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Tecfidera and symptoms

Hi all, so I’m a bit frustrated with my neurologist, it’s 2 weeks now that I’m thanking 1 pill of tecfidera per day while I’m eating dinner. I sent a list of symptoms to my neurologist and he reply that all I have said are not from the therapy only one is, which is the nausea and to take probiotics for it and if they are not enough to take antiacid. Those are the symptoms and my neuro reply -I have pimples coming out almost everywhere (it’s the period with the stress of knowing I have ms) - I had pain on my feet, like someone put needles in them (it is not the medication) - I have had a genital piercing for over a year now and never felt pain, now it is kind of painful, the kind which you get really annoyed (it is not the medication, it’s just a really sensitive location) Now I understand that for everyone the reactions are different, but shouldn’t I know what the problems are while taking the medication? I’m not sure if I can keep going on with Tecfidera even If I feel those things. Thank you for reading and sorry for the long post 😂
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Hey! I've noticed an increase in pimples too.. (tho I've also started eating a lot of candy... so maybe take a closer look at your diet!) the needles feeling in your feet is an usual MS thing unfortunately.. and to your piercing... well that IN DEED is a very sensitive location ^^ nah idk, neurologists are dicks... totally, they are. But first off, MS causes a lot of weird shit itself, then, at least for me, after getting my diagnosis and also taking meds, I started being hyperaware of everything that is happening.. you know, being scared a new flare up is coming.. just in general not understanding what MS will be like. The brain can come up with many things such as pain or discomfort, even tho there's no real reason for it. Also, I'm curious why your dosis is so low, when are you stepping up to the full dosis?