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@sonyae 

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Steroid withdrawal

Hi all! Just got diagnosed a week ago, was put on a 3-day steroid course, and now most of my symptoms feel worse than before 🫠 Also I’ve never had this much acne!! What was your experience with steroid withdrawal? Have the symptoms improved eventually? 🥲
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@Clary 

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? Withdrawal headache

Hi, just wondering if weekly DMT can cause headaches. I have noticed every week I wake up with a headache just before I take my DMT. The day or now the day before. Could just be a headache or caused by MS. It is driving me crazy. Luckily paracetamol helps. So I just keep taking the drugs. 🤷‍♀️ Head...
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@Rekha 

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Withdrawal from stopping tecfidera?

Hi guys Ive been on tecfidera for just over 3 years and have now stopped to change over to Copaxone which im starting in a few weeks. Ive been of tec for over a week and since then ive had quite a few headaches, nausea and feeling cold all the time. Has anyone else known to have ‘withdrawal’ sympto...
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@Pita 

Pita

Aubagio withdrawal?

I stopped taking Aubagio a few days ago because I've just had my 4th relapse since starting Aubagio in 1/12 so I was advised to d/c it. Over the last few days my balance has worsened dramatically & the bizarre head pains are making me a tad nutty. I'm sure it's partially my imagination but it fe...
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@jellysheep 

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Disruption of menstrual cycle after the first anti-CD20 infusion?

Hey, has anyone experienced a really early period (or early ‘withdrawal bleed, if on HRT) after the first round of an anti-CD20 therapy? I’m bleeding a whole week early, and this is unusual because my cycle is always fairly regular. The only thing that’s been different in my life is the infusion of...
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@HiGSEST19XX 

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Weird chest and back pain

Hello jus wanted to know if anyone has had this and if it’s MS related, so I drank a lot (alcohol, not anymore) and start anti depressants on a Tuesday I was on my way to work at 5:10AM and I got really warm and dizzy with slight chest pain on the left side next thing I know I’m on the floor so basi...
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@ilovems 

ilovems

Does Multiple Sclerosis make you cranky?

I asked artificial intelligence because I am so cranky I can barely stand being around myself. Short answer: yes, it can. But not in a simple “bad mood” way. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease that affects the central nervous system. When brain regions involved in mood regulation ar...
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@Angie03 

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Angie03

A letter to MS..

Dear MS, Our story came out of the blue and you were found by accident. One minute i was having surgery for removal of endometriosis to then being bed bound with back pain and pins n needles down my right leg. I saw a pain management who did the MRI scans to be told its 99% MS with many lesions on ...
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@RobH85 

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Anyone come off Duloxetine?

Recently just finished coming off Duloxetine, was taking 160mg, and now I'm coming off Carbamazepine aswell and my head is a mess. Pain hasn't gone up so they obviously weren't doing anything for the pain but I feel so angry, irritable and just numb to everything, then out of no where I'll nearly bu...
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@shellyEd 

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Baclofen

Warning to baclofen users. I ran out of my medicine for more than two weeks before I received a new prescription from my Doc. I have been noticing an increase of spams and they are more severe. Apparently when you suddenly stop taking it the body can go through withdrawal and increase muscle spasms....
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