Numbness and weakness down right side and headaches with normal MRI results.

Hi, I'm a 26 yo previously healthy male. 11 weeks ago I started having pain in my right arm. I thought it was just from the gym but one night I was sitting in bed and felt an electric shock shoot up my right arm and into my head. After I felt ok but that night I woke up and felt pain in my right arm and slowly spreading down my right leg, from my thigh right to my toes. The next day I woke up with mild pain and numbness/weakness down my right arm and leg, and also numbness/pressure around my right eye and in my head, and it’s never gone away since.

I now get weird headaches and fatigue. It's hard to describe but I also get a weird light headed feeling when having conversations sometimes. It's like I'll be talking and then a wave goes through my head and I feel awful and my brain feels like it's burning and I find it really hard to continue the conversation. I don't feel like myself anymore and don't ever feel happy. I can’t run well anymore because of my leg pain and get numbness and difficulty when doing simple tasks like typing and cooking.

I had an MRI scan which came back normal and the doctor thinks it’s a migraine which doesn’t seem right to me. Some days are worse than others but the symptoms are always there. Leading up to it I had been applying topical minoxidil which I believe had been giving me heart palpitations. I stopped taking this a couple of days before this happened. I'm terrified this could have been a stroke but surely this would show on an MRI. Don't know what could explain the symptoms.

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