Hi Stacie. Your posts always catch my attention because it seems your doctors are allowing you to flap in the wind far too long without getting to some of the basics
Have you read this Health Page yet?
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Multiple-Sclerosis/Common-Blood-Test-Youll-See-During-the-Diagnosis-Process/show/446?cid=36
I sure hope that your rhematologist addresses these. Your PCP should have done the basics long time ago. Did you ever track down the woman neurologist that you were told about?
You were told that your symptoms were caused by stress/depression?? Maybe, maybe not. Any doctor who slaps any label on a patient without crossing t's and dotting the i's, is as Quix would say a "dunderhead." That is to put it politely in the case of your neurologist and PCP
I know a woman who was recently diagnosed with Lyme disease. She had two completely unnecessary surgeries because of pain symptoms prior to diagnosis. Her doctors were not looking at the whole picture, but blamed the pain based upon their limited knowledge in their respective fields. I guess my point with that story is that perhaps you could benefit greatly by finding yourself a seasoned PCP with some initiative.
Finding yourself in competent hands makes all the difference. When I developed optic neuritis, an opthomologist wanted to test my peripheral vision with a lengthy and expensive test. They had just purchased a new machine. I was fortunate to find another opthomolgist who LISTENED to me. He gave me vision test after vision test. I was sooooo frustrated because my vision was NOT normal but only I could perceive it. He believed what I reported I was experiencing even though all his testing was normal.
Later I developed double vision, left sided weakness/numbness, dizzyness, pins and needles, hot & cold sensations, etc etc. Guess what? My physical exam was normal except for heightened reflexes. He believed me anyway.
A few doctors before these did roll their eyes around in their head when listening to my rather bizarre and sometimes fleeting symptoms. That's okay - as long as they get their rears in gear and get to work. This is how I got my work-up. My rheumy cleared the path of the mimics. In hindsight a good internist would have helped me a lot too. I found a good one later.
Good luck to you. You might have to kiss a few frogs.