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ThisIsMe99

Coping with relapses (emotionally)

Hey there, I just joined shift.ms today and I hope it's okay to ask that question here and that maybe some of you can help me with this question. Btw sorry if I make too many mistakes in English; it's not my mother tongue. My question is: I have been diagnosed with RRMS in 2015/6 and only had some minor relapses so far. This week, I saw my neurologist as I can't feel my right leg as good as my left leg, I'm struggling with balance, I keep tripping/ stumbling and I also experience some spasms in that leg. I thought that in general I'm coping really well with having MS. Unfortunately that seems to have changed now: I'm scared, I feel overwhelmed, I cry a lot and I struggle to calm down and relax. I thought that I should be way more stable mentally if I'm experienced a relapse as I have rhe diagnosis for almost 10 years now. Is that something you can relate with? Do you also have experiences like that or i it "okay" for you to face relapses or does it even help you to know where all these symptoms are coming from? All the best from Germany and thank you so much in advance!
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@katanalexandra
@katanalexandra
 

I think if you were doing okay for a long while and suddenly you’re not it’s perfectly normal to feel how you are feeling. It’s not a nice feeling when it shows you it’s there. I hope you can recover from this one quickly, just know your not alone. 💕

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@browndalia
@browndalia
 

I was diagnosed with MS in 2003. I also have a problem with my Right leg it does spasm a lot specially at night and bothers me so much but now I am having another problem it is my knees are cracking and making a sound out grinding bone and bone it is arthritis on top of the MS pain, I have arthritis pain I cry a lot sometimes from pain sometimes from frustration or not able to move and my right leg doesn’t move and it is very heavy to lift. I decided to be on anti-depression medication and it have you to calm down and not cry all the time but this is the life of multiple sclerosis you just need to know how to live with this disease and manage not to lose your insanity from pain or depression

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