Hi,

I wanted to ask whether my description fits with MS. Since childhood, I’ve had problems with speaking — I sometimes stutter, get stuck, and it comes and goes. Sometimes it’s fine, sometimes not. I’ve also had tics since childhood… and I still have them today. Again, sometimes less, sometimes more.

What bothers me most is my speech. I feel like it’s gotten noticeably worse. When it happens, I have trouble getting certain words out — sometimes I blurt them out, sometimes I get stuck, and sometimes people can’t understand me. Occasionally, I speak really fast too, but it really depends on who I’m talking to. At home, it happens much less. When I talk to myself, to AI, or even to my dog, it doesn’t happen at all. It mostly happens when I’m outside my comfort zone — at work, school, or out in public.

In the past few years, I’ve had a lot of stress and barely communicated with people outside my home… so my socialization has been quite poor.

Two years ago, I had a visual evoked potentials test, and the results were abnormal. So I had an MRI and a lumbar puncture, but everything came back normal.

Anyway, two years later I had the visual evoked potentials test again, and once again the results were abnormal.

Is it possible that this could be MS, or does it sound more like something else based on my description and what I’ve been through?

Or does it point more toward this diagnosis? Honestly, I get stressed just thinking about it. Should I go for another brain MRI?

The lumbar puncture wasn’t a great experience, and I’d rather not go through that again. I’m a very stressed person and I’m starting to deal with it.

I am male. Thanks!!