Does anyone else have leg pain so intense that it hurts to stand for short periods of time?
I am in such pain some days that I spend most of the day sitting. It is so very frustrating trying to do things when I am unable to stand. Does anyone else have this problem and how are you treating it?
Hi Rosemary -
Thank you for coming by and asking such a great question. We like to encourage our members to speak with their physician or health team with any new or worsening symptom. I'm sure many of our members will be able to reach out to you to give their personal experience with this.Here is some information regarding walking that you may find very helpful as well; https://multiplesclerosis.net/symptoms/mobilty-walking-gait-balance.
Hoping that these help answer your question. Thank you for being a part of our community!
Meagan, MultipleSclerosis.net Team MemberYes I've had pain in my legs for pretty much the whole time of having MS. It's gotten worse if the last few years. I can barely stand to cook or walk to the bathroom. It's like walking on cactus, or when your leg or foot falls asleep & the painful part when your trying to get it to move, but, for me they never wake up.
I get Norco & Gabapentin for the pain, it doesn't work for very long. I've just learned to work through the pain when it's not as excruciating & when it starts to get bad, I have to sit down. I know I'm not much help. But you are not alone, a lot of MSers have this kind of pain. God BlessAsk your Dr. about Nortriptyline. I take it for numbness and pain. I have no numbness at all now. I also eliminated gluten, and the constant aching in my good leg went away immediately.
YES! Just recently the pain in both legs is off the charts! I wake up screaming or crying. It's to the point that I'm thinking a wheelchair is not too far off. I walked into my MS docs office for the first time in a year with a walker. I told her my legs are weaker (the pain wasn't as intense then as it is now) and she wasn't surprised or anything, just acting like it was a normal MS thing so not tests or anything was done. But I have a follow up with her in a few month and if this doesn't stop I'm not sure what to do. I'm so SICK AND TIRED of paying BIG bucks for MRI's and X-rays just for them to say..."you're fine". Ugh!
Yes I get it in my legs feet very sharp pains but lately I've been getting breath taking pain (I call them spasms) all around my rib cage the pain in lmy rib cage is I've never felt pain like this
Yes she has, but really she is on so much stuff he docs can not add much more. It's horrible to watch the one you love in pain and my hands are tied. I tell her to alternate her treatment strategies so that her nerves don't get use to the same thing all the time. Again sometimes it helps and then as you know some days nothing even touches the pain on those days just cut yourself some slack and use whatever tools , music a bath, vented candles anything to distract. Or she will just cry until she gets a migraine. Our cats after try to distract her again sometime it helps. Sorry we are looking for the same majic pill. God bless you. 
I'm sorry to hear it. I am resolved to avoid medications unless they are my only option because the whole issue of 'polypharmacy' is such a problem. For me, so many of the meds bring so many more problems. Ugh. ~ Tamara (community advocate)
I do love that your cats are so compassionate! I could use a fur buddy 😀
