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@Vaughn 

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Stress and symptoms

I’m newly diagnosed so I’m still learning. Question: If something stressful happens, it seems like I can get an almost immediate response with symptoms. Meaning my symptoms become much more noticeable almost immediately after something stressful happens. By immediate I mean 10-15 minutes. Is this co...
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@MsIrene 

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Hey friends! Anyone else’s lesions just don’t show up on their follow up MRI’s ?? Good news ! But I still have symptoms, that have slowly started to “quiet” down but still symptoms, no lesions , is this common? Is this remission? Curious

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@Bbacker 

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Hey ladies! Advice on MS symptoms during your cycle.

Hey ladies! I am on Month two since my diagnosis on April9th and I have noticed that my symptoms seem to be much worse during the four days before my cycle. Is this in my head or does anyone else handle this? Would birth control help? Love to hear what everyone thinks.
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@adavison 

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Understanding symptoms

Hi - my husband was diagnosed with MS last year so we are still trying to understand triggers or when to call / not to call the doctor. We have recently had a baby so exhaustion could be a contributing factor or maybe the heat?! but he hasn’t had the strength to hold her and is presenting like he ...
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How Does MS Affect Your Mobility? | Animated Symptoms series

Multiple sclerosis can make walking and moving around difficult, particularly if you also have muscle weakness and spasticity. Grace tells us about how when her legs go, she feels like the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz, before Dorothy oils him. How would you describe the way MS challenges your mob...
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@Jaybird90 

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I know heat making our symptoms worse

But does anyone literally get insanely hot doing the most basic tasks? I mop the floor I'm red in the face, so hot. I vacuum and I'm hot. It's insane. It's like I am boiling from the inside. Once I get overheated it takes forever to cool down and of course symptoms are worse.
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@achtoMA 

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You know what’s depressing? even when I have been going to the gym for 6 months built muscles, physically active, eating right I still have bad days of symptoms even when I have done everything right. I don’t understand.

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@dariap 

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'Unpopular' symptoms

Hey MS warriors, While experiencing a stabbing pain in my chest today, which was most likely an MS hug, I thought to myself that I don't really hear symptoms like the MS hug being talked about/mentioned often. So wanted to ask what symptoms do other people experience that they rarely hear anyone els...
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@Staceyc 

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Crap gap? Major come back of symptoms

Hi, has anyone ever gone through a crap gap of Ocrevus and their symptoms have been worse than before you started? I’m having major problems with vertigo and nausea as well as itching everywhere and brain fog even though I take modafinil. Handed a sample to GP for testing of relapse and the GP took ...
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@jenandthezoo 

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Reoccurring symptoms from previous relapses

Was wondering if anyone has had symptoms from a previous relapse go away & then return during their next relapses. I lost fine motor control in my hands during my last relapse but regained all function after a month or so. I was wondering if I should expect that to happen again if I were to relapse ...
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