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is this MS?

I am a healthy 25 year old woman with no history of disease in my family. however for the past two months i have been experiencing a sort of double vision in one eye, but only when i look at certain angles. straight on I'm fine, but if i tilt my head at a 45 degree angle to the left its like my eyes won't focus together. about 3 weeks after that started i started experiencing fatigue, like not being able to stay awake at work, and just not having energy to do anything extra, (like working out,) i yawn almost every 15 mins! Then my balance started being affected. i started noticing i would have a small difficulty when i would try to put my socks or shoes on with one leg up, id struggle t keep the foot up. Now when i walk it feels like something is pushing/pulling me I'm just all over the place. those are the three biggest symptoms that have been present for almost two monnths now. Recently as of the last three or so days i feel like my legs are weird or like restless and i am drooling A LOT in my sleep. As i write this i notice i keep swallowing, because i just have a lot of spit in my mouth Idk if that is related or not. I've been to several opthamologists , they have ruled out any damage to the eye or eye muscles themselves. I have had several  blood test done, everything from vitamin deficicencies to lime disease and graves / gravis disease has been ruled out. I have seen one neurologists who did a basic nuerological test (follow the finger, push down on my hand kind of thing) and the kind with the sticky pads on your head which he declared i had a healthy brain from. I also had a CT scan and MRI with contrast that neuro said they were fine along with two other doctors including a ER doctor. But they just looked at the report not the imaging. is it possible the person who did the report missed something? i have another neuro appt on tuesday with a different doctor he requested i bring the cd from the MRI. is it possible the MRI is showing clear because its early? sorry i am so long  winded i just wanted to give as much info as possible. i want to get a spinal tap is that a good idea? What else can i do? Any ideas what this could be. Oh i am trying to make an ENT appt as well... sorry for the poor spelling i am rushing
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987762 tn?1671273328
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Hi and welcome,

Could you please brake up any future posts into smaller text blocks, people with MS commonly have visual and or cognitive issues and find it very difficult to read large blocks of text...ta

Whilst i was trying to work out if you'd posted anything previously in your history that could of possibly been suggestive of MS, I noticed you have posted the exact same post in multiple communities.....I gather if you are asking if it could be ALS, MS, stroke, a vestibular disorder (inner ear) or autoimmune, you are basically concerned that something serious could of been missed even though your test results have not actually shown anything to be abnormal or even suggestive of any of the conditions your concerned about.

To be honest there's nothing you've mentioned that i can see that would be suggestive or consistent with any of the medical conditions your concerned about eg:

The visual situation you've described is not because there is anything abnormal with the health of your optic nerves or ocular muscles "I've been to several opthamologists , they have ruled out any damage to the eye or eye muscles themselves", and to me it actually sounds like your describing a convergence issue that is only created when you do one specific thing, which wouldn't usually be associated with anything seriously being wrong with the health of your eyes.

It's highly doubtful what your experiencing is neurological in nature, or that the MRI technician missed evidence of demyelinating brain lesions, a stroke etc when your basic neurological clinical assessment was not abnormal, and if your EEG (sticky pads on your head) was also normal you don't have any associated diagnostic evidence to suggest there is anything neurologically wrong going on, if anything the lack of suggestive/consistent neurological evidence would be pointing away from it being caused by a neurological condition like MS etc  

"i am drooling A LOT in my sleep. As i write this i notice i keep swallowing, because i just have a lot of spit in my mouth Idk if that is related or not" ....it's possible your dealing with a sinus infection, allergy, medication side effect, diet related, acid reflux or GERD etc etc

Keep in mind that if for example you were dealing with something like a nasal allergy, it would be effecting your sleep quality to the point of sleep deprivation, which in turn will effect the amount of energy you have during the day and could also account for why you are yawning so much and having trouble staying awake at work, feeling off balance and weak and still be neurologically clinically normal.

I'm not saying that an allergy is definitely your answer but it's one idea that is often overlooked and something you might consider exploring if you haven't already done so...  

Hope that helps......JJ
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yes i have been really concerned sorry for the long post and thank you for your help!
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have you been tested for EBV? worth looking into.
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im not sure what exactly ebv is but i would look into it and see. Thank you
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