what makes ms symptoms worse

The worse time of day for me is sleeping time. I am to the point I hate it. Period. I wish we could skip it. In fact, I often fall asleep at our table or my desk rather than put myself though the pain. It just isn't worth the spasms and burning that I don't feel during the day because I have other thing to occupy my mind. And I have MS is you are taking an informal poll.

Stress makes everything worse including MS symptoms. My symptoms get worse but mostly from cumulative stress rather than sudden unexpected types of stress. Illness makes symptms worse too.

i hope this guy knows what he is talking about and besides if it is caused by the weight then i guess i can agree to slim down some. what can it hurt??? then if the symptoms still are here then we can look into something else so how knows where i go from here....

*Bladder issues (frequent urination, sometimes burns/stings) *Bowel issues (attacks of diarrhea, constipation, mucus (sometimes bloody), hard stools) *Heat makes things worse (showers, baths, moving around a lot/exercising makes me feel kind of sick, hot, and exhausted) *Electric shock sensations *Tingling/numbness in fingers, toes, right side of head and neck *Leg cramps *Muscle aches *Joint pain (not bad) *Eye floaters (sometimes see flashes of light especially when I move my head) *Eyes w

Anxiety can definintly wreak havoc on the digestive system. I would have to agree with the other members here. You did the right thing by getting it checked out by your doctor in my opinion. How long have you been on the mediation? SSRIs like the med you are on can take a good month to really 'kick in' in my opinion. Also, have you had any anxiety issues in the past?

anyway, I had a bunch of eye tests done and the eye doctor said it was not optic neuritis or any other MS related reason. well the symptoms almost completely subsided for about two weeks. Then the other day the tingling came back, almost worse. Now im truly concerned I have MS. however, i dont have weakness or clumsiness along with the tingling. just super annoying tingles. I becoming very depressed because I should be focusing on my new baby but im over consumed with ideas of having MS.

Hi Stace - - I think that you are only aware of your symtom when you focus in it, i.e. are not distracted by anything, points away from MS. MS symptoms tend to be up front :-) As Alex mentioned, I'd start by discussing your concerns with you GP.

Long post warning: I have a nueuro appt next month. Last year I was here discussing heat sensitivity that sent tons of pins and needles shocks down my spine/crawling up back of my head for a good bit. It happened for a few months and would come when I least expected it. Never really had any symptoms for a year -- at least that I noticed and said, "These are odd." Then I was out to eat this past October and was with a friend.

I'm not DX with MS, however from what I understand the DMD'S can't stop the progression of MS, however it may slow down the MS.

t think this has anything to do with my ops, I am also having trouble with my bowl and bladder control, I had a brain scan and it showed white brain matter disease, but the nero surgeon said come back in 18 months to see if it has got any worse. Has any one else had this with MS or is total unrelated ?

I don't see any signs of MS on what the docs are saying. There are over 20 mimic diseases and of course they all have to be eliminated. You have not done an LP, not sure if your docs will go along with that. It's usually not cast in stone but in your case, perhaps? Did your eye doctors check for ON? Finding an MS dx is not always easy or fast but your s/s could be many other things, you just have to weed them out one at a time, if you have good doctors, trust in them!

First, he says that he believes my symptoms are stable from last year because my neuro exam was similar to last year. He said that if my symptoms were worse..my exam would be worse. That even though my exam is abnormal..it's not worse than last year. Second, he wants to run a blood test to see if I have a mitochondria disease. I looked up some things about these diseases, but the thought runs through my head..

Thanks for your comment. I have started feeling really bad during my period in the last couple of years and have been spacey and clumsy. I always blamed it on my period, but now I have noticed that I have problems when I am overheated in general. It is nice to know there is a reason, but I guess I can't do anything about it! You mention that you are undiagnosed. Have you had testing done? I am going to the neuro on Wednesday unless I wimp out and cancel.

I had an MRI that showed lesions and my doctor diagnosed Primary Progressive MS: unlike relapsing/remission MS, the symptoms only get worse and there are no drugs to help. I didn't READ the MRI; I only know what it feels like every day: fatigue in my legs mostly, cognitive problems, walking problems due to foot drop, imbalance, falling and gait; spasticity, joint pain, exhaustion after doing very little.

Sometimes it is hard to sort out since heat brings them on like heat makes MS symptoms worse. The difference is as my migraine clears up the symptoms clear up and the blindness is not like a MS eye symptom.

What makes ms symptoms worse

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