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@Niamh08 

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Niamh08

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Hi just looking for some advice I'm diagnosed a year now and I'm finding it very hard to come to terms with. At first I was ok with it as i was told for 10 years it was all in my head so when i was diagnosed i was so relieved. But now I'm really struggling with it. Is this a normal feeling.
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@Eliza
@Eliza
 

Absolutely yes! Ms can affect you in different ways, including your mood. I found therapy very useful. I still have some bad days but I have my tricks now to deal with them.

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@Ineedanap
@Ineedanap
 

Yes, I still struggle with it. My journey started I 2017, I suffered from numbness on the left side of my body and blurry vision. I had an MRI and it showed lesions so I had to follow up with a neurologist who told me that since the MS wasn’t to bad he was going to give me a low dose of aubagio.. the. I saw another neuro and he didn’t explain much to me and just kept giving me aubagio. During this time I was so depressed and upset that I now have this disease.. someone referred me to another neurologist that told me that I didn’t have MS, so when I was told that I was happy and didn’t go back for about 1 year since I wasn’t having any symptoms at the time but that was temporary.. the symptoms came back and I went to a neurologist at the university of Miami that finally gave me a real answer and confirmation.. I felt relieved that I now knew what was going on but I’ve been dealing with mood problems and depression.

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