{"id":4097,"date":"2026-10-20T23:17:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T23:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2026-10-20T23:17:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T23:17:48","slug":"christina-applegate-breaks-down-over-ms-misdiagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=4097","title":{"rendered":"Christina Applegate Breaks Down Over MS Misdiagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tChristina Applegate<\/a> says she doesn\u2019t have MS \u2014 but she\u2019s still sick, and she still needs answers.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring her October 20 return to MeSsy<\/em><\/a>, the podcast she co-hosts with Jamie-Lynn Sigler, the Dead to Me<\/em> actress revealed that she\u2019d been misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis<\/a>. While others welcomed this news, Applegate was still trying to process what it meant for her health.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cShe came into my room and said, \u2018Congratulations, you don\u2019t have MS,’\u201d Applegate recalled. \u201cI was, like, not happy at all. Everybody else was so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\u2018I Lost Everything\u2019\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tApplegate, who publicly shared her MS diagnosis<\/a> in 2021, became emotional (rightfully so) while discussing how much her health has affected her career and everyday life.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI lost everything. I lost my job,\u201d she said. \u201cI get really emotional because it stopped my life,\u201d she continued. \u201cI still have to use wheelchairs when I go to the doctor\u2019s offices. I can\u2019t walk from the car to the room. I\u2019m still in this. Nothing magical happened when she said, \u2018You don\u2019t have MS.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe actress also admitted that she feels guilty after spending years sharing her experience with the MS community. \u201cI feel like I let everybody down,\u201d she told Sigler, who has MS herself. Her co-host reassured her: \u201cYou didn\u2019t mislead anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRedditors are backing her up, too. \u201cShe was diagnosed with it by her doctor, and trusted the diagnosis,\u201d one person wrote<\/a>. Others shared their own experiences of having a diagnosis withdrawn after years of treatment.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tWhy MS Can Be Difficult to Diagnose\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tThere isn\u2019t a single test that definitively establishes an MS diagnosis, according to the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation<\/a>. Doctors review a person\u2019s symptoms, medical history, neurological exam, and MRI findings.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther conditions, including migraine and lupus, can cause similar-looking brain lesions. That overlap can make MS harder to diagnose.<\/p>\n

\n\tApplegate hasn\u2019t shared a new diagnosis. \u201cI haven\u2019t gotten better, Jamie,\u201d she said. \u201cIf anything, I\u2019ve gotten worse in some ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe\u2019s still dealing with the symptoms that sent her to the doctor in the first place. It\u2019s understandable that she\u2019d want answers, not congratulations. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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Christina Applegate says she doesn\u2019t have MS \u2014 but she\u2019s still sick, and she still needs answers. During her October 20 return to MeSsy, the podcast she co-hosts with Jamie-Lynn Sigler, the Dead to Me actress revealed that she\u2019d been misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis. While others welcomed this news, Applegate was still trying to process what it meant for her health. \u201cShe came into my room and said, \u2018Congratulations, you don\u2019t have MS,’\u201d Applegate recalled. \u201cI was, like, not happy at all. Everybody else was so happy.\u201d Related story Eric Dane\u2019s Memoir Reveals the Devastating Moment He Told Rebecca Gayheart About His ALS \u2018I Lost Everything\u2019 Applegate, who publicly shared her MS diagnosis in 2021, became emotional (rightfully so) while discussing how much her health has affected her career and everyday life. \u201cI lost everything. I lost my job,\u201d she said. \u201cI get really emotional because it stopped my life,\u201d she continued. \u201cI still have to use wheelchairs when I go to the doctor\u2019s offices. I can\u2019t walk from the car to the room. I\u2019m still in this. Nothing magical happened when she said, \u2018You don\u2019t have MS.\u2019\u201d The actress also admitted that she feels guilty after spending years sharing her experience with the MS community. \u201cI feel like I let everybody down,\u201d she told Sigler, who has MS herself. Her co-host reassured her: \u201cYou didn\u2019t mislead anyone.\u201d Redditors are backing her up, too. \u201cShe was diagnosed with it by her doctor, and trusted the diagnosis,\u201d one person wrote. Others shared their own experiences of having a diagnosis withdrawn after years of treatment. Why MS Can Be Difficult to Diagnose There isn\u2019t a single test that definitively establishes an MS diagnosis, according to the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation. Doctors review a person\u2019s symptoms, medical history, neurological exam, and MRI findings. Other conditions, including migraine and lupus, can cause similar-looking brain lesions. That overlap can make MS harder to diagnose. Applegate hasn\u2019t shared a new diagnosis. \u201cI haven\u2019t gotten better, Jamie,\u201d she said. \u201cIf anything, I\u2019ve gotten worse in some ways.\u201d She\u2019s still dealing with the symptoms that sent her to the doctor in the first place. It\u2019s understandable that she\u2019d want answers, not congratulations. Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-female-health-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}