Hello suzieb and welcome to NeuroTalk.

First I'd ask if you had your Vitamin B12 levels checked? The symptoms for that condition often mimic those of MS. You can read about it here :http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ht=Vitamin+B12

I agree that your symptoms sound similar to MS, but they also fit so many other conditions..... many less worrying.

Some of them include ...fibromyalgia and vitamin B12 deficiency, muscular dystrophy (MD), migraine, hypo-thyroidism, hypertension, Beçhets, Arnold-Chiari deformity, and mitochondrial disorders...... http://www.msfocus.org/article-detai...x?articleID=18

I'd suggest asking to get your Vitamin B12 checked while you wait for your MRI which will be all important in getting a diagnosis of some kind. As for the Alzheimers, as hard as it will be - I'd try not to worry about it until after the MRI because forgetfulness could be a symptom of several neurological conditions, and hopefully the MRI will sort those out.

Even though you may not have MS, why don't you make yourself known to our members there. It might be nice for you to get some support while you wait for the MRI. Here's the link :

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum17.html