@Kimarie 

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Kimarie

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Hello all, I joined this site about 3 or 4 years ago but have never really posted much, but now I’ve come to a point where I could really do with a bit of help from some of you experienced drug users. I had my first ms relapse when I was 20, I had about 3 more in 10 years but wasn’t diagnosed until i was in my 30s as they said they didn’t know what it was (despite hospital records telling a different story which I’m a little bitter about, but by the by). Anyway I’ve had a few more relapses, and my disability has got really bad over the last 4-5 years. So finally, after 23 years, the nhs have decided to offer me some drugs! Think they wanted to wait until I really couldn’t walk very well until they were convinced I needed them. To be fair, I’ve just got a new neurologist who’s great and actually proactive, yippee. So, what I’d like to know is, of the milder drugs which are the ones I’m considering, what are the pros/cons. What expereriences have you had? Are injections scary? Really I’d just like to know experiencesso I can way up the options. Happy to hear experiences of the harder drugs too. Thanks a lot.
@DominicS

What do you mean by 'milder' drugs?

@Kimarie

Well, @dominics it looks like, from my ms trust pamphlet that there are a whole load of drugs - some for ‘active’ some for ‘agressive’ And some for ‘very agressive’ and they range in side effects. The drugs for ‘active’ seem to have fewer, or less severe side effects but only halt relapse rate by 30%. These are the ones I’m thinking of taking, but would like to hear about experience of the others too.