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John--thank you so much for the google scholar link! When I started seeing a local physiatrist 16 months ago, after a vertebral artery dissection and stroke, he wanted to do an EMG to try and explain my symptoms. When I asked him if the results would direct him to a direction for my treatment different from gabapentin and anti-depressants, he said they would not. I decided not to bother with EMG. I have now seen a neurologist at UCSF (I live far away in Montana) who has scheduled an EMG on me there on 12.22, because he said it would give a definitive diagnosis of neuropathy...which he does not think I have according to clinical presentation. My new physiatrist here tells me that is cannot definitively rule out neuropathy, and even if it could, treatment options don't change. So, I am wondering why I am getting this??!! Any thoughts??? Thanks.