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Thanks Cheerleader, the link was very helpful

Thanks Scott, I'll have a read. Finally did the sleep study and found I am not entering REM sleep at all. It is not sleep apnea but maybe a side effect of the anti depressants so a bit of a change of type or dosage experiments to work out

I am not sure how taking tysabri affects us as far as getting infections , flus etc. Have we got no immune system at all or is it just very low?

havnt been on for a while thought I'd fill in the rest of the story. My doctor prescribed me a drug called Cymbalta and it worked immediately for the pain. The drug is used for nerve pain and depression. I was and still are taking lyrica also for the "ms hug" So both drugs target nerve pai...

Thanks all for your replies. I think I'll have my magnesium levels checked next time I do bloods and I've never been a gym person but will try being a lot more active when I've got the energy. The way I've been feeling just the thought of exercise makes me tired, lol. But I know if nothing changes, ...

I am fairly new to ms only being diagnosed in May this year and for the last month have been waking up with body aches all over in particular my legs. Most days lately I've been sleeping for a good 12 hrs a day and after only being awake a couple of hours I feel the need to go back to sleep. I just ...

Thanks Punchy, will see how it goes

Went to the optometrist yesterday and quite relieved that I can get glasses to improve the vision I do have. Also went to the ms clinic and asked the nurse about possible vit b12 deficiency and she is doing blood tests for me but she said looking at my mri in her experience they are definite ms lesi...

So I saw the ophthalmologist yesterday and went through a bunch of tests including field of vision and turns out I have no vision in the lower left hand quarter of both eyes and patches of no vision throughout both eyes. He said both eyes were healthy and the cause was due to a large lesion in my br...

Thanks for the low down and great news for you to have minimal side affects. I am about to start Tecfedera on Thursday and I hope my experience with it is as good as yours as I have also been a bit worried reading about others nasty experiences with it. I have also read the positive stories so I thi...

Thanks guys. I will be asking to eliminate possible b12 deficiency. My vitamin d levels were 71. not sure 71 what but the acceptable levels from what my neuro explained are 50 - 150 and he recommended to take vitamin d supplement which I am now taking at 1000 iu d3 daily. I have been reading posts r...

Thankyou everyone for your welcome. As far as I am aware they didn't check for b12 deficiency. my lumbar puncture came up clear and Mri of the spine showed no lesions but Mri of my brain showed many old lesions, I mean there looked like hundreds and 2 large recent lesions and also 2 large black hole...

Hi guys I am a 39yr old male diagnosed 4/5/2014 A bit of background I have been an air conditioning tradesmen for the past 20 years since leaving school until feb 2013 when I had a work accident and injured my back. I was put on assortment of painkillers and physio treatment etc which was going grea...