Was tested for rheumatologic explanations lile lupus etc. Negative ANA and RF
No other symptoms since this all began. In the spring and summer months this year i had excruciating lightning zaps of pain that shot down from in front of my right ear down towards my jaw, sometimes it would go horizontal towards my eye. Ive never been a headache person but these only lasts seconds. Made the mistake of telling my doc i thought i was getting headaches. He instantly pushed them off to the side, said it was stress and tension headache from school. Wasnt really my head that hurt tho, it was my right face. Didnt bother to push the matter. He wrote Rx for flexeril for my back/neck and headaches and never bothered to evaluate my back.

That same doc said he didnt think a head MRI would help, he was convinced i had small fiber ( this was bedore my skin punch bx with my next Neuro). I brought a friend with me to a follow up appointment and we pushed him to order an MRI and he actually got angry. Needless to say, im glad i got a second opinion, although i doubt it will end here.

At my last appointment when my newer doc found the diplopia, he said "I bet you've always had this." And thinking in retrospect, ive had this neuro and eye exam done a ton of times this year, never had double vision before. And at that moment, i was terrified to ask aboyt MS or a head MRI. I had just finish ed convincing him to order the spinal MRIs. Didnt want to push it. I figured i must not have enough clinical signs that would poiint him in the direction of MS, so if he didnt think it was important to rule out, i shouldn't worry about it.