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1 May 2025 16:37 EditedLast reply 1 May 2025 21:13

Diagnosed and Unwell

Hello everyone, I was scrolling on Facebook and seen this pop up. I’m not really sure what I’m hoping to get out of this, maybe some direction or what has and has not worked. This is my story. May Memorial Day weekend of 2024 I started shaking when lifting a bottle of water, loosing my words mid s...

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@kawigma

27 Apr 2025 11:44Last reply 27 Apr 2025 15:12

Anybody with Optic Neuritis?

Do you have optic neuritis? Do I? When I get tired, or stressed or sometimes neither. When I move my eyes I'll "hear" the movement. It's sounds like a whooshing noise. Makes me feel seasick and my eyes will ache. Mentioned it to ophthalmologist and he said he had never had anybody report that. I've ...

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@Jordanm

22 Apr 2025 20:46 EditedLast reply 24 Apr 2025 23:20

Gabor Maté Autoimmune Theory

I am wondering what are other people’s takes on Gabor Maté’s theory on MS. “Maté argues that chronic emotional stress, plays a significant role in the development of autoimmune diseases like MS. Maté believes the mind and body are inseparable, meaning chronic psychological stress directly affects...

North Berwick, United Kingdom

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@jeffco

18 Apr 2025 17:37Last reply 19 Apr 2025 14:04

A little about my story

I'm finally typing this out. I apologize for the length. I just signed up for this Ap, and want to vent about life a little bit. I got diagnosed with RRMS in 2022. Although like I'm sure most of you, I was struggling with mysterious symptoms for years leading up to it. My left hand went numb, li...

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@squigonometry

10 Apr 2025 06:24

Zero Tolerance

After almost a year of improvements, many of my symptoms started getting worse recently. Balance, numbness, fatigue, sleep quality, twitching and my bad reactions to stressors...all joining forces to drive me nucking futs. It's been bad enough not having glasses for almost two months since my face...

@Wooddragon

4 Apr 2025 07:20Last reply 7 Apr 2025 21:12

Hip surgery

Im considering a total hip replacement and have read that 33% of people who have MS get complications from pneumonia to revision surgery. The surgeon has also stressed the risks but more importantly has indicated that it might not produce the pain relief I hoped for, as this could be coming from ba...

London, United Kingdom

@not2bMSdwith

1 Apr 2025 16:30 EditedLast reply 7 Apr 2025 16:19

Ocrevus and Menstrual Cycle Absence

Ladies within child bearing ages on Ocrevus - **{ if you are not a woman, or a woman within child bearing age please keep scrolling.}** When you began Ocrevus did it disrupt your cycle? I took my first dose (full dose) of Ocrevus 1/31/2025. The first day of my last period was February 5th, no flow...

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@tlmodglin

28 Mar 2025 14:41Last reply 30 Mar 2025 02:27

Tremors

Does anyone have issues with tremors and holding on to things? Next question. Does stress make your legs feel like jello? And how do you not fight the tremors when they are happening?

Maricopa, United States

@Peej

26 Mar 2025 19:39Last reply 28 Mar 2025 01:33

I'm losing the will to live

I feel hopeless, doctors still don't listen, ms team are useless, so many follow-ups just never happen. I'm progressively getting worse and I can't afford to pay for help, I cannot rest, there's always a new problem adding on to the already massive list, I can't get a grip on anything and trying to ...

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@MikelJP

26 Mar 2025 18:14Last reply 29 Mar 2025 03:45

Mental Health and MS

Hi all, anyone got any good recommendations for mental health help other than Talking therapies with the NHS? I’ve had some anxiety and stress related mood swings lately that I want to sort out

Plymouth, United Kingdom

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