I have had optic neuritis and treated it with steroids. Although in the first few months I had a little vision come back. I am legally blind in my one eye...
Your message and the various replies was a gift just when I needed it. I too have been told for the last 2 years that my symptoms were a conversion disorder...
I don't agree with your neurologist about "to be diagnosed, lesions have to appear over time and space." I have had PPMS for eighteen years, my MRIs have never...
Hello dear, I have been on Betaseron for 6 months now and recently in a blood test my anti-DNA was positive. My neuro doc said that it is side effect of...
I had the same thing 3 years ago, couldn't walk and was told if I stood up straight I would be able to walk, that his MS patients didn't walk like me. Then he...
My name is Carrie. I have had symptoms of MS for two years now. I first started seeing my Neuro in 2004 for bad migranes. The migranes were so bad it would...
Hi I went through a long process also. First a family doctor sent me to an Orthopedic doctor for hip problems. After intense therapy and a lot of working out...
Ak your doctor to prescribe Lyrica. I've tried everything and nothing works like it for the pain and the stinging. I don't understand why your doctor...
Your dx dilemma is familiar to many MSers. We go from tripping and falling - to tingling - to Optic neuritis- to regular Dr. - to specialist - to Neuro - to...
Hi, I think everyone is misdiagnosed at first with M.S. I was just diagnosed June 05 but I know I have had it for at least 5 years maybe longer, my speech is...
Hello dear MS friends, My MS was diagnosed 8 months ago following a flareup of optic neuritis that I have yet to recover from even after I used IV steriods for...
Dear L.I.V.E. with MSers... I've been having severe episodes of vertigo with terrible nausea and vomiting such that I cannot function. Until recently, these...
Thanks for your care about who needs support with MS! - I joined the group in the beginning because I thought I was the only human who was passing through this...
I was diagnosed with MS about a year and a half ago and was suffering with awful and mysterious symptoms for a while before the diagnosis. At the time of...
Good Morning. I was diagnosed in 1989 (at age 40+) and constantly search for other MSers who have been diagnosed to share our experiences. This group is a...
I have been a member of this group for awhile but have never really posted anything. I have had MS for a year and a half, it will be 2 years in April. When I...
Thanks for accepting me into your fold. I Am thankful to find a group again, to share in this confusing health problem that I seem to have. The reason why I...
What: Fundraiser for The Montel Williams MS Foundation Information: 1-(888)-33GOWNS Melissa McFarlin had just about had it. Every day she woke up with a new ...
An all too familiar motto - "We have MS, but MS doesn't have us." Some days I feel like it does, but fight hard not to let the depression set in. My husband is...
Researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine have identified a fibrin- derived peptide that inhibits this specific inflammation process in mouse models of...
Greetings: The National MS Society has asked that I help in identifying veterans who will assist in advocating for a recent appropriation for DoD research...
Hello to everyone. I've got a couple of questions, here goes: 1) I tried to take Avonex a few years ago. Really gave me trouble with my liver. My doctors...
Two ideas. First, if you know the reactions to Copaxone are temporary and not serious can you put up with them? I've had a few of these and have learned not...
I recently had a blood test. My MD stopped my Avonex usage (I've been on it for 7 years) because my white blood count was 2300. She was even more concerned...
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