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Your vitamin D level (at 14 ng/mL) is dangerously deficient. Exactly what is the "high dose" your PCP prescribed? 50,000 units once a week. I suggest you examine the dose interval and dosage recommendations by GrassrootsHealth (http://www.grassrootshealth.net) to increase your blood level...

I am in the early stages of waiting for a DX. My symptoms started about a year ago. I had tingling sensations from my rib cage to my foot - just on the left side. It lasted for maybe 10 mins. The exact same thing happened exactly one week later. I didn't have problems walking or talking or any othe...

Is it possible to submit my chronological chain of exacerbations to my medical record? If so, does the MD have to approve? I am thinking of going back and having them include it for the referals to the specialists. My issue is that these exacerbations are getting worse as time goes on and I would l...

Well, I did get a referral to neuro anf another cardiologist for the dysautonomia. The doc pretty much blew me off. I had a timeline of my symptomatic "flares" over the last year to be chronological, but he accused me of going off on a tangent and that he could only deal with so many prob...

My Aunt has MS, and my dad (her brother). I am 32 although I started having symptoms several years ago, off and on. They always seem to come and go. I'll be fine for months and then what I call flare ups happen and can last for days-weeks. I know MS is hard to diagnose. My Aunt told me that her MRI...

My question is this, what labs or would you have your general practitioner look at -before- going to a neurologist for further workup? I would honestly like to rule out MS, but I want to hit the basics before spending a bunch of money. Welcome to ThisIsMS, LMH. It is my opinion that your GP should ...

My sister has a similar issue as the one mentioned. She has symptoms similar to MS such as numbness and weakness of limbs, paresthesia, optical neuritis but the MRI does not show lesssions and the oligoclonalbands are coming negative in the blood tests. The doctors suspect her of antiphospolilidic ...

During CIS I had 1 gram IV steroids daily (incredible healing) for 7 days. After that 64mg daily tablets, 8mg decrease every week. Walnut is for cholesterol reduction, omega 3. It is a nutrient bomb and easily available here. I eat cashews for magnesium and sometimes almonds. CLINICALLY ISOLATED SY...

B12 increased 286 pg/mL to 540 pg/mL (maybe decrease supplement to 500mcg B12 or 1 day off) D3 increased 14.2 ng/mL to 38.1 ng/mL (very good increase without any megadose, 10000 IU single tablet on the way) There is no worldwide consensus on acceptable B12 levels. In Japan, the recommended minimum ...

20 days ago test results: Folic Acid: 3,9 ng/mL (Started supplement) B12: 286 pg/mL (Started supplement) Magnesium: 2,24 mg/dL (Everyday I eat 10-15 grams of %99 cacao dark chocolate and very curious about this) Potassium: 3,7 mmol/L (Increased intake with foods, blueberries, avacados, bananas, veg...

Sorry for my English, not my mother tongue. I am a 33 years old man from Turkey. ................. 40+ blood and urine tests. Lots of out of limit things. Guess my D3 level? It was 14. Another visit to my neurologist and he said I might be an MS patient. 1 gram of IV steroids and calcium for 7 days...

I recently had my DNA tested, for ancestry reasons. To my surprise I have a higher than average Neanderthal percentage, I didn't even realize that this was included in the test. Anyways, after finding this out, I found information about this dna being linked to autoimmune disease. At my last visit ...

Hello, I'm Lisette, I am new to this site. I have MS , diagnosed 2013, but guessing I've had much longer. I had Trigeminal Neuralgia in 2006, and has two Microvascular Decompressions in 2007 and 2008. So, as time is going on this disease is scaring the crap out of me. I thought maybe conferring wit...

I saw an RD not nutritionist. I misspoke above (thought they were the same but maybe not?) There is no certain timing of the supplements and they were "suggested" not actually prescribed. The report was sent to my doctor to make the actual decision what I should do. I was told that I need...

To germifer: Do not panic at the news that you have a lesion. Lesions are not unique to MS – they are found in many conditions; for example, migraine headaches, vitamin B 12 deficiency, etc. People with MS symptoms are often found to have NO symptoms when MRIs are done; by contrast, people with NO s...