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Hi everyone! My first post on here! I found this website through a random ad or post etc. A little about me.. erm I’m from Nottingham. I was diagnosed with MS in 2004, aged 15. I had a lot of “oh so young!” “You sure it’s ms?” “You’d outgrow it!” “Are you gonna die in your 40s?!” Etc Being young I...

I was first diagnosed with CIS back in June 2021. I had developed optical neuritis in my left eye after receiving my first covid vaccine. Since then no new symptoms had developed and it seemed like that this would just be my life moving forward, until my last MRI. Two new lessons had showed up in my...

I am soo ready to lose all the excess baggage that 2022 and back that these years of not knowing what was wrong with me left me with! Instead of gaining things this year. I’m so ready to lose the bad! Anyone else?

I am soo ready to lose all the excess baggage that 2022 and back that these years of not knowing what was wrong with me left me with! Instead of gaining things this year. I’m so ready to lose the bad! Anyone else?

Hello. I am UK based. I have been diagnosed with Remitting Relapse and take Tysabri monthly. I have been taking Tysabri for a year now and had to get an MRI scan done. I did it. Got told my scan is alot worse than last year. I have new active liesions. JCV is negative. Had to get a lumber puncture...

Hi guys i just joined shift.ms. I am a 22-year-old from India, diagnosed in 2020 when i was 19 years old with optic neuritis being my first symptom. 1 year was tough for me and my family but we made it through, we stayed strong and here I am in my best shape ever and embracing Multiple Sclerosis.

I was diagnosed over the summer of this year and I let the people closest to me know a few weeks later. My family have been a great support practically and my friends treat me the same way as always. But I’m struggling that no one is asking how I am or how I’m getting on with my MS since my diagnos...

Hi everyone, I'm Robbie and I'm a poet, Beneath the Tracksuit is my poetry name because no-one can see the struggle beneath 🤗 I use poetry as my way to express what happens in my world and the pain it is to live with 🧡 Do any of you do anything similar as a way to process the pain?

Hi everyone, Dels here from Northern Ireland. I'm 42 and was diagnosed with RRMS at the end of April this year. I'd been experiencing problems with numbness in my left leg and feet since last July (I was hospitalised for 2 weeks). My diagnoses at the time was Peripheral Neuropathy, which I underst...

Hello, so just wanted to be given some advice for when it comes to dealing with fatigue. When it hits, it hits hard for a few days and I get so drowsy to the point its hard to keep my head up. I don't know if it's due to not eating right or anything else. But if anyone knows any tips to at least tol...

Hey everyone, I have been recently discharged from hospital after reveiving methylprednisolone steroid IV, after my legs basically stopped working. Ive got an appointment with neurologist in november to potentially give me a diagnosis of MS, does it usually take this long and what happens after that...

Hello all! I was diagnosed with RRMS back in 2013 after having my first attack in 2012. I have been on 4 different disease modifying medications. Ocrevus has been the latest and most helpful. It has been at least 4 years and I feel like myself mostly. I have recently started falling more, the numbne...

Hello, this is my first post on here. I have SPMS diagnosed in 1995 with RRMS. I am not currently taking anything other than Baclofen. Really struggling with my right foot not picking up when I walk.

I'm open to talk to if you are having issues with your MS or just need someone to listen. I have Primary progressive MS for 12 years. I have some tricks for dealing with PP.

I was diagnosed with MS 2 weeks before Christmas 2017. I have Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. So tired at the moment. Been like it for couple of weeks now. In process of losing weight as well. Sleep about 4-6 hours a night. Fatigue seems to be getting worse. Any ideas on how to cope would be...

Just feel like I need to let the dust settle but feel tearful most of the time.

Im just in the middle of been tested had my brain scan waiting on results. My mind is so mixed up my symptoms are so as like ms would really appreciate some advice I have fatigue vision problems pain in back mainly all down left side wake up in the morning can hardly move struggle to walk when I ge...

Hi. I've watched your site for a long time but never contributed. Sorry about that. I was diagnosed in 1989 and gradually over the years have deteriorated. I'm permanently in a wheelchair now although I can do weight-bearing exercises. My main problem at the moment is that my coccyx is always hurt...

Just a post to say hi 👋🏻 Super excited to hopefully meet new people who can become part of my support team, and I theirs! I’ve been diagnosed for almost five years, but had symptoms since my late teens. Got a good grip on things now I think but we all know that can change, luckily I have always ...

Hi all I was diagnosed 2005 and only had a few remissions but after cancer treatment 2020 I have had 2 major episodes since. Both are mobility based. Anybody with similar experiences or advice? Heavy right leg, weakness/lack of power ands fatigue.