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Thank you for your message. I am in a lot of pain. If the pain was gone I would still feel the same way. It's the disability in addition to the pain that is driving me to having the need to end it. My family is fully aware of my desire to end it. There is nothing anyone can say to change my mind and...

I am soooooooo sad and depressed. I stopped working due to complications related to MS. I have been on state disability since May 2017 which runs out after a year May 2018. I have applied for social security disability income for the long term. I loved the type of work I did and felt like I was some...

I was experiencing double vision and my right arm was numb and tingling off and on for about 3 years before I was diagnosed. The right arm numb & tingling I did not think anything of it but the double vision I finally thought I should go two the doctor after 3 years. They did a MRI on me and the...

I had dots in my vision but that was only for about 2 minutes. This was just before I was diagnosed. I do have migraines from time to time I believe that is due to the MS. I have bad fatigue and joint pain all the time which is due to the MS. My legs are allays campy and have spasm which is due to t...

Hi Kacy, I have the same issue. I get hot very easily. I walk 100 feet I get very hot. If the temperature if 74 or higher I sweat very easily. So needless to say the heat is really bad for me. Does not take much at all for me to sweet. Thankfully I work at a desk job and sit all day. But if I have t...

Thank you Robbie,

Death with dignity should be a legal right. We should not have to live like this. There is no cure.

I am so sorry to hear you are going through such a hard time trying to get a mobility scooter provided by insurance. Unfortunately, you would need to be much worse off closer to bedridden to get one of those paid by insurance. I myself often use a manual wheel chair. Its a little more work than a po...

I am so sad all the time. I have no desire to do anything. My body is deteriorating. I just need the balls to do something about it. I am so afraid of ending up a vegetable. Its all I can think about is how awful it got for Annette Funicello. It is reasons like that we should all have the right to d...

Thank you all for your feed back. You all are so nice thank you. I don't want any mental help. But thank you.

Stress is very difficult for me to handle. My MS symptoms get real bad. I would suggest that you have your DR write you a letter to confirm you have MS and stress makes MS worse and you should look for ways to reduce stress in ways that are possible. Google the word (JAN) which is Job Accommodation ...

I live in California assisted suicide is legal if you have less than 6 months left to live. That does not apply to us that have ms in lots of pain. I know I will end up a vegetable. This is all to much to live with. I heard this person shot them self in the chest and lived, now in much worst shape. ...

This is a MS issue. The other people are wrong. I have the same issue and I am 42 years old male with MS. Before ms I was sharp and now I am not due to the MS and Baclofen. Do a google search and you will see this is MS and the Baclofen. Those people have no Idea what they are talking about they jus...