Strange symptoms

My husband is suffering from a variety of symptoms that so far have been undiagnosed.  Around 2000 he developed a speech problem where he has trouble finding the right word, says the wrong word, switches parts of words, or studders.  In 2005, we went to a neurologist who said that he had 5 small strokes that affected the language center of the brain.  In 2009 developed numbness in fingers of both hands.  In 2010 he was sitting down and suddenly felt a pain in his right thigh.  He reached down to rub the area and noticed that the surface of his leg was numb.  He went to his doctor and she noticed some weakness in that leg and ordered another MRI.  The radiologist who compared the 2 MRIs said that he noticed increased signal in the white matter and suspected demylinating disease.  He was referred to a neurologist who attributes the difference in the scans to the different machines and better technology and did not note any new lesions.  He also disagrees with the diagnosis of stroke from 2003.  The neurologist believes that the pain/numbness in his thigh is from a pinched nerve.  He ordered an MRI of the spine and it was normal.  Since that time, the pain and numbness in his thigh has spread to his outer calf area.  He also has started experiencing muscle twitches all over his body and sudden jerky movements.  When we went back to the neurologist he ordered a sleep study which showed hypopnea and an EMG which showed carple tunnel in the wrists but nothing abnormal in the leg.  There is muscle atrophy in the leg and he suffers from sudden stabbing pains even though he is on 300 mg of Tramadol for the pain.  He has not yet started treatment for the hypopnea and the neurologist wants to wait until April and do another MRI to compare it to the last one.  Are there other tests that he should be having?  All of this waiting is wearing on us.  This is very stressful and frustrating.  It seems like there should be something else they could test him for.  

There are no neurological diseases in the family.  He is being treated for high blood pressure and high cholesterol but is otherwise healthy.  

[FurballsMom]

Have they considered the possibility of MS?  This sounds very much like MS to me.

[theia922]

sounds like ms to me too,Try to find a ms clinic in your area,  i have suffered with ms for years and find the best results when you call a neurologist that has an ms clinic. god bless and good luck.  Im in the orlando area and have a great ms doc here also when in st louis had a great one also

[jnstaylor98]

They have considered MS but the neurologist that he is seeing does not thing it is that.  He is as puzzled as we are it seems.  We are going to get a second opinion soon.  Any Doctors have any advice?

[squirtatious]

Has he had a spinal tap to rule out ms?

[jnstaylor98]

He has not had a spinal tap.  As I understand it, even that does not have 100% certainty to diagnose or rule out MS.   There are no MS clinics around here, but we are looking for one that is within a reasonable driving distance.