my husband has ms symptons, ie;pins and needles, slurred speech, leg pains, optic neurosis, but the tests?

Question

he has had over the last year have now come back negative, the neurologist who said it was ms now has to start again with different tests,

has any one any ideas what it could be
he is in constant pain and is tired a lot of the time and is now depressed

Answer 1

Has he had an MRI? The etiology is MOST LIKELY neurological. However, I have rheumatoid arthritis, and in the beginning I had all of these symptoms and still get them. My foot gets "pins and needles" and then goes numb and I can't drive because I can't feel how far I am pressing the brake or gas. I get double vision and occassionally tongue-tied when I am in a flare.

I would recommend an MRI, ANA (anti-nuclear antibodies) screen, RF (rheumatoid factor) screen, and look at organic brain diseas, collagen vascular disease, or autoimmune diseases as a possibility.

Good luck and DON'T WAIT. Get another doctor!

Answer 2

Sadly the symptoms you describe could be linked to any number of conditions and because of that fact, it would be very unfair to attempt to second guess what the diagnosis may actually be.

However, what I would say is that when Doctors look for explanations to conditions, they generally test to prove someone DOES NOT have a condition rather than to PROVE they do have a condition.

So, my advice to you would be to ask your Doctor to run another number of tests to include (if he hasn't had them already) a series of blood tests checking for base metals, poisoning, elevated cell counts and abnormalities. And yes, tell him, I know that means a LOT of tests, but this is what he should be doing.
Also, he should have/had a CAT scan, an MRI scan and a full set of tests to determine adequate blood supply to the brain and heart. Special attention should be paid to the nervous system, including the brain and the spinal column and the condition of the vertebrae and all the blood supplies associated with this area.

What I would say also, is that some conditions are such that all tests will come back negative and it is this fact that indicates a silent condition. Dyspraxia (aka DCD) is a neurological disorder in children in which the sheath covering the neurones is underdeveloped and this is a classic example of this. All tests are negative.

I hope you find answers soon, God bless and Good Luck x

Answer 3

Quite a few (most) of the symptoms above are in this list

http://www.ylcf.org/hormone-imbalance/06.htm

Miriam wrote her story in 1997 and revised it in 2002.

As a preliminary do the on line hormone tests at www.hormoneprofile.com or www.johnleemd.com

If as I suspect they recommend you obtain hormones please have a saliva test done see www.npis.info or www.salivatest.com. A saliva test will check out active hormones something that blood tests do not.

If a hormone is suggested by the saliva test please take the dose suggested for you. Size 10 shoes are not twice as good if you have size 5 feet.
The WHO (World Health Organisation) uses saliva tests.

A transcript of a John Lee talk - this explains why for hormones a blood test is worthless..
http://www.keepsmilin.com/transcriptdrlee.htm

Blood tests find hormones, but they are the ones on their way out of the body. They do not give the active hormone levels

Search the web for "natural progesterone fatigue" and you will find many pages read and carefully select.

e.g.
http://www.natural-progesterone-advisory-network.com/fibromyalgia-and-natural-progesterone.php

For example, the most prominent symptoms of some people are chronic widespread aches and pains. These people's doctors are likely to give them the diagnosis of "fibromyalgia."

The main symptoms of other people are lethargy and fatigue. Their doctors may diagnose their condition as "chronic fatigue syndrome."
Still other people may have depression, and others poor concentration and memory.

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I believe you'll find many women with the same story who are now better. :-)

There is a list of doctors at www.npis.info who are aware of the benefits of natural progesterone they may be more helpful than your GP. You are about to educate your GP :-)

Natural progesterone means natural to humans i.e. identical to that produced by the human body.

For a good explanation of how vital natural progesterone is to humans see

http://www.hormoneprofile.com/howhormoneswork.htm
and other pages on this site

After doing the saliva test any progesterone you buy must be natural progesterone USP. USP means United States Pharmacopoeia. Wild yam is that Wild Yam the body will not convert it to progesterone.

Do not take fake progesterone/progestins manufactured by the drug companies they will be of NO benefit.

Men only need about half the natural progesterone that women do, but we need it all the same.

For a man I'd recommend the "optimal health guidelines" and the "menopause" books below.

Hope this of benefit to your husband

Answer 4

Ask the doctor to test for Parkinson's disease. These symptoms sound very much like Parkinson's. I hope it isn't.

If this does come back as Parkinson's disease contact me and I will give you recommendations I use and I used on my father who had Parkinson's disease.

Answer 5

maybe 'myasthenia gravis' but this is something for the experts.

Peace+