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Hi i was diagnosed with RRMS in 2012 when i was 26. Now 33 I've tried Copaxone, Gylenya and am on my second year of Mavenclad. With Copaxone i had a relapse and never felt any relief. Also i have permanent divots in my legs and arm because of it. Gylenya I was happy with but still finding symptoms w...

Hi all, hope everyone is doing ok Slightly confusing situation here: i got diagnosed with RRMS in 2018. I had a brain and neck/spine MRI and my brain looked normal but i had 3 lesions on my C spine which accounted for my symptoms. Fast forward to a few a weeks ago and my neuro sent me for another MR...

2001 Optic neuritis. Go blind suddenly - and fortunately temporarily - in one eye. Ophthalmologist sends me to neurologist. The neurologist tells me in a jovial tone to say that I have had optic neuropathy to insurers - if I say optic neuritis they’d put me down as having MS. MRI done. No follow up...

Looking for some advice please. Before I was diagnosed with MS I smoked for almost 10 years. I did stop about a year before I was diagnosed and was using a vape which I stopped using after diagnosis. My question is most of the people I live with still vape and regularly do so indoors. Could this s...

Hi im new to all this, i got diagnosed with MS last year and have just tried my best to carry on. I have had many of the symptoms for years and a rather big relapse but didn't seem understood back then lots of different tests. In the end just carried on dealing with it all, then i got optic neuritis...

Hi I'm new to this group, I was diagnosed June 2020. My first symptoms started 2hrs ago as Carmel tunnel syndrone. My right arm would go numb for a few minutes and I would shake it off. January 2020 I went to ER with symptoms of right sides numbness and when I bend my forward I feel an electric ting...

Hi I new to MS. Just wondering is having 9 lesions on the brain a. Low amount for first diagnosis? I’m scared

Hi! Recently just officially joined the MS gang and thought I would say hello. I have been looking around on the site and it looks really great and it's pretty awesome that something like this exists and is so accessible for people that have MS. I went from thinking I had Transverse Myelitis w...

I was dx (RRMS) over the phone on July 24th, a year after the symptoms which led to initial referral by GP to Neurology. Consultant said he was 'anxious to start treatment'. I was given two weeks to decide between Aubagio and Tecfidera. Told if I chose not to have treatment I'd be discharged back in...

I was dx (RRMS) over the phone on July 24th, a year after the symptoms which led to initial referral by GP to Neurology. Consultant said he was 'anxious to start treatment'. I was given two weeks to decide between Aubagio and Tecfidera. Told if I chose not to have treatment I'd be discharged back in...