Itching and tingling face nose and ears

[Pierpaolo]

Hi, let me introduce myself... I'm Pierpaolo and I’m an Italian guy who's actually using Google translate 🤣

 

I haven't been diagnosed with MS but I wanted to ask you for advice on some symptoms I'm having and which are destroying me. I am a 25 year old boy who has been suffering from Fibromyalgia since I was 16 and was diagnosed at 19.

 

I have had many symptoms including pain, tiredness, severe anxiety, memory problems, etc. It was very hard to live with all this and in reality I was also able to manage the situation well by changing my lifestyle, diet and way of thinking. I was finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel but, about 3 and a half years ago due to an injury, both feet, after an initial period of pain, begin to tingle.

 

Initially, my brain went crazy, making me anxious. After a period of 4 months, one night while I was trying to fall asleep I initially felt tingling in my face, and from there the life that I was trying to build and that I dreamed of began to destroy itself. I have been living with this itching/tingling in my face for 3 and a half years and this is exhausting and driving me crazy. I have had several visits and tests, brain MRI, thyroid ultrasound, chest, several psychiatric visits and I have changed many drug therapies but the result is the same. Nothing. Only side effects. I'm in pieces...

 

I wanted to ask you, do any of you have or have had similar symptoms? Could it be undiagnosed MS?

 

Can anxiety generate similar symptoms in such a chronic way?

 

Thanks and sorry for the forum invasion.

 

Edited 29 Oct 2024, 10:08 am by Marina
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[Stumbler]

Hi Pierpaolo  and welcome to this very quiet part of the internet. It seems the majority of Forum traffic now goes to Social Media platforms for quicker responses.

 

Anyway, Fibromyalgia and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) are both auto-immune conditions and do share a lot of symptoms. Is it MS? That's a difficult question. I would have thought that your brain MRI scan had ruled that out, especially with your facial symptoms. However, a comprehensive MRI scan for MS usually covers the spine as well.

 

Having said that, you have mentioned your anxiety. That comes as no surprise when dealing with incurable conditions. However, anxiety and stress need to be managed as they can cause their own symptoms.

This Forum is unable to provide diagnoses for you as we are not medically trained. This is the job for medical professionals, e.g. Neurology professionals. They should be able to provide advice and help with symptom management.

 

Going back to anxiety, can I suggest Mindfulness? This is a  meditation-based approach which practices the concept of living in the moment. This can be quite mentally calming.