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Old 09-22-2010, 12:57 AM
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Hi invisible,
Welcome! Nice to meet you.

MS can come and go and some people never know they have it. It has been shown that people in their late 90's have an autopsy, upon natural death, and they see plenty of MS lesions in the brain, but they never had any real symptoms to bother them.

Others can have one or two and have many problems. Lesions can be very tiny and not show up for some time. Get an MRI of the brain and spine in a closed machine, with GAD dye (dye for the brain one). If you have kidney disease you shouldn't use GAD dye. It exits the kidneys (the dye).

Then if they think you need more testing get a LP or visual testing. VEP's it's called.

It takes years for some people to get a dx. Other people in days or weeks. You don't want a wrong DX.
Good luck to you.

That is a very low dose of Gabapentin (Neurontin) for sensory symptoms. I thought the dose starts a 100 mg. in a tablet. I used to be on 2700 to 3600 mgs daily in the past.
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Last edited by Lady; 09-22-2010 at 09:32 PM. Reason: spelling
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