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It's wonderful to hear you're doing pretty well! I was dx'd in 2011 and would say average 2 relapses a year, though might be more than that. I've gotten to a point where it feels nearly constant as my relapses like to hang around for months. I try to avoid steroids and reserve them for when optic ne...

I was on tecfidera for a little over a year. I found the side effects a lot easier to handle than those with copaxone (and rebif which was killer for me!) The most prominent side effect I experienced with tec was flushing. I found that taking the doses at roughly the same times would minimize it. Wh...

Hey, I'm sorry to hear you are going through a rough time and I hope you find some answers soon. I think a lot of what you are describing resembles MS and I'm positive I have experienced most of the symptoms you have listed at some point or another. The quiz you linked to also does address the most ...

Fatigue seems to be one of my most consistent and annoying symptoms for me. I too took amantadine but found that it made me really jittery and didn't help too much. I now take modafinil (alertec, provigil..) and it has really helped my fatigue. I hear that some people build up a tolerance but so far...

I agreer with the previous post, there really is no typical and relapses, as far as I have seen/read, are really quite different for everyone. Even for me, I have had a few relapses now and every time it has been different. The first confirmed relapse I had gave me numbness on the right side of my b...