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I think I've taken a different approach from a lot of you. I chose to be very open about it, and my MS symptoms are invisible to others. It just felt right to me to be open about it - my goal being to change the perceptions people have that if you have MS, you are/will be in a wheelchair. When I was...

Can you try out LDN while on interferon beta 1a like rebif? I worry about trying something new and going cold-turkey off a treatment that has been helping (some).

If you have a Whole Foods near you - it can be a God send. They have healthy (ier) versions of lots of snack foods including cookies and chips. Look for olive oil potato chips - they have good oils and low saturated fats.

Oh - so many! I take supplement flax seed oil (Omega 3 fats which produce anti-inflammatory hormones), calcium+vitamin D, B-vitamins (good for the nervous system), turmeric (anti-viral and anti-inflammatory), and two mixes from New Chapter - one called Neurozyme which prevents inflammation and helps...

There's a food allergy test called the ELISA test - it tests for immune system reactions to foods. Not sure if that works for MS, but it cleared up a rash when I found out I was allergic to almonds and stopped eating them. The Swank diet recommends high unsaturated fats (like olive oil and fish oils...

I've been on Rebif for over a year and have had no significant relapse in that time. I have had increases in neuropathic pain, but doc says that isn't a worsening of the MS - that it relates to past damage.