@Angela_Fields 

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Angela_Fields

How do you know

How do you know when you are having an attack?? I was diagnosed 2 years ago after a major fall. I immediately went on to Tysabri. But I don't ever recall having any attacks. I just am aware of my symptoms, which i have every day
@sfrox

I woke up blind in one eye, called the doctor and proceeded with treatment (vision for most part restored after several months). But even after that, I too still wonder how I'll know if I'm having a relapse. My neuro says, "you'll know." I had severe pain in my eye a few months ago due probably to some allergic reactions, and I called the opthamologist, who talked with me for a while and said it wasn't a flare but a pseudo exacerbation - a flare up of the old symptoms with my optic nerve. If you're able to check in with any of your doctors - not necessarily just your neurologist, it's nice to be able to have them help you determine what is going on.

@Brando

Attacks probably isn't the best word sometimes because it sounds like an immediate response to something. An MS attack from what I know is when a new symptom or an older symptom that you have had has come back or changed in some way for the worse. resulting in some kind of impairment. but this can happen quite slowly or quite quickly my first ever symptom was pins and needles in my right ring finger, which then progressed to numbness and weakness on the right side of my body to almost no movement at all. it's not necessarily like a literal body attack that will happen instentaneously and with it being your own body we sometimes dont notice it ourselves. hope this helps. Brando