Originally Posted by invisable

You both bring very impressive points to the table.

A name may help me with acceptance, but mainly I want to exhaust all possibilities before I accept the term idiopathic, as Rose said, if there is indeed a cause, I would like to be able to control that cause and hopefully keep progression to a minimum. I need to reach some point of satisfaction that all avenues have been checked and nothing was missed.

If every possible cause is exhausted, to my satisfaction, I will have no other choice than to accept the term idiopathic.

With that said, I do however appreciate that over obsessing on testing and doctoring can become detrimental at some point, and I believe I am approaching that point, not there yet, but approaching it. I feel myself getting mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted from a year and a half of this. My plan is to give the MS specialist a shot and then pull back a little, unless symptoms get worse.

I am realizing that other parts of my life are starting to suffer from all the energy and time I have spent on this.