after a few yrs of doctors that blow off your symptoms as if your making them up, i have been researching what was happening to my body. clearly the answer was multiple sclerosis. there is a few other conditions with similar symptoms to eliminate, but by text book definition, those don’t seem to fit me. im new to the state and can’t seem to find any family doctors accepting new patients. i don’t need a referral, but i didn’t know if i could make an appt. based on what i think, or does your family dr make the diagnosis and then you see a specialist or does the specialist diagnose you. please help, my symptoms have really progressed this time around and im really scared of permanent damage and the pain has become severe.