I am a 29 year old female experiencing more symptoms than I have time to post right now. blood work on two seperate occasions came back positive for ana with the titer both time at 1:640. I also showed deficient complement levels. My primary doc suspected lupus and referred me to a rheumatologist who was very dismissive with me. I have many of the symptoms of sle according to the information I have, but the doctor said that because I had no current joint swelling, no prior heart infections and no current rash on my face that it could not be lupus. I have, however, had a seizure in the past 2 months, have recurring hand and wrist pain, numbness up the lengths of my arms at night, recurrent low grade fevers and iron deficiency anemia with a serum ferritin level of 4. I am soooo confused because my primary care doc was certain of lupus, but the specialist ruled it out. So what the heck is going on then? Who do I need to see to get some relief now? The most troublemsome aspect of what is going on is that I feel like my iq has dropped 40 points and I can barely remeber my name sometimes. I had an mri that came back clear as well as a spinal tap and eeg, all normal. I am scheduled for an emg later this month, but how is that going to help if they can't tell me why I have nerve damage??? The doctors I am seeing seem clueless. I feel clueless. This has to stop......Any insight is welcome..........