#mental-health - Shift.ms

10 Mar 2022 11:04Last reply 11 Mar 2022 22:52

MS and mental health

I have always struggled with my mental health, however since my MS diagnosis in December 2021, my mental health has took a serious beating. It sounds silly to say, but I just feel so alone and like nobody understands. I cant talk to family and friends about it because I just feel like a burden and...

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@Luv_Ma_Name

14 Mar 2021 19:09 EditedLast reply 30 Jul 2021 09:07

Do you think your MS diagnosis came with a free mental health issue?

Just wondering if anybody else has changed mentally also, I suffer badly with anxiety now and cannot bare loud noises, traffic, shouting even laughing! I love staying indoors now and living like a queen. Total opposite from what I used to be x

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@mattltsmith

29 Mar 2021 17:23Last reply 3 Apr 2021 09:44

Mental Health Support for People with MS?

Hey everyone. I'm recently diagnosed and I'm struggling a lot to come to terms with now having the disease and the uncertainty it brings. I've been trying to look around for appropriate mental health support, but I'm not really sure where to start looking. I'm still waiting to be put in touch with m...

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@Sarah_Menday

6 Aug 2019 17:50Last reply 12 Oct 2019 00:58

Mental Health

Hi all, What's your most brain squishing problem since you were diagnosed? I don't mean MS symptoms, rather the affects on your mental health? I'm struggling again and find myself crying and/or getting very short tempered with people who 'self diagnose' or use their illness as an excuse. Not gre...

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@dd11

18 Jul 2018 01:04Last reply 18 Jul 2018 13:42

mental health

hi everyone can MS cause depression ? I know that the distress of having the illness itself and the uncertainty of it can create anxiety and depression , but can the demyelination itself cause the onset? just wondering if there is a difference between having a relapse or an actual mental health ...

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@Kitty369

16 Jan 2020 22:20Last reply 18 Jan 2020 14:21

MS and mental health

Do you think all people with MS have some sort of mental health challenges post diagnosis? I have just realised how difficult a time it was going through diagnosis ect. I did have IAPT as well as loads of other interventions and support. But now my mental health is better I realise looking back ho...

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@EEG

19 Jun 2019 20:19Last reply 21 Jun 2019 17:34

MS and mental health

Is anyone else here with MS also under a MH team? The Gabapentin I'm taking for neuropathic pain has been confiscated by CPN because of being a suicide risk. Being in pain and lack of sleep is really not going to help with that...!

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@Sonnnsonnn

17 Jun 2020 18:49Last reply 26 Jun 2020 20:21

Mental health and Lockdown

Hey, I have been in lockdown with my family since 17th March and as of recent (the past week or so), I have really struggled with my mental health. I suffer from depression which is believed to be due to MS, so I take 50mg Sertraline a day. As I have been extremely down the past few days my partne...

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@YKT1994

10 Mar 2021 21:13Last reply 11 Mar 2021 21:38

Mental Health 🤭

Yes, I used the dreaded word. But, I wonder how people got their head around diagnosis and overall condition?

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@Stephanie

6 Feb 2021 22:12Last reply 7 Feb 2021 10:27

DMD’s for new diagnosis & mental health

Hello, I am newly diagnosed with MS & would like some perspective on treatments & mental health resources. Some background: I’ve been incredibly fortunate that from contacting my GP about symptoms and being admitted to hospital for tests (incl MRI & lumbar) then discharged from hospital with stero...

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@Colette

24 Apr 2022 20:06Last reply 25 Apr 2022 21:53

Mental health

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...

London, United Kingdom

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@Leanne936

19 Nov 2021 21:28Last reply 23 Nov 2021 11:11

Fatigue and mental health

Anyone found anything that helps with the fatigue? Been struggling in this relapse since June and has hugely impacted my life. They found lesions on my brain and optic nerve 'suspicious of MS' but at least an 18 week waiting list to see neurologist to confirm and discuss options. So because its undi...

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@Jazzyjas83

10 Nov 2021 16:33Last reply 11 Nov 2021 17:12

Mental Health

Good morning all hope all is well, I will like to know if anyone is struggling with mental health since they was Diagnosed with MS? I am asking because since I was diagnosed my mental health has been off so bad, maybe it is because I seem not to know how to except it fully especially when my little ...

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@Bettyarcher

1 Mar 2021 11:26Last reply 1 Mar 2021 20:01

Mental Health

Hey everyone, I am feeling really depressed at the moment, I am going through quite a debilitating relapse at the moment. My Fiancé is having to do a lot for me and I just constantly feel guilty. He wants to do these things for me, I need to accept that but I find myself apologising a lot. I have ...

Swindon, England, United Kingdom

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@Shiftms

29 Oct 2020 09:57Last reply 30 Oct 2020 05:29

Awake | A film exploring the link between insomnia, mental health and MS

'AWAKE' 🛌💤😪 is a short film by Shift.ms that explores the interplay between #MultipleSclerosis, sleep and mental health. It is an experimental documentary film that unfolds over one night. Voices from real late-night phone calls are woven together to reflect on life and death from the unique pers...

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@Will_Berard

6 May 2020 05:46Last reply 7 May 2020 15:29

MS and Mental Health

Hello, the MS Trust is running a series of my essays on Mental Health in MS. The first one is about parity of esteem, and the need to understand your mind: https://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/views-and-comments/mental-health-and-ms-understanding-your-mind Hope you enjoy it, let me know what you thou...

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@Tuffee

20 Sep 2021 18:14 EditedLast reply 23 Sep 2021 14:56

MS Mental Health, I Just Wanna Talk… - MS TROLL

Hello fellow Shift.MSers :) I come back with another MS TROLL post about MS and mental health and a couple of misadventures I Had while looking for a psychiatrist, because.. I just wanna talk... https://mstroll.com/ms-mental-health-i-just-wanna-talk/

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@SophieShift

22 May 2020 13:25

LIVE mental health Q&A

Neuropsychologist Jo Johnson is LIVE right now with MSer Gemma, and is answering questions about mental health & MS. Watch & ask your questions here ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/shift.ms/videos/1564035427092929/?v=1564035427092929&notif_id=1590158895499563&notif_t=live_video

@DominicS

11 May 2020 07:49

Mental Health in Covid-19 times

These are pretty good webinars (Qatari oil money so all quite spiffy!) From an email I received: << We are very excited to announce that following the success of the last webinar, we will be hosting another online edition of the Education City Speaker Series in collaboration with the World In...

@AmalA

4 Mar 2020 19:29

Question about mental health

Hi all, I hope everyone is doing well. I've been thinking about how MS affected my personality, my mood and my mental health in general. So, I'd love it if you share your experience with me. My symptoms started in April 2018 and the official diagnosis was in July 2019. I started treatment in Octob...

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