I GUESS IT IS STRESS NOT MS?

[cdvzfr]

WENT TO NEW NEURO TODAY, SAID BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING BUT THE 1 LESION ON R EYE THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN ANIEXTY AND DEPRESSION. I AM SO SICK OF WONDERING ABOUT IT THAT I AM GOING TO STOP UNTIL SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS.
FED UP!
RAE

[Johnny Utah]

  You know there is nothing wrong with trading stress for MS. Sure, they haven't given you any good answers or treatment yet. But if it isn't MS than I certainly believe it's something. I for one don't just imagine I have pain in my leg and arm, the weakness in my arm is not imaginary. I haven't lost cognitive function as documented because I just thought it up. My real point here, and you have to excuse me I have had a couple of rum and cokes, is that we are all here looking for answer.

  If it is stress, well treat it an make it go away. Stress is treatable, and once treatment starts you can usually see and feel a change.

  I for one have an appointment with an MS specialist next month as well as my regular neuro. I am taking copies of my medical records from my PCP and my neuros office and am asking the MS specialist to order what tests he needs to either confirm or rule out MS. If its not his opinion that I have MS than I am not starting a treatment program but I am going to ask for them to continue to look.

  This cr*p is not in my head. Continue to be your own advocate. Start a treatment for stress if thats what they think it is, if you don't find any change than push them to keep looking. When your fever goes up 2 degrees YOU KNOW you have a fever and something is wrong. It may just be a 24-hr bug, but its real.

  Your symptoms are real, accept treatment options and see if they help. If they don't and your neuro or PCP won't change his belief than seek out another doc.

  Hang in there!

  Johnny

[mokibear]

I understand your frustration as I too am in limbo with a diagnosis. I have been really depressed and put on hold finding a new neuro as I just couldn't handle the thought of going through all of this again. But I am going to find a new neuro. Something is wrong with me and just as I know it, so do you. I read back in one of the posts where Quix mentioned chronic fatigue syndrome. Have you had that checked out? Don't give up Rae! There are just some real bonehead doctors out their and you just have to keep going till you find the right one. The depression and anxiety we feel is the not knowing and not being took serious. Don't buy into their foolish ways. Keep looking.

I'll be praying for you
Moki

[Sandpuff]

I can relate to how you're feeling and sympathize with you.  I swore I'd never go to the doctor again unless I was dying.  I, too, have had numerous tests which all came back normal.  That was 9 years ago and I've pretty much stayed away from docs until recently.  Now I'm considering going back.  I went to mayo clinic in 1998 and even though all the tests came back normal except one which diagnosed spinal myoclonus, the neuro thought it could still be an autoimmune thing and treated it as so, but local doctors would just prescribe antidepressants or anxiety meds if I went in complaining of fatigue and other problems.  Try to hang in there and don't beat yourself up.  I have never been more depressed than I was when I went thru all the testing and found out nothing.  It's not fun, but it's not in your head.  From reading my med records, I found that they would try treating anxiety or depression just to see if that stopped the problems.  If I would have gone back after trying the meds and told them the problems were still there they might have believed me.  So I think they do that in the beginning just to rule it out, not necessarily because they think you're crazy.