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@FaeryMae 

4 Jun 2025 11:42Last reply 4 Jun 2025 14:04

FaeryMae

What should I expect?

Hi! I just got diagnosed exactly 20 days ago, and then a few days after was my 25th birthday where I had to break the news to my family. My neurologist was great for ordering tests and getting me diagnosed buuuttt not so much anymore. I just had my first infusion yesterday, another patient at the cl...
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@hlooby 

24 May 2025 14:55Last reply 25 May 2025 14:33

hlooby

Awaiting answers

Hi, I am in the UK. I dont have a diagnosis, but looking at the possibility. I had a brain and neck mri 10 days ago. Not sure how long it will be before getting results. Anyway, I've suffered vertigo on and off a few years, seems to occur more regularly now. The last 3 years I started with a lot of...
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@sp1008 

20 Mar 2025 20:58Last reply 21 Mar 2025 00:18

sp1008

Chronic unique symptoms

Does anyone else have long term symptoms like mine is upper back pain and stiffness in my neck? I’ve had that and the otherr typical symptoms for 13 years before I got diagnosed. I also was wondering if anyone had had really bad dysphasia or issues swallowing. That was another one of my major sympto...
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@jumpingJacks 

21 Jan 2025 02:09 EditedLast reply 20 Jun 2025 21:32

jumpingJacks

50 MS symptoms explained.

1. Burning or Uncomfortable Skin Sensations Medical Term: Dysesthesia Definition: Painful or uncomfortable abnormal sensations, such as burning, stinging, or crawling, triggered by a normally non-painful stimulus or occurring without any stimulus at all. Examples: 1. A burning sensation on the a...
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@blessedmess 

20 Jan 2025 16:54Last reply 2 Apr 2025 19:11

blessedmess

Dysphonia

Seems like a relatively rare symptoms so I am just looking for anyone else who has it? I’ve been diagnosed since 2017, but dysphonia just started in 2024 without any new lesions on my MRI. I’m on Ocrevus and I know I’m pushing myself pretty hard working full time while in my final semester of a doct...
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@jumpingJacks 

19 Jan 2025 18:11 EditedLast reply 20 Jun 2025 22:57

jumpingJacks

Possible MS symptoms from location of Lesions in the brain

Lesions in different parts of the brain can have specific effects depending on their location because various regions of the brain are responsible for distinct functions. Here's a general overview: 1. Frontal Lobe Functions: Executive functions (decision-making, planning), motor control, language ...
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@Stephy 

20 Sep 2023 13:14

Stephy

Dysphagia moment helpful solution

Anybody else suffers of Dysphagia at random times?? What is a helpful solution? What I do, which semi helps is I take an Aleve medicine (can be Tylenol or so on), if I’m laying down, I sit up straight, avoid movie my neck as much possible, avoid swallowing & take deep breath’s & exhale as I’m com...
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@Clowndy777 

31 Jul 2023 17:47Last reply 8 Aug 2023 20:31

Clowndy777

Dysphagia

Does anyone else have trouble with Dysphagia? I haven't been able to eat solid food for over 3 weeks now. I'm going in the morning for a barium swallow test tomorrow. Any advice or has anyone else have anything to share. Please this is really scary for me...
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@Stephy 

27 Jun 2023 16:48

Stephy

Dysphagia

Hi everyone! Ever since being diagnosed & starting treatments, (over a year now), I get theses random days where my throat hurts so much, literally as if my throat swells up to which I can not eat, talk, swallow food, liquids & not even my own saliva. It hurts so much & after it’s gone, most times, ...
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@Agathe 

25 Sep 2022 10:28 EditedLast reply 14 Feb 2023 12:23

Agathe

Diagnosis difficulties

Hi all, I’m Agathe, originally from France but living in Germany. I have been having symptoms since 2017 that at first drs explained through “side effects” of heavy heart treatments I needed at the time. I since then had 2 heart surgeries and symptoms came back even tho my heart is healthy now and ...
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