This was one of those “I wish I knew then what I know now” moments, because maybe I could’ve slowed things down sooner.
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Right then, I realized that maybe the internet hadn’t lied to me. Maybe I should have investigated those weird sensations three years ago when they first happened. This was one of those “I wish I knew then what I know now” moments, because maybe I could’ve slowed things down sooner.
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Maybe I would have accepted it sooner, but sometimes my stubbornness gets the best of me. Hearing the specialist say those words — “You have multiple sclerosis” — was tough.
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She explained everything so clearly. I trusted her, because she put all the pieces of the puzzle together. I’m pretty sure my husband took it harder than I did, because he was crying as I sat there stunned but relieved.
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