Hi BCR! Aha, so you HAVEN'T had the MS workup yet--if you haven't had an MRI for 8 years, then maybe it will show something, given your symptoms.

I can identify with thinking that things are "normal" for many years and then realizing that they are not. In high school I used to think headaches were normal--that everyone got them (because my mom had lots)--so I never mentioned my sometimes daily headaches to anyone. Now I realize they must have been migraines.

Then later it was the dizziness, achiness, stabbing head pains--I thought it was all just "me"--the dizziness was due to a not-so-great inner ear; the achiness was due to being overweight; the head stabs meant I was about to have a stroke, etc.

Here's hoping you get some true answers at last! But please be prepared for the opposite scenario, too. The answers just aren't always there.

Nancy T.