Hello everyone. My mother had MS when I was 2yrs old and she was inher ealy 20's. I have been experiencing the following since 2009. Facial paralysis , blurred vision, headaches, electric sensations running through arms and legs and at times felt very heavy, dizzy, speech problems, heat sensitivity, weakness, fatigue, clumsiness when walking. I had started reporting these problems to a neurologist. He did a ms workup including an mri and everything turned out negative. I was unhappy because my paralysis and speech problems were really bothering me. Summer came around 2010 and so did the same prroblems again but the heat sensitivity was making my body shake and tighten. My arms were super heavy and I would drop things I had in my hand for the weakness I had felt. We are now here in the fall 2010 and 2 weeks ago I had to call 911 because I had felt weak to the point that I had almost fainted. I am still going through the weakness and almost fainting symptoms as well as a new one, having extreme sensitivity to the cold. My body tightens to the point where I felt my bones were going to break. My leg seems to drag when I'm walking and when at a standing position the foot turns inwards. I can't believe how hard it is to even just taking care of my personal hygeine. This is really affecting my quality of life. This week I have had an eeg which came out neg for seizures and I'm pending results for the vng, ver, vat, and the equit that were ordered by the ear nose throat dr. She tested me in her office for balance and I didn't do well. She noticed that I was very careful when I was walking and I told her that it was very hard for me to walk because I don't know when my legs will give out because they feel very wobbly.
My question is with all these symptoms that I still seem to have and are very hard to cope with, should I request a lumbar puncture and will it reveal more information to help my doctor in giving me a diagnoses. Does it seem like I have ms? I really just want to lead a normal life and be able to enjoy my children.