aricept and ms

t know anything about that - all I know is that before Aricept, I was in a gray mist, and after five months of Aricept, everything seemed to make more sense. Before Aricept, it was as if I had low water pressure - I just couldn't get enough juice in my brain to put thoughts together. On Aricept, suddenly my brain could make connections. The only trippy thing I noticed was an almost hi-def moire behind my eyeballs when I went to sleep.

Hey, Angela - feel free to ask me any questions about it. My psychologist recommended Aricept after my neuro-psych exam. She had similar problems the year before, and was suffering from cog fog, so she took Aricept for a while until things improved. I had to argue with my neuro - good thing that your neurologist is so proactive! I simply suggested that it was worth a try, and he gave me a sample. When it started working, I decided I'd go ahead and fill out the prescription.

Hey, I took Aricept for five months to get over some cog fog. It was amazing, and kinda reassuring. I started with some samples, and noticed a difference immediately - I could follow directions, count change, remember conversations... Every time I ran out, I would wait a day or so and see if I noticed a difference. After five months, I reached a point where I felt normal without the Aricept - yay! I highly recommend it.

//clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00062972?term=aricept&recr=Open&rank=35 it is in stage III, and out of New York which is not TX, but maybe they know of other sites? Or you could do this study remote with the help of your doctor? I can't give you advice about talking to your supervisor - you have to decide that one.

After discussion with MS Neuro and my wife , we agreed that I should start Aricept , it is used mostly for Alzheimer, so its off label and he says it has shown great results. I do have a damaged working memory and slower processing speed, cognitive impairment effects every day in some small way. I won't reveal to any other family or friends that I ve stated this med, I just think I would feel self-conscious about people looking for my errors and mistakes.

t show marked improvement for people with MS, but he has seen otherwise in his MS patients and has also heard otherwise. I am very hopeful about this. I know there's others on the forum that have tried it. I would love to hear about that. I also am going to start oral predinisone. He thinks that this may help the neck pain calm down a little. I may be having a bit of an MS flare (some arm weakness and muscle spasms). The bulging discs are not related to the MS, he says, BTW.

I have a question, it has probably been addressed before on the forum, but I'll ask it anyway. In the neuro-psych exam, what is the standard for comparison? It seems like it would be best to have a baseline of you before you had any loss, but of course they don't have that. So how can the test determine between loss and inherent differences in people's abilities? Somethings I've always been bad at compared to average, while there are maybe somethings I'm better at.

Hi, As a continuation on cognitive problems in MS (my main concerns) I wanted to ask: what meds did you try for that? As it is often connected with fatigue, my neuro gave me provigil (didn't really work for me and gave me awful headaches when weaning off) and ratilin (slightly better but also ends with headache). It seems most of meds I take give me headaches (I also have migraines). Are there any other medications for that?

I went looking to see if I could find anything on the use of chemo drugs on MS patients, and everything I turn up has to do with using cancer drugs to treat MS. i did find this inspiring story from Australia that may be of interest- a woman with breast cancer and MS. http://www.breastlink.com/resources/survivor-debbie_w.aspx I hope one the doctors tell you more you will be able to share it here. There seems to be next to no information on the topes.

I asked for a script for Aricept, got it, and was on that for three months. It felt very much like the Aricept gave my brain enough 'power' to jump over the holes. After a while, it was more like the brain knew how to navigate around the holes.

My husband has been taking 10mg of Aricept for 2 years now and I have not noticed any significant difference in his memory. Actually, my observation is his memory is becoming worse. I'm struggling with whether I should discontinue the medication since I don't see improvement and because it is quite costly. I also know Aricept is designed to slow down the dementia so if I discontinue it I'm wondering if he will become worse much faster.

my mum was diagnosed with alzaheimer in October 2008, she was prescriped dogmatile fort 200, aricept, trittico and lustral, I wonder if this combination goes well as she is more depessed since she took the medication.

If a person has not been diagnosed with alzheimers but is taking aricept, is it okay? will it hurt to be taking it?

Acetyl-L Carnitine with alpha-lipoic acid Estriol (female replacement hormone) Aricept's chemical name is: donepezil hydrochloride Baclofen diazepam, in case it hasn't been mentioned.

s appointment, when I read the notes on the top of my visit summary/receipt. Patient should read more, consider Aricept and MS DMTs, get out of the house, get involved with an exercise program. Vent over. I am completely demoralized, frustrated and angry.

It has been observed that Aricept improves cognition and function, which includes effects on memory and performing everyday tasks, hence it would have been prescribed. The effect of memory is exerted through one such chemical called acetylcholine. This chemical helps carry messages from nerve cell to nerve cell in the brain. Memory is lost by disrupting these messages between cells. It is thought that Aricept may help reduce the breakdown of this chemical. Hope this helps. Bye.

i forget things more than i would like. and i'm not speaking of "normal 55yo type" either. the MS type along with a thought of what your going to do next, but then forget about it. forgetting what you read, etc. mild, but i have it. aricept was prescribed, but was wondering what others on this list do for this issue.

) I asked him for a prescription for Aricept, and he seemed a little annoyed. He said that there are no real clinical trials to prove the effectiveness of Aricept on mild cognitive impairment, and that it would be a waste of time. I'm not sure he understands the results of the exam. I'm moderately impaired in a few specific areas. Average it out, and I'm in the 'mild' category. But at any rate, I talked him into giving me a month's worth of Aricept.

Hah! Like Quix has time to keep up with our lives! I'm sure she has enough to do... Missed this on Monday, cause I was feeling poorly... Monday 9:15 - Went to PCP for shortness of breath, seizures, and to talk about Aricept. She gave me a sample inhaler for the shortness, but it's not helping, and recommended I talk to my neuro about seizures and aricept. Called the neuro office that day, and got in! That never happens. Went to neuro at 4:00.

Hey, I had to argue a bit with the neuro about the Aricept. He and my new neuro think that it doesn't really do any good. My personal experience is that I was having serious cognitive problems for a year and a half, finally got on Aricept, and within three months I was much better. The fog wasn't gone, but it was much thinner, and I could think more clearly. So the question becomes - did the Aricept help? Or was I going to recover anyway?

Hi there, No wonder your weepy. Pain like this, no sleep, which magnifies everything - your at your wits end no doubt. I have chronic in my neck, probably structural and lesion compounding issue. Causes headaches, pain in my shoulder, then my arm, etc. I take naproxen to keep some inflammation down, but pain is never gone. I've never been on anything to actually combat it. Are you on and DMDs? If you mentioned and I didn't see, I apologize.

The Impact of Cognitive Impairment in MS Cognitive impairment (CI) affects 43% to 70% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and contributes significantly to disability. MS patients with CI are less involved in social and leisure activities, have difficulty performing routine daily tasks, and are at increased risk for psychiatric illness compared with patients who have physical disability only.

I was diagnosed with MS almost 2 years ago and have noticed much more frequent, severe mood swings. I am beginning to have more short term memory loss as well. However, there are times where I feel as though I can do anything and not need sleep. I am not being treated with steroids, and do daily injections of Copaxone. Are these mood swings and memory issues somehow related or located in the same area of the brain? Would taking Namenda and Aricept together help?

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