Please Help my mom! stroke like sypmtoms, no diagnosis?

First of all thank you all for your time and consideration in reading this. Forgive me for being long winded, but i'm trying to include every possible detail, because i don't know if one minor symptom could be the key in finding the answer to my mom's diagnosis. Right now my mother is in the hospital suffering from some very common neurological symptoms of an unknown origin. My mother is a 45 year old white female who lives in the Ohio valley close to Louisville, we live next to an army base and lived in Germany for about three years in the 1980's (mad cow disease was prevalent at that time in Europe). She has had no major health problems, only a history of tubal ligation, allergy to codeine, and what we believed to be hypoglycemic episodes in combination with a variety of small vague symptoms which i believed to possibly be Fibromyalgia. She sometimes complains of neuropathy type pain in her hands and feet. Her blood sugar has bottomed out, causing some slurred speech and lethargy, but after providing some nutrition she has returned to her norm. She has suffered from migraine headaches for several years, and has been treated with a PRN prescription of Imitrex, usually sleep in combination with this medication relieves her symptoms. On the following day after she has had a migraine she complains of her face being sore in the area where the pain originated. She has a very acute sense of smell and often complains of smelling mildew in our home, therefore i considered some sort of toxic mold, however with this last and most acute exacerbation, she was in Ohio visiting family. A few years back a fasting blood sugar revealed impaired glucose metabolism with a blood glucose level of around 117. She has appeared to have refractory hypoglycemia, in which her blood sugar drops in response to eating sugar, unlike normal diabetics who have an increased blood glucose after eating foods rich in sugar. I believed she had just been an undiagnosed brittle diabetic, however, her Hgb A1c was 5. Starting about a month ago, what we believed to be hypoglycemic episodes worsened. She very suddenly started becoming very tired, somewhat lethargic, and confused, sometimes not being able to talk. I am a nurse by the way, and in my clinical experience have seen these symptoms quite frequently. She has had close to 8 of these episodes in about the past month, they have started to increase in intensity, duration, and frequency. Each time she has taken longer to return to her norm, and they last longer. With the very last episode which called for hospitalization, she wasn't able to speak and couldn't even move. We checked her sugar when it happened and it was 67, her pressure was in the 180's, and pulse was slightly tachycardic. She has yet to return to her norm, and continues to appear very tired, and is still slurring her speech and talking very slowly. She is slightly confused at times and has generalized weakness. She has had thyroid and cortisol levels drawn which are both normal. The only abnormal labs have been an ESR and WBC of 12. MRI revealed a sinus infection. I considered it causing some sort of encephalitis or meningitis, but she has had no neck tenderness, her wbc is not extremely high, and she has had no fever. CT, MRI, MR angiography of the brain, EEG, EKG, and carotid Doppler scan have ALL BEEN NEGATIVE! At times her right side seems slightly weaker, her deep tendon reflexes are intact, her pupils are perrla, cranial nerves are intact and WNL, but when asked to do a heel to toe walk she had trouble with her gait and also had difficulty with sliding her heel onto her opposite knee downward. Weakness appears mostly in her lower extremities. Her troponin level came back zero initially, then 1.7, and back to zero when rechecked....(the lab probably mixed up the tubes?). But i thought it was worth mentioning. Again i apologize for being long winded, but i wanted to include every possible clue. Thank you for your time...

I forgot to mention a few things....several years ago my mom was in the house when our dehumidifier caught on fire, and there were some toxic fumes she breathed in a little. Since then she has had what seems to be exercise induced asthma. Also as she has aged she has gained more and more weight, but she exercises quite frequently and eats very very lightly and healthy at that.....

Although I do not have an answer for you-

I do need to say that sometimes other PATIENTS-----Not medical professionals are the best avenue to find info---

you obviously made it clear that you are working with medical professionals-and tehy haven't been able to help--

Personally, I have gotten a couple things diagnosed by hearing about other PATIENTS with teh same symptoms-when the docs just kept saying things like your fine, stay active and i don't see a fracture.....

Has your mom been evaluated for Multiple Sclerosis?

http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/mssymptoms...

You should be telling this to the doctor, not the Y!A community.

i say you ask House, he knows everything. Just jokes but best of luck with your mother.

Rather unusual for someone to seek medical advice within such a diverse yet inexperienced area here in Y/A...Not knowing where you are, it sounds as if you are not finding resolve withinthe medical personell surrounding you &/or your mother...IF indeed this is true...why do you not seek better avenues toward resolve? Your mothers health history has multiple extenuating factors...none of which anyone here can justifiably answer accurately even if it be by suggestion only. You mentioned being in the medical field, why have you not exhausted all efforts amongst the group of medical people who surround you as well as the realm which work amongst you? I would suggest that you check further with other physcians requesting Neurological consults etc...have you even thought of the possibilities of TIA's and or Bells Palsy ....a mention of MS is also something to at least rule out....however, out here within Y/A, no answer will suffice....please seek professional intervention... I wish you strength & wisdom with seeking resolve for your Mother as well as calm & peace of mind for you~ Take care~

Could it be Lyme Disease? Epstein Barr?
Could it be sequelae of the hypoglycemia?
Spinal Stenosis?
Guillain-Barre Syndrome?
ALS?
Has she had an EMG? Lumbar Puncture? Nerve conduction Study?
Are there any electronic/electrical/microwave towers near you?
(I think of it because of the Army base)

Are they considering this a neurological problem? Metabolic problem? Environmental problem from the mold? Or a mixture?

Can you get an expert in diagnosis & be able to get to a MD from say the Mayo Clinic or Cleveland Clinic to review her records or transport her there?

I'm sorry I haven't been much help.

I really wish your mother & you the best.

I agree with OrcaKitty on the diagnosis. I've known people with the same symptoms who were diagnosed later on. As far as the glucose ... i really do think that although it may agrivate the symptoms, it is not directly related. Try this site for some natural treatments you can try at home.

http://www.healthninjas.com/remedies/ms....

http://www.tandurust.com/natural-home-re...

http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/ask...

On a final note ... it can be frustrating when tests always come back negative, especially the one that are meant to diagnose what you LATER find out you have. Hang in there and try the natural remedies that people use in their daily lives anyway (like the gensing and vitamin supplements) so that if treatment is needed later it won't interact with the treatments. A fantastic book that I use at home is called "The illustrated Encyclopedia of Natural Remedies". You can usually find it pretty cheap at half.com. Good luck!

My first thought was also MS, or possibly Parkinson's. Also she could be having TIAs, but none of these explain the blood sugar. Good luck, I'll keep you both in my thoughts and prayers.