Christina Applegate is back at "square one" after doctors told her she does not have multiple sclerosis.
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The 54-year-old actress, who was diagnosed with MS in 2021, addressed the surprising development Tuesday on her "MeSsy" podcast with Jamie-Lynn Sigler.
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"This may come as great news, but to me, I’m back at square one," Applegate said while fighting back tears.
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"It’s hard to say that [my doctor] came into my room, and she said, ‘Congratulations, you don’t have MS.’"
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"What does that moment feel like?" Sigler asked.
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," Applegate admitted.
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You don’t get misdiagnosed and then all of a sudden I’m better.
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"I haven’t gotten better, Jamie!" she continued.
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"If anything, I’ve gotten worse in some ways.
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So I’m back at square one that I don’t know what’s going on with me."
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Applegate said her doctors are now working to determine what has caused her ongoing health problems and why she was diagnosed with MS in the first place.
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"There’s a pretty damn high number of misdiagnoses with MS," she said.
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It’s clear now that they’re finding something different.
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Something else is going on."
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The actress also admitted that the news left her feeling confused and as if she had "let everybody down."
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"It’s this weird feeling of like …
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I became this — you and I, the poster children for MS," Applegate told Sigler.
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"And all that I did, everything I was doing.
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I had a reason.
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I had a f---ing reason as to why my day sucked every day."
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"And now I don’t have a reason, and it’s very unnerving, and it’s really confusing for me," she added.
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Applegate also opened up about the toll her chronic pain and mobility issues have taken on her mental health and career.
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"I’ve gone through a great depression because of it," she said through tears.
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"But you know, I lost everything.
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I lost my job.
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I lost — sorry.
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What do you say to someone who’s been living with this for six years?
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God, I’m so sorry, I get really emotional because it stopped my life."
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Applegate clarified that the change in her diagnosis has not changed her physical condition.
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"I still have to use wheelchairs when I go to the doctor’s office," she said.
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"I can’t walk from the car to the room.
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I’m still in this.
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Nothing magical happened when she said, ‘You don’t have MS.’
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Nothing magical happened."
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Applegate first revealed her MS diagnosis on X in 2021.
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A few months ago I was diagnosed with MS," she wrote at the time.
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But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition."
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"It’s been a tough road," she continued.
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"But as we all know, the road keeps going.
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Unless some a--hole blocks it.
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…and 14 more, not listed.
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