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Hi This might sound like a strange question but apat from the first night of really bad shivers and fever, I've had no side effects to speak of and I'm getting a bit concerned that, thats not necessarily a good thing! Now, 3 weeks into Avonex, I hit a relapse, which Im sure was hanging around in the...

Hi Cant say I've noticed any weight gain but have only been on it for 7 weeks. I have pnly had one really bad night with the side effects but they passed in about 2 hours I would guess. I woke up at the end of the shivery fever and had to change my jammies and take some more ibuprofen. Bit if a head...

I give myself the shot every Friday night. Top of the thigh - different leg every week and I iagine a clock face - one week I do it at the 12 oclock position on one leg, then the same on the opposite leg the following week, then back to the first leg at the 3 o'clock postion and so on. No bruising o...

Hi The thought of depression has crossed my mind but Im confident that if my legs start behaving, these feelings will subside. I'm not normally a depressed person - I get down like everyone else but nothing too much. I have a great support system in place. Outside of my hubby and a few friends (I ha...

Thanks both of you. I've felt this way for over 3 weeks now (been on Avonex for 5). I'm trying hard not to blame it as I know its an irrational worry but I cant help thinking. Doc thinks I may have labrythinitis and a viral infection so I know that on top of the MS, this wont be an easy thing to sha...

Hi I posted previously about weird side effects with Avonex. Now, my GP seems to think I may have labrythinitis and a viral infection (both not treatable) - all based on what I told her, no actual exmainastion! Apparently I just have to wait it out and let it run its course. Anyway, I decided to kee...

Thankx - itst frustrating!

Dx

Hey

I know this is the wrong forum but I cant get to post on any forum apart from this one! Every time I try to post or reply to a private message, its tells me I have been banned by the administrator!

Help!

Denise

Ok - well had a chat with my MS nurse this morning and she has advised me not to take tomorrow's injection til we see if whatevers working on me goes away! Then again it could be a relapse ahd says! This condition gets more and more frightening. I have never felt so alone in all this. The docs admit...

Well you're still brave in my eyes! I need to stay positive for Fridays injection. I'm really scared after the reaction last week but think my body must have been fighting another infection of some sort as I've not been feeling myself for a fweek or so. I'll post and let you know how it goes. Denise x

Thanx Lyndacraol Funny you should mention mucus as t5hats really all I have to suggest there's a cold lurking somewhere! I don't have the usual runny nose or sneezes but there is definately mucus (sorry for anyone eating reading this thread!!). I just feel if I could be sick then it would clear. Any...

Hi all I'm looking for some advice if possible. I started Avonex 3 weeks ago. The fist 2 weeks were fine - no major side effects. After the third one on Firday, I woke up Saturday morning unable to walk. Every time I went to put weight on my legs to walk to the bathroom, I felt as though I had no po...

Thankx NHE - that's very helpful.

Look forward to speaking with you in the future.

Denise x

Thanks Arron.

Look forward to talking to you in the future.

Denise x

Well, started the Avonex last night and I have to say the injection wasn't as bad as I had anticipated. It didn't hurt at all and was over in a second. The side effects kicked in about 4 hours later while in bed (had been trying to get to sleep quick in order to miss them but it never happens when y...