@SafaeEl 

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SafaeEl

Confused

Hi everyone! I'm a 21 years old girl, i was diagnosed with MS at the 3rd May, I had injections of corticoids for 5 days but then, i had to start a treatment prescribed by my neurologist. In that time, i was doing my final internship before graduation which was going to take 2 months, so i decided to delay the treatment until i finish. During my internship i was doing some research about ms, once, a women I met told me that when she started her treatment, she had lot of pain and fatigue for about 2 to 3 first months and that the pain relievers was always in her bag. On the other hand, I heard a story of a girl who stopped her treatment for economic reasons, then she became worst than ever before, she couldn't walk or see or talk normaly anymore, which means the treatment cause some kind of dependecy . A final point is that I heard and still hearing about people who never had a treatment and who are still in a good health a lot of years after their diagnosis, it went to 20 years for some. Those reasons made me decide not to start my treatment. The problem is that my neurologist got angry at me when she heard that and she told me that the more i postpone my treatment the more i will get closer to the handicap. I'm confused, or more likely lost. I'm so sorry for being too long but i really need some advice.
@naomih

Hi @safaeel. The problem with MS is that it is neither linear or predictable. Your consultant getting angry seems a little unprofessional. There is going to be a period of time for your body to get used to the drugs. Don't trust Dr google too much every option possible is lauded as a cure. Are you delaying drugs 2 months or 2 years?

@SafaeEl

no just 2 months, i was diagnosed just 2 months ago.