#steroids - Shift.ms

Steroids are often prescribed by neurologists to treat MS relapses. Steroids can be given orally or intravenuously. They are not a disease modifying treatment, but can speed up recovery from a relapse for people with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis.

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@carmenrivera

29 May 2025 23:44Last reply 30 May 2025 09:33

Relationships/marriage

Has anyone ended up getting/considered a breakup after getting diagnosed? Did anyone’s partner just stopped caring after seeing some type of improvement? In my case when I first got ny diagnosis I told my husband that if he wanted I would sign the divorce papers (I’m 28 he’s 40, Im the one who work...

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@anniespencer

28 May 2025 12:33Last reply 28 May 2025 16:37

Symptoms

Hey guys I was diagnosed with rrms in march and still waiting to start kasimpta, my main symptom was weakness in my legs which eventually went away after IV steroids but the last few days the weakness in one of my legs has come back and I'm really struggling walking ect I also have pain which feels ...

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@Nina18

23 May 2025 05:45Last reply 23 May 2025 21:48

Switching from Ocrevus to Kesimpta

Well I think that this has been the shortest time frame I have ever been on ANY! type of medication. I was diagnosed in March of this year with heart palpitations due to the medication. I gave it fair shot and I just can not deal with the anxiety attacks feeling, the off beat of my heart once in aw...

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@ladyklc22

20 May 2025 20:03Last reply 21 May 2025 08:22

Help ✨

Hey am a newly diagnosed ms RR it’s been a scary few months ….. am not on any medication yet have just finished a 5 day course of steroids 🚀 had all the side effects mainly not sleeping ….. they actually lifted me and gave me energy that outweighed the no sleep just having energy! I have received a...

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@AWAYWITHMS

16 May 2025 17:04 EditedLast reply 23 May 2025 20:00

Vision loss

Anybody experience vision loss at any point because of MS? I’ve been partially blind in my left eye since last year. I experienced optic neuritis late July 24’, did 5 days in the hospital on high dose steroids. Vision went from blurry to dim to dark. The iv steroid did little affect leaving my vi...

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@whines

14 May 2025 20:35Last reply 15 May 2025 14:07

Steroids

Do some of you get steroids a couple times a year?

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@avic

6 May 2025 15:17Last reply 7 May 2025 19:16

LP tomorrow, I'm dreading it.

Hi guys, I posted back in January about possibly having MS after having numb legs last July and them finding 2 brain lesions but were not in the right location so we're probably incidental. I had a repeat MRI in Dec which showed no new lesions, but they only scanned my brain. Well I have had 2 mor...

Broomfield, United Kingdom

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@stac0518

6 May 2025 01:08Last reply 6 May 2025 02:13

Skin itchiness/rashes on Ocrevus?

Hello! I have been on Ocrevus for a year now (have my next infusion in a few days) and in the past month or two I started developing random rashes and just skin itchiness. Anyone else? If so anything that has worked? The steroid creams my derm gives me just makes my skin more dry and itchy and hone...

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@Poki

5 May 2025 13:29Last reply 6 May 2025 03:05

I'm scared

Hi, I got diagnosed in February after I had a huge flare in October 2024 that left me with a drop foot and extreme weakness in my legs (some other symptoms as sensibility issues aswell, but they're not as worrying to me as the legs). It went from being able to walk normal distances to being able to ...

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@carmenrivera

1 May 2025 02:12 EditedLast reply 1 May 2025 17:25

JCV

Hello everyone! So im not sure but does everyone gets all this like 8 or idk how many bloodtests done before picking their treatments? Because I did just to make sure of I was good for whichever I picked I was ok for and Today I got a result positive for Jcv ? What is this ? Is this related to MS An...

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