Yes, yes, yes. You will get people wanting to explain away your symptoms. The
most common I have found is "Well I (or someone else) have that symptom and it
is-----just age, or stress, or etc." It's hard to hear because you feel like
they aren't taking your disease seriously. I guess it's important to know that
they are probably wanting to deny that you have MS because they care about you.
I started on Copaxone three years ago and my exacerbations have dwindled down to
nothing! I'm so pleased. Of course I don't know that it's the drug but I'm not
going to stop it! Copaxone seems to be the least problematic and the latest
studies they have done show that in the long term it seems to be decreasing the
number of brain lesions that occur. I did try Naltrexone. Many people say they
have had great results but I didn't notice a difference. I also got hooked up
with an allergist who thinks that episodes are triggered by allergies. He said
I was highly allergic to many things. I took the shots he recommended and got
the air purifiers, etc, but didn't notice any difference in my symptoms or
exacerbations at the time so stopped all that except for staying off milk and
all milk products. He claims that his studies show that a high percentage of
people with MS are allergic to milk. That may contribute to my success but I
don't really know. Good luck with your journey. I've heard that many
researchers think MS may be several different diseases so different things work
for different
people.