PM Specialist suspected MS, but MRI may be negative?
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:13 am
So, pardon the long intro. I'm a 25 year old female. Here is my back story;
About a month and a half ago, I experienced a sudden onset of some weird symptoms/pain. It started exclusively as neck/upper back pain & muscle spasms. Since then the symptoms have continued to worsen and develop. Here are the symptoms;
neck & upper back pain, muscle spasms in upper back, front of neck, and right leg/calf.
nausea, constant fatigue, intermittent numbness/burning/tingling in right forearm/hand/fingers. a "heavy" feeling in my arms and legs.. but mostly in the right arm & leg. weakness in arms and legs.. Legs always feel like they're going to give out.
dizziness, lightheaded, feeling like i'm going to fall, trouble concentrating, trouble finding the right word which results in stutter.
constant pressure on the back of my head/base of skull.. headaches there. buzzing there. ears are "clogged up."
a general "out of it" feeling. a "restless leg" feeling when sitting/laying down.. dominant in the right leg/foot, but in both.
"itchiness" in my legs mostly.. but no rashes/indications why.
sometimes my eyes feel like they won't focus or concentrate on an item.. they feel like they're bouncing around a bit.
I've had a cervical & spine mri previously for a suspected disc injury.. mri did show protrusion at c2-c3 and broad-based disc bulges in both neck and lumbar.. but nothing touching nerves/spine. so the pain management specialist said that wasn't the cause of my symptoms.
he ordered a brain mri. went to see him today but he didn't have the mri report yet.. he looked at the images himself, and said he didn't see anything "crazy." and that he would call me if the mri report saw anything. he doesn't suspect lymes. and didn't have any other offerings. he referred me to a neurologist, and I have EMG scheduled for next Friday.
My question is.. since he isn't a "ms specialist." if the mri doesn't show any obvious lesions, is MS still a possibility? The majority of the MRI was done WITHOUT contrast.. then they added in contrast for the last 10 minutes.
I did just schedule an appointment today with my eye doctor as well to see if he suspected anything with my "worsening" vision.. .. by worsening i mean the lack of focus, the bouncing around, the blurriness i see at times.
Any advice?
About a month and a half ago, I experienced a sudden onset of some weird symptoms/pain. It started exclusively as neck/upper back pain & muscle spasms. Since then the symptoms have continued to worsen and develop. Here are the symptoms;
neck & upper back pain, muscle spasms in upper back, front of neck, and right leg/calf.
nausea, constant fatigue, intermittent numbness/burning/tingling in right forearm/hand/fingers. a "heavy" feeling in my arms and legs.. but mostly in the right arm & leg. weakness in arms and legs.. Legs always feel like they're going to give out.
dizziness, lightheaded, feeling like i'm going to fall, trouble concentrating, trouble finding the right word which results in stutter.
constant pressure on the back of my head/base of skull.. headaches there. buzzing there. ears are "clogged up."
a general "out of it" feeling. a "restless leg" feeling when sitting/laying down.. dominant in the right leg/foot, but in both.
"itchiness" in my legs mostly.. but no rashes/indications why.
sometimes my eyes feel like they won't focus or concentrate on an item.. they feel like they're bouncing around a bit.
I've had a cervical & spine mri previously for a suspected disc injury.. mri did show protrusion at c2-c3 and broad-based disc bulges in both neck and lumbar.. but nothing touching nerves/spine. so the pain management specialist said that wasn't the cause of my symptoms.
he ordered a brain mri. went to see him today but he didn't have the mri report yet.. he looked at the images himself, and said he didn't see anything "crazy." and that he would call me if the mri report saw anything. he doesn't suspect lymes. and didn't have any other offerings. he referred me to a neurologist, and I have EMG scheduled for next Friday.
My question is.. since he isn't a "ms specialist." if the mri doesn't show any obvious lesions, is MS still a possibility? The majority of the MRI was done WITHOUT contrast.. then they added in contrast for the last 10 minutes.
I did just schedule an appointment today with my eye doctor as well to see if he suspected anything with my "worsening" vision.. .. by worsening i mean the lack of focus, the bouncing around, the blurriness i see at times.
Any advice?