I am new to this forum and new to the thought of MS being a part of my life. I am 32yr mother of 5 and a very successful in my career. For the past 3 yrs I have been experiencing these strange "spells" the first time I lost felling and function of my left arm and the left side of my face I had an MRI in thoughts that I had a light stroke. The results were negative and with in a few weeks all symptoms were gone. I was chalked up to being new symptoms of my migraines. So when I would wake up in the middle of the night with tingling hands or cramping legs I never thought much about it. In March 2011 I had an other bad "spell". Between the muscle spasms in my back and numbness in my left side I decided to try chiropractic care, since the migraine meds didn't seem to be doing much. It took awhile but the pain went away so I thought maybe this is working. Then it hit again, harder, in Dec 2011 and the doctor gave me muscle relaxers and arthritis meds. So my "spell" is back and my doctor sent me to a neurologist this time for nerve testing. He shocked my arms and poked them with needles all the while Im telling him what has been going on the past 3 years (with more detail than above) He says we should look into MS and sent me for an MRI.
Thats where I am...now I am left scared and waiting. I understand MS is hard to diagnose. I have a lot of question running through my head for people that have been down this road...how long does it take to confirm diagnoses? How often do most of you have these "spells"? Do they start getting closer together? I just dont know what to prepare myself for.