Stroke

[pnashef0607]

Back in about June I started getting this weird electrical like sensation that would start in the back of my head and travel down my arms and sometimes legs when I bent my head forward or turned it. It was quite uncomfortable. Then it went away. I started to pay more attention to what was going on and noticed other strange things, like memory loss, forgetfulness, occasional blurred vision. Then in late August the episodes started again. I saw my PCP on 9/11 and had an MRI done of the brain and neck (I should mention that I have had 2 previous which showed T2 white matter lesions in the brain). Again the same thing, the lesions showed up but it was still determined by the fact that my neck didn't have lesions that I didn't have MS. Another weird thing was that my reflexes are all slow in the legs and arms. So... I managed to get a copy of the last MRI report and it says that differential diagnosis includes small vessel ischemia but MS cannot be excluded.

Now the episodes just started again today, I had one that was really weird and has left me with tingling in my arms and legs and a feeling of pressure at the back of my neck.

I don't know what to do, this keeps happening then going away, my PCP and neurologist basically blew it off as nothing or maybe a side effect of the medications I take for fibromyalgia.

Has anyone had MS present this way? What is small vessel ischemia? All I could find was it's sort of like having mini-strokes.

Any answers or suggestions on what to do would be most appreciated.

Thanks, Pam N.

PS I also suffer from non-aura migraines