What are visible symptoms of Tuberous sclerosis?

Can any1 with multiple sclerosis tell me what the first signs or symptoms are ?.?

• i had this strange tingle feeling down the left side of my face about 3 years ago and when this happened my speach slurred.? . went for mri scan and got all clear.. then my eyes vision went funny and the doctor said i had optic nueritis. so went for another mri scan and was told they found a scar. was assured it wasn,t a tumour but possibly a sclerosis scar left after an attack.? since then i,ve been free from anything else . touch wood.but the doctor explained its possible i could have ms. which is scary so any help or advise would b cool.

• Answer:

  Lesley, I have multiple sclerosis. There are many symptoms of MS. However there are no classic first symptoms of MS. MS manifests itself differently in all of us who have it. About 50% of people who get MS start out with optic neuritis. For the rest it can be lack of balance, tingling, numbness, pain somewhere in the body, bowel problems, memory problems, cogntive problems, slurred speech, sleeping excessively or just fatigue, urinary problems and the list goes on. No two people get all the symptoms of MS or get them in the same intensity. It is not uncommon for people to experience symptoms for years or even a decade before they are finally diagnosed. The symptoms will come and go which is typical of MS in the beginning because MS generally starts out in its relapsing/remittimg form. So the fact that your symptoms have gone away means nothing. The majority of people who have optic neuritis usually get a confirmation of MS within the following year. My first sign of MS was fatigue which started more than ten years before my diagnosis. The next was optic neuritis. When I finally was diagnosed by a neurologist, I already knew I had it. I had called the National MS Society and read just about all their literature which can be downloaded from their internet site (NMSS.ORG). Now the good news. Many, many people who have MS lead normal lives. While many of us take medicines and have challanges, we lead normal lives and live normal life spans. Do you picture people who have MS as all having permanent physical problems? Well, we don't. With new medications and tons more on the horizon, MS is taking less of a toll. Now there is a form of the disease that is known as progessive MS that does take a toll on the body and can render someone helpless. On the upside it looks as though researchers are fast on the road to reverse the ravages of MS. Good luck, sweetie.