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Hello, I see that you already have many replies here but I wanted to add my two cents. I have secondary progressive MS and was only officially diagnosed by my MS specialist a week ago. My primary doctor diagnosed me over a year ago. I went un-diagnosed for most of my life, my first symptoms started ...

Hi and thanks for the info! Jimmylegs, I am taking 725 mg. of magnesium citrate everyday with no stomach upset at all. As for my diet, I drink mineral water with 7% mag. everyday, all throughout the day. I kind of addicted to it! lol I have added nuts, almonds and cashews in particular, spinach, whi...

THX1138 wrote:Saja, have you tried transdermal magnesium ?

I haven' tried that yet. Does it work well for you? Do you buy it or make your own?

Thanks for the reply! Magnesium is wonderful, I am deficient so I have to take it everyday. Sorry to hear the baclofen didn't help. Thanks again for the reply and the links!

Hi, I just started taking the baclofen that my doctor prescribed for me and wondered if anyone here has or is taking it? This is just day two for me and I'm only taking 1/4 of the dose she gave me, she said that was fine, and only 2 x a day rather than 3, but it seems to be helping. I'm a super ligh...

Hi saja, I understand your feeling about the waiting game. I'm seeing the specialist-neurologist on February 5, while my symptoms only get worse. You feel stuck and always in pain/numb/twitching/tremors/burning/etc. Just hang in there. It might be next week, months, or years before doctors can figu...

hey there, glad you got an answer you can act on with the magnesium result! this is pure good news - mri doesn't indicate ms, and you DO know what's wrong. magnesium deficiency is not a joke! what other tests were done, if i may ask? want to make sure that i agree with the 'great' assessment :) at ...

I had my follow-up with my doctor today. She said she had good news and not so good news. Good news was that all of my blood work came back great except that I am magnesium deficient. Magnesium RBC 3.4. She prescribed 400 mg a day, taken at night. I normally take 3 x 250 mg. of mag. citrate a day, b...

Hi , Where are you going at Uof c?I would suggest you do not show them your MRI, letr them figuar out everything elese it could be, I made the mistake of going to UofC and based on my clinical diag with DR arneson he gave me the frozen boot in the ass that he thinks its MS, All this based on 2 spot...

Lyndacarol, Thank you, you are so kind and wise! You are 200% right, and I am not going to look at those pics again, nor do anymore Google searching! BAD idea in my opinion. I'll just try to calm down and wait to see what the doctor says on Thursday. I like her very much and again, you are right, it...

I made it through my first MRI w/wo contrast yesterday and then made a BIG mistake by looking at the pictures on the disk they gave me. :sad: I know full well that I'm not trained to know what these pictures mean but couldn't resist a peek at them. I found a number of white spots on a lot of the pic...

NHE wrote:The gadolinium contrast agent can negatively affect some people's kidneys. Following your MRI, drink lots of fluids in order to help your body flush it out.

Thank you very much for that info! I'll make sure that I do that.

Lyndacarol, Thank you SO much for that! You are so kind, I really appreciate you telling me what to expect. I'll do my best to be brave. I've had an MRI once, but it was in an open one that, was a little creepy. I had it on my lower back years ago. I will do like you do and close my eyes until it's ...

Hello everyone, I just wanted to tell you guys about my first doctor's visit today. I was VERY pleased with my doctor, she was wonderful! She is so kind, considerate and really took her time with me. I feel that we're going to make a great team in getting to the bottom of this. She listened carefull...

saja – It sounds like you have found a very good doctor. If not, or if she wants to refer you to someone else to check out this gluten-sensitivity angle, you are fortunate to be in Chicago where Dr. Stefano Guandalini is medical director of the University of Chicago’s Celiac Disease Center: http://...