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I'm taking the Ashton recommended 25 mg of zinc daily. Can a zinc deficiency be related to tinnitus? My old useless GP had absolutely no suggestions when I reported my tinnitus her over two years ago but then she wasn't very helpful with anything. I've been on these supplements for about a month &am...

Thank you all for your welcoming responses, suggestions & the links. I am ever so thankful that the neuro I saw at the MS clinic is not big on the DMDs and didn't even make the slightest attempt to suggest any drugs, which he acknowledged wouldn't be helpful for me anyway. To quote him: "th...

So finally got in to the local MS clinic and saw one of their neuros for my "official/definitive" diagnosis and was told I have SPMS. Exactly what I thought all along. Talk about "Do no harm" - my idiot GP (who I am no longer seeing) did lots of harm by saying I didn't have MS al...

:smile: Other than back pain, trouble with walking/balance has been my major MS issue for the last four years and when ever I mentioned it to my GP she acted like it wasn't her problem. But then again I wasn't diagnosed with SPMS until a month ago so I think she just thought I was a chronic complain...

Has anyone read or heard of anymore news about cytokine GM-CSF research as it applies to MS? The last news that I have found was in April 2011 and all the most recent news that I can come up with relates to other diseases. The neutralization of the cytokine GM-CSF could halt the development of multi...

:sad: At the age of 61 I was finally been diagnosed with MS on Sept 12, after having an episode of slurred speech, tierednes, and foggy vision 25 years ago where I was told I had a virus and years of pain & now finally losing my ability to walk without assistance. I'd been telliing countless sym...