u/TastyBar2454

So I ended up in the emergency room last Saturday with an inability to move my legs, a bilateral sciatica and numbness in my toes, groin numbness/inability to urinate, and severe spine pain. Sounds exactly like cauda equina, right? Well I was given an emergency MRI and the results were... inconclusive. I DID have a "minor" spinal stenosis, but the neurologist decided that it wasn't severe enough to cause my issues, despite clearly stating that he clearly saw a compression of nerves from the stenosis. But it was "too minor" to cause cauda equina. I stayed in the hospital for about a week (was discharged earlier today) and am still unable to walk, feel my toes or groin, unable to urinate except in a VERY specific and hard to get into position, and severe pain. I was diagnosed with functional neurological disorder and was given a PT referral. So I guess my question is, is there any way this could be a misdiagnosed cauda equina? The symptoms are just too perfect, and the MRI results aren't reassuring at all to be honest. This doctor also clearly wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, because his first theory was... constipation. They proceeded to give me the most torturous enema to ever happen (do NOT get an enema with severe nerve pain and an inability to move) and only after that was I given an MRI to rule out cauda equina. (Was given an x-ray first which is where they discovered the constipation). I'm still in severe pain and fear for the future of my life considering the lasting effects of cauda equina... any reassurance/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read.