Hi and welcome to the group! Sorry to hear you may be heading towards an MG diagnosis, but MG is treatable, so it could be worse.
When you ask about MG symptoms, it is difficult to say as everyone experiences MG in different ways along with some common problems. I never got nausea from MG, however I got it from the medications I took. We do get headaches and neck pains and other pains as we do things to compensate for weak muscles. I can't remember hearing anyone describe a feeling like someone pulling down on my face. What I did have is muscles too weak to hold my eyelids open and sometimes to chew or even smile. MG usually means our muscles tire rapidly, and so if you are trying to smile, and it is difficult, that could be from MG.
Hope you get a diagnosis soon and hope it is something less than MG.
Good Luck
Russ

Thanks Russ, I've been feeling so crappy lately I'm not sure what's what. Just trying to navigate it all.

Sorry you are having these symptoms Coach. Two Doctors thought I had a stroke before I was diagnosed with to MG so I had symptoms similar to what you are describing. I am much better now so if you do have MG there is hope, hang in there.

Thank you Blinkngone, I actually did go over the stroke symptoms to rule it in or out with how my face felt. Nothing else fit stroke though. Testing for MG is almost finished but I'm a month out from my first visit with the MG Neurologist. Just hanging in there until then.

That's how I would describe it too: my face is being pulled down. With me it look a stroke as well. I do have neck pain symptoms, but I now have a collar/brace which brings immense relief on bad days and helps a lot.

Hi. Doctors also thought I had a stroke first. I went through every test they could think and saw several doctors. Once they do a electric conductivity test you will know for sure. The current of electricity bounces back slower and slower showing the muscle is tiring way too fast. Hope this info helps.

Hi Coach, I am also waiting to see neurologist. Some days the right side of my face (eye and cheek bone feel as though it droops ... it doesn't ... but if I puff out my cheeks I am lopsided! Great!).
I am sero-negative for MG, have droopy right eye and blurred vision, arm weakness (when not taking Pyridostigmine), positive single nerve fiber test and I am responding to medication they have started me on (prednisone and Pyridostigmine). Also swallowing difficulty sometimes (no choking! I chew more slowly now! More tests next week which include MRI of chest and lung function test.
A work in progress .... Some days are better than others. I had the flu last 2 weeks and ended up with shortness of breath .... scary! It did pass ...
I would appreciate input from others .... how do I know when I should present to ER?
Another question regarding medications .... in early weeks ... has anyone had fingers and feet/toe pain? I have not read anything online.
Thank you everyone for posting stuff ... it is reassuring.
Busybee

Has anyone ever felt like they couldn't breathe while going through an episode? That was the worst part for me.