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Here at Shift.ms, we're always talking about the link between MS and mental health. MSer Krishna took to the MS Latest page to reflect on how her own experience relates to the latest research shared in Multiple Sclerosis Today. According to a recent study from the University of British Columbia, pe...

Yesterday my mental health took the better of me and I spent most of the day crying about how I feel and the fact that I'm stuck with ms. I feel useless to everyone. Has anyone been in this situation and what helped up with it (I'm a keen crafter but can't get my head into doing it) xx

Does anyone have problems with their mental health with MS. I have more cognitive problems with my MS and have moment of feeling like I can't think straight.. feel more in my head then in the moment. I also live alone so don't have much one on one relationships at home.

Hello I’m Sarah 44yrs old. I got diagnosed nearly 5 yrs ago an I’m still struggling with it I just feel low all the time and wonder why I have it

I've been diagnosed 3 years, just struggling at the minute and feel lile I'm not being taken seriously. Recently lost the sight in my left eye, rang MS nurse 3 days ago and no answer and still havent got back to me. I took myself to the eye hospital where they said I have optic neuritis but to come...

I’m going through probably one of the worst times of my life right now. The MS has stopped me doing and being the person I was. I’m having to adapt to being disabled. It’s frustrating and makes me angry with myself. It is changing me. I can’t really explain it. I feel it’s changed my personality, I...

I’ve had RRMS since March 2020 and because I got diagnosed with nocturnal seizures a year before February 2019 and with Covid at the time It was hard dealing with it all but It’s been a few years now I’m used to the pains and being ill but the mental health side of it is something I’m still struggli...

Really struggling to accept this and I live in denial but my body always reminds me it’s there (numbness, heaviness, tingling, buzzing) how can I even attempt to accept this? I feel so down and low all of the time. I can’t enjoy anything in life at the moment which sucks as I have highly active MS a...

Hi all! I was diagnosed 10 months ago I thought I was dealing with it fine but recently I’m having my doubts, I fly off the handle at nothing I forget things then people moan at me for forgetting! I work full time also I’m just feeling pretty rubbish. Should I go for counselling I am very good at pu...

Hey everyone 👋 I am having a very tough time with my mental health and my disabilities 😔 it's hard to even describe the pain I'm feeling right now 😔 😞 But I decided I wanted to give back what I didn't have going through and am going through. I made a facebook group called: Mental Health We ar...