That is anxiety speaking. With this type of fear, it is a matter of moving until you break the pattern of thinking about moving. Even if you are moving slowly, just keep at it until you are feeling your muscles and that will break the anxiety.

I too have had the fear of MS as well as probably almost every other terrible illness under the sun.

Right now, I am convinced that I have Ovarian Cancer.

I know the anxiety and fear it puts into you, having these thoughts, fears, and actually feelings that make us believe we have some awful illness going on.

I hope it brings you some comfort in knowing you are not alone.

Many years ago I too thought I had MS. I went to a Neurologist ( something like that) she told me no. I was so bad I went back and took my mother so very time I got scared I had it, I would call her and of course she would tell me "no". I did not even trust myselt to what she had told me. I know now and have for a long time anxiey can bring on about any feeling you "need" it to. To this day I still "go there" . I think for me anxiety is alot about rationalizing..when I get caught up in whatever it sickness for me, sickness for loved one, money....et all I go to the worst answer...if I could be more rational I would not "go there". Good luck. This too shall pass.

I recently started thinking that was well. My previous ailment was cancer of the mouth. One thing that seems to convince me now that i dont have MS is that i run 5 miles a day... so i cant possible have it. Try to figure something that will prove you dont have it and STOP reading about symptoms and medical condition, its probably the worse thing you can do. Oddly for me i work for one of the health content providers.

That was one of my things that started when my anxiety started and I was just your age- really, I was terrified I had it for years. Now 10 yrs later and I rarely think about that one.

Its amazing how irrational our thinking can be. My first bout of helath anxiety I thought I had HIV, Lyme disease and than MS. Tested negative on all three. This all started from having a flu/cold that lasted 2 weeks. That was 7 or 8 years ago. Than a new bout due to a some minor discomfort in my abdomen and I thought I had colon cancer or Chrohns disease. Bloodwork, 2 Utlra sounds, MRI and colonoscopy and all tested negative. Meanwhile everyone around me was telling me there was nothing wrong with me.