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Is MS possible?

Hello!

Please bear with me....This is gonna be a long one.
In the middle of March, I was taken to the hospital for a dizzy spell (I dropped while I was walking back to my desk, I didn't really black out-everything just spun and I fell).  While I was there, the ER doc said I seemed to have vertigo.  He gave me some diazepam and sent me home.  I went to my PCP a couple of days later and was diagnosed with 'positional vertigo', he gave me some exercizes and sent me on my way.  Appox. three weeks later, I went to the hosptial for extreme pain on my right side from the bottom of my ear, down my arm (swelling/pain/tingling) and down the right side of my back (not touching my spine).  The ER doc gave me percocet and told me it seemed that I had pulled four major muscle groups (even though I hadn't done any heavy lifting).  Went back to the PCP and he decided to send me for an upper spinal MRI and head MRI.  Spinal came back as four bulging disks so I was directed to an Orthopedic surgeon.  Prior to that appointment, I went back to the hospital for EXTREME pain in my left clavical and the same pain on my right side as before.  The ER doc sent me home with diazepam AND percocet and said to see specialist.  I went to the Ortho and while in the office he performed a Hoffman's test that was positive (my thumb reacted).  He said that based on looking at both MRI's I didn't have anything that would justify this kind of pain.  He didn't do any further tests, but refered me to a nerve doctor for conductivity testing (that came out clear as well).  He then sent me to a neurosurgeon.  The Neuro doc looked at my head MRI (which was apparently clear) and the spinal MRI, had me walk down a hall (to watch my gait I would guess) and declared that I had "pulled muscles".  Now, I don't know that I believe him, because my symptoms are as follows; pain/tingling in my extremities, numbness in my face (when I wake up), trouble with my bowels, headaches, jumpy eyes/arm muscles, and dizzines/vertigo.  Beyond that, the pain that I have experienced in my arms has been going for at least six years (I get it really badly and then the next day it's gone - completely).  I was diagnosed with five types of tendonitis in one arm from the elbow to the fingertips six years back, but that doesn't make any sense either, nor is it carpal tunnel.
At this point, I don't know if it's MS or I'm just (as the neuro doc put it) wired wrong.  I find it hard to believe that I've had these issues for six years, I've been on valium and percocet for more than two months now, and the neuro doc didn't run ONE test on me before deciding I had NOTHING.
Can you give me an idea of what I'm looking at?
BTW, thank you for the patients to read this far......
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Thank you for responding.

Actually, I have had pain behind my left eye, it only happened a couple of times (during the other issues) though.  My eye 'jumps' too.  Both of these things have happened in my left eye.  Is this what you're talking about?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't see you talking about vision problems anywhere in your post. Vision problems, pain in one eye, cloudy vision and partial loss of color are some of the most common symptoms of MA combined with muscle weakness, tingling, movement problems, etc.

I have dizzy spells, and tingling/numbness in extremities quite often, but I also suffer from Anxiety Attacks which can cause the above symptoms.

I'm not saying you have anxiety problems.. All I'm saying is that many things can cause your symptoms. Judging from your current symptoms, I doubt it's MS. See another doc for a second opinion.
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