Over the next few years, I began having new symptoms,
and the others intensified. I had peripheral
neuropathy, swollen
and painful joints, seizures, vision problems, debilitating fatigue, etc. Docs went back and forth between lupus and MS for quite a while, though my ANA was always negative (for lupus) and my spinal tap was neg as well (MS). My blood work did, however, show highly elevated CRP and sed rate (inflammation indicators), and some other abnormalities non-specific.