Hi Cait sorry to hear of your proplems! doctors wont generally diagnose without the lesions on the MRI, an attack or your cerebral spinal fluid showing positive for a certain protein. what you can do...
I probably wouldnt recommend the interferons (avonex and betaferon) if you're already used to and can handle the daily subcutaneous injections. I say this because the interferons have some horrible...
sounds like its MS related. my very first attack at 18 was a dead leg, i literally couldnt move it if i sat down would go to get up. at the time my doctor thought it were viral and that it would go...
Have they done other tests? blood tests or a lumbar puncture/spinal tap? i was diagnosed after my MRI brain showed likely MS, my MRI spine showed no lesions, but my lumbar puncture/spinal tap results...
I just had my avonex last night and have had a migraine all night, still now arghhh i hate you intaferons /community/emoticons/cry.gif ...
its always interesting to hear other peoples stories. i didnt want coxapane because of the daily injections but i can see why others steer clear of the intaferons. the first time i had my first shot,...
I'm not too sure exactly if blurry vision is an MS symptom, i know Optic Neuritis is often the first symptom of MS, and that is where one or both eyes starts to hurt, then go blurry, then blackness!...
I ask this because as a new starter to these meds, i thought i would have encountered more people who would have chosen Avonex being that its a weekly injection. I know that was the main seller for...
the best thing for hope is hearing other people who suffered optic neuritis and came good again. i remember last year during my time, i met a young man who was next to me in the day treatment unit...
Hi guys thanks for your replies. i'm writing from Australia as i find the MS forum here is pretty rubbish and heavily moderated and posts moved etc. i like the idea of the MS singles event, sometimes...
Hi all I'm a newly diagnosed 27 year old female who's boyfriend left her after the first neuro appointment because he said "he couldnt help but think i could be a cripple one day and he had to factor...
Hey girl you definitley need some relaxing time, your body is under enough stress with the Optic Neuritis and trying to heal, you need as much sleep and rest as possible. I realies that sometimes...