Struggling
I am really struggling at the minute. I am so low right now I don’t know how to handle this feeling. You would think after 3 and a half years I would have learnt to accept and embrace my MS, but everyday it’s becoming more and more of an emotional burden. I’m not sleeping and haven’t been for weeks, everywhere I seem to look at the minute it’s all stories of people with MS, and I’m feeling like I can’t escape this. I have tried for so many years to be strong and put it to the back of my mind, but for some reason it is not working anymore and is becoming all too much for me. Please tell me others have felt like this and have been able to work through it?
Depression, anxiety and sleep issues are often intertwined and common for MS. They can join together and be hard to battle on our own. Glad we now have a forum like this to discuss it with. Check out some of the videos on Dr Bosters You Tube site or check out Life of Seb for some good sessions as well. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkQopiiFbAo0zS_9BmRF3Bg/playlists https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6ER_vJj2m6KBmvAktnFi7kKk0Ppf3bO4 In person you should have an MS nurse to reach out to or your Neuro? You should share this with them and ask for some help...these can be tough and to rise above them there are many things to try. Reaching out may be step one ;-) we know where you are at and hope you pull out of it soon- Good luck
Hi @jadeshelley, I feel the same as you and have been diagnosed three years. I personally think that I did such a good job to absorb the diagnosis and focus on recovery, that it’s just kind of catching up with me now. The symptoms I have daily aren’t painful as such, but they are so bloody relentless. It’s like I’m finally saying to myself that this thing really isn’t going to go away. When I get distracted though, I feel better. I’m considering finding a hypnotherapist to see if that might help focus and channel my thoughts more positively. All the best!