Reply To: Not diagnosed..need help.

Canuck,

Remember that GBS and CIDP are generally the same activiy, only the severity and time are different. They are demyelinating polyneuropathies. GBS usually hits hard and fast, doing the damage rapidly and the stopping, leaving the patient to “Get Better Slowly” CIDP is the same immune attack, but the damage occurs over a longer time period (at least twmonths) and most times is slower to develop although not always. As others have said, CIDP is usually a diagnosis of elimination because there is not one particular test that indicates it, just tests that rule out others. The EMG and NCV tests should show demyelination. Please try to take care of yourself and don’t work too hard. When I cut back my work andhours and stress, I found that my CIDP did not worsen but stabalized somewhat.

I hope you get your diagnosis and can begin to deal with what you have.
Be Good !!