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After 1 year and 11 days I finally got diagnosed!!!

Hello to everyone. Yes, after the onset of a 'space out' feeling that came from nowhere, and eye pain, dizziness, brain fog etc... and after a year of exams, MRIs of head, neck, spine, bloodwork, evoked potentials (ear, visual, etc)...visual field test, optic nerve tomography.etc... I got diagnosed TODAY. As MS got completely ruled out today (no lumbar puncture needed), and thinking I was a case of subclinical MS, as well as Lyme... NO, none of that... none of the crazy hypotheses like lupus, etc.... mine was a case of migraine. Yes... can you belive that???? So if you guys are going through the same horrible limbo path as me... you might want to consider that. Migraines are NOT always headaches...(i didnt know that). you can have occasional headaches but also can suffer from persistent aura, visual disturbances, halos around lights, all sorts of visual things (visual snow included), pins and needles, dizziness, confusion, sense of depersonalization, burning feelings, tired arms and or legs, face pressure, numbness, occasional slurred speech, probloems with concentration, anxiety and panic attacks, and the list goes on.
I am happy to have a diagnosis, finally I can rest in peace... It doesn't mean I do not absolutely hate the symptoms, but at least I know what it is and there are things I can take or do to make things better.
Hope you guys find your diagnosis soon, because I know how horrible it is to be in limbo land not knowing what is wrong.... and guys, when doctors tell u u need to see a psych, please do not stop on your search for a diagnosis...I did go to a psych who told me I had psychological issues...isnt it obvious that if you go to one of them and tell them your roblems they are going to say ''oh, thats the cause..."?.....
Cheers
Gaucho
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Goucho, what did they recommend as treatment? Just courious because I have pretty much all those symptoms. It started 2 years ago with the halos at the outer edge of my vision. Here reciently its been causing my brain to swim like Im about to pass out. Then just as fast as it comes it stops. Dill eye ache maybe left behind, or feeling foggy for a few. Does that sound familiar? Please tell me what they recommended for you. ?
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Meant Dull eye ache.
I'm finding dairy and wheat affects mine for the worse..
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Amazing!  when I read the part about arms and legs it made me feel less like I'm imagining things.  Do that have a treatment plan?  I would love to know more about what they say and if it works!
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WoW that was quick!

I had documented MS Sx going back to 1967! Things got BAD in 1987 and it still took 23 YEARS before I was finally Dx with "long standing RRMS" in 2010!  In my case it WAS Multiple Sclerosis, and everything else ruled out.
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What is rrm?
RRMS stands for Relapsing, Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Curious @ GOMER2 if you had any lesions show up on your MRI during the 23 years (yikes!) of limbo?  I'm 4.5 years in of symptoms that mimic MS, abnormal neurological exam, everything else has been ruled out...but no lesions...yet.    thanks!  
NO MRIs, nothing, until a new NON-VA doc I saw for something I thought was unrelated, and opened the neurological / MS can-o-worms, in 2009..

In 1987 I was sent to SHRINKS at the VA. They took MY SIDE, not nuts, etc just "adamant that something else was wrong. They refused to do anything. That coupled with a NEW VA Dr, not yet indoctrinated in VA ways, said if I could back up what I told her, she would order a MRI & MS work-up. She kept her word!

The rest is history.

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Two words: Magnesium Citrate. Take 400 - 600 mg.  a day. Your symptoms will improve. 85% of Americans are now deficient in magnesium. Magnesium relaxes blood vessels. Read the book “Magnesium Miracle”. You’ll be on your way to healing.
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Magnesium for which symptoms?
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Hi, was your dizziness constant? I have migraines and have had constant disequilibrium for the last 3 months.
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I was suffering from the Trigeminal neuralgia for five years. This disease had affected my daily living activities and I was under depression. My daughter did everything for me to reduce my suffering. She searched for the natural products on the internet and came across a site where she had a chat with the doctor. The doctor advised my daughter to buy a kit comprising of the natural products and the name of the kit was the Freedom kit with OM 13 formula. She ordered the kit and I am taking the kit for a month and I am feeling much better. Pain has reduced and I have started performing my daily living activities with confidence. Thanks
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