Dealing with fatigueI was diagnosed 8 years ago but it’s just the past couple months I’ve become too week to do almost anything. I have to use a walker now just to...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesFatigue
AmpyraI've read the early posts on Ampyra. My neuro started me on it two weeks ago. So far, no change. It apparently takes 6 weeks to have an effect. Meanwhile...Reactions0reactionsComments0 repliesTreatment
Compounded 4-Aminopyridine anyone?My neurologist recommended the compound form because Ampyra 10mg was too high a dosage for me. I am diagnosed with "secondary progressive" MS, am 70 yrs. old, and have trouble...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesTreatment
Is extreme stiffness in legs a good part of the time... A symptom of MS?Already had back pain, degenerative disk. but about a year ago, I had a spasm up and down my back, and it's only been downhill from there. Months later, it...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesPainSymptomsUndiagnosed/Seeking Diagnosis
Ongoing Sores in MouthDoes anybody else have issues with getting mouth sores/lesions to heal? I've tried otc gels and numbing agents, mouthwashes, diet changes, and nutritional supplements. Every time I think I have...Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesSide Effects
I've always been the ride or die It's so very hard to admit my worst fear. I've always been the ride or die, the calm in the storm, the cheerleader in the background, the rock. I overcame...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesCopingDepressionUndiagnosed/Seeking Diagnosis
Communicating with family members I want your opinions and your experiences on communicating with family members. To preface this, I am still going through the evaluation process and fighting for testing with a lackluster...Reactions0reactionsComments7 repliesFriends & FamilyUndiagnosed/Seeking Diagnosis
Where is there an MS meeting near me, Puyallup, WashingtonI need to have someone to talk to who understands what this MS feels like. There are times I have no one to talk to you about it. My family...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesCopingMRIsPain
'I'm going to have to ask you to leave"I was in a small store I had been to several times before. I was by myself without my daughters, who had usually joined me. I was looking through the...Reactions0reactionsComments10 replies
Isolation and MSI recently noticed that I feel very isolated since my diagnosis, does anyone else feel this way and how do you cope with it? I mostly noticed because I think...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesCopingFriends & FamilyNewly Diagnosed