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Ok this is probably a bad idea to post as people will judge but it is called fun drugs so it must be on others people's minds too so here it goes anyway. I used to be the biggest party animal ever from my teens trough my twenties. I'm Dutch and all thing that are party feeling enhancing are readily ...

So since I had COVID almost a year to the day and had the fun delta variant I've noticed my legs retaining water. I tried more potassium, lower my salt intake, drink more water, water pills both over the counter and prescribed, compression socks but all to no avail. So my neurologist after trying al...

MS & medical gaslighting 😷 Medical gaslighting is when a healthcare professional dismisses, trivialises or brushes off a patient’s concerns. Sound familiar? In this episode of Shift.ms’s new video-podcast series Womanhood, Shereena, Evie, Katt, Roxy and Emma dive into their experiences of medic...

Hi all, I have been on Avonex since I was diagnosed last year. I was told that the pills are rarely prescribed to young women because of possible pregnancy and that it would be better for me to use injections. I'm 100% sure that I don't want to have children, but I didn't mentioned it to my doctor ...

Seasonal Affective Disorder, appropriately commonly known as SAD, is a main sub-type of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) (Pinel & Barnes, 2018). SAD typically occurs during the winter months and can be caused by reduced daylight hours and changes to circadian rhythms, impacting levels of neurotransmi...

Hi got my official diagnosis on Monday, was told in September that it was most probably MS but needed a lumbar puncture to confirm. So got that and a load of information about different drugs, back on the 4th December to tell them which one I’ve chosen 🤷‍♀️. Anyway I enjoy reading all your posts.

Hi I’m new to this site but my husband has recently joined and saw some really positive things said about this drug. My husband has been prescribed this and started taking this week. A friend of his is very concerned about the medication side of things and today he has looked at drugs.com website an...

Hey peeps 👋 Billy from Shift.ms here. I wanted to get your thoughts and opinions as we've had lots of new members join us recently. I feel like I got quite lucky with picking my MS treatment. My neurologist in London recommended three DMTs to me (Ocrevus, Tysabri, Tecfidera) and patiently explaine...

I’m at the point where I’m being offered DMTs. When I ask the nurse “what would happen if I don’t take them”. She’s says no one can answer that because everyone is different. I’m thinking there surely must be some data, which shows the risk of decline without them? Or else how would they know that t...

Hello! My name is Paul and I'm from Romania. I've been misdiagnosed since 2012. My relapses looked like this: I don't know if the first two were linked to MS or other problem. First - Dec 2012: Pain in both feet after exposure to cold. I was walking outside and some cold water infiltrated my shoes. ...