Mysterious symptoms

[NWeimer]

I am 38 years old and have started having a multitude of mysterious symptoms over the past few months...Well, I have had trouble with my hands cramping up (both of them) and at times can barely use them, which started several years ago but this symptom comes and goes. It has gotten so bad that my husband bought us plastic dishes because I have dropped most of our stoneware set. I was tested for arthritis, which came up normal. A few months ago, I experienced a pretty traumatic event (helplessly watched my dog being mauled by our other family dog) which seems to have triggered a series of other symptoms. It started with falling down the stairs and within a week, my legs became increasingly more difficult to lift (particularly my right one), I was losing my balance a lot and had terrible spasms in my legs. Then, after walking around in DC with the temps up to 103, I started having leg tingling and numbness. While I was still having all of these issues, my right arm started feeling as if it was "dead" and I could hardly even hold it up while driving. But the most mysterious of all was my cognitive issues...I forgot how to spell my name, didn't recognize the route I was supposed to be taking while driving, even though it was a well-traveled route for me. Worst of all, I drove 35 miles and then realized that I had forgotten to strap my infant into his car seat (almost had a panic attack at that moment). I have had an MRI of my c-spine and also my brain, which have both been normal. I am suspious of MS but my neurologist says that it is impossible for me to have MS if the MRI turns up normal...he is treating me for RLS with Neurontin. I feel dismissed at this point...Any one have any idea what might be going on or any suggestions for me?

[Red_Star]

THE MCDONALD CRITERIA (revised 2005) (The Myth of the 9 Lesions):
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Multiple-Sclerosis/Diagnosing-MS---The-McDonald-Criteria-revised-2005/show/370?cid=36

[Londres70]

Sounds like you are being dismissed at this point.  

Although MRI is a very useful diagnostic tool, a normal MRI of the brain does not rule out the possibility of MS. About 5% of people who are confirmed to have MS do not initially have brain lesions on MRI. However, the longer a person goes without brain or spinal cord lesions on MRI, the more important it becomes to look for other possible diagnoses.

Have you had any labs done?  Any other testing done?  

Are you responding to the Neurontin at all?

This DOESN'T sound like any RLS to me.