Actress Christina Applegate revealed that her multiple sclerosis diagnosis was wrong. She said doctors treated her for the disease for five years even though she did not have it. The disclosure shocked the public because Applegate had been widely associated with her long struggle with the illness. She continues to experience severe symptoms despite the corrected diagnosis. Applegate is now looking for the medical cause of those symptoms and has not settled on an explanation. Her account describes years of treatment for a condition she says she never had, followed by a search for answers that remain unsettled. According to her, the treatment she received for the supposed disease could not explain the symptoms that continue.