@angieH 

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angieH

Getting tired fast

Hi all! So I had a flare up (first major one in 20 years) this past summer. Mainly consisted of fatigue like I had never known! I did not bounce back quick it took about 12 weeks or so. Dr at Johns Hopkins said it's as close to 'benign ms' as can be and at this time didn't recommend medication. I'm struggling ever since. I can't do anything for more than two hours without needing to lay down. I know when it's coming because I start getting dizzy and everything feels heavy.i just turned 50 but c'mon I feel I should have more stamina. Does anyone have any recommendations for improving my energy, this is not how I want to be I work full time and it is a struggle I want to make it to retirement and still have some energy.
@Vixen

Hello there! Speaking as somebody the same age, I had my first ever episode Summer 2016. Got diagnosed with RRMS this Spring. I would say it probably took my body four months to recover from this episode and then probably another three or four months recovery. In all that time I managed to keep Woking, just. But the quality of life was pretty low; exhausted all the time, the entire weekend spent resting. It was such a shock. One thing I had to accept though, is that no matter how fit I though I was, there is a difference between having an episode I your twenties, and one at the age of 50. Our bodies accommodate things differently when we are younger. It sound harsh, but the best thing is to take each day at a time and work on little things without looking at how you want to be in say a month or two. You know that old saying 'a thousand mile journey starts with just one step' and that's true. One year on, I accept I'm not, and am not going to be, what I used to be. but, my husband is 52, his hearing is going in one ear and heel problems mean he struggles to walk long distances. Both of us spend time talking and thinking not so much about what retirement might look like, but what we want the next 5 years to look like. Retirement will come, as might great treatments and medications, but we just don't know. You will feel better, and hopefully recover as fully as possible. It's just that it might take a little while. I'm still working full time, but having gone through so much of a process in the last year, I've decided I don't really want to work full time much longer. Not that I can't, but that I choose to make life a little easier. Keep your spirits up, there's lots of support here, so keep posting! X

@Stumbler

@angieh , were you given another MRI scan to confirm any new MS activity and this view of "benign MS"? Also, have you be checked for any other infections, e.g. a UTI, which can cause a "pseudo-exacerbation"?