Vitamin D Hoopla
Vitamin D deficiencies in multiple sclerosis patients seems to be the headline everywhere one reads. If you are like me and have multiple sclerosis, you…
Daily Life
Sometimes It’s Not MS
How many times does multiple sclerosis receive the blame for something it didn’t do? I bet, a lot. In fact, my doctor recently wrote in…
Tecfidera, Stomach Pain & Headaches
Recently I went in for an MRI worried that I may have PML due to a prolonged, months-long headache. In the past month the headaches…
Tecfidera & Lymphopenia
Beginning Tecfidera two years ago I was prepared for the stomach upset and flushing. Apple sauce and aspirin in hand each morning and night I…
MS, Anxiety & Stress Management
Richard Lazarus defined stress as “a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is…
Anxiety & PTSD
“I’m losing my mind,” she told the doctor after months of out-of-control thoughts. A trigger caused an unending flashback to a traumatic event decades since…
Panic Attacks
Sitting next to my husband on the couch after work watching our favorite comedy I suddenly felt fear run through my body. Anxious, my thoughts…
Seeking Help for Anxiety
Have you lost control of your thoughts? Are physical reactions to worrying becoming a problem such as muscle tension, digestive problems, fatigue due to lost…
Self-Help for Anxiety
Intrusive, persistent or obsessive thoughts, worrying, insomnia, catching one’s self lost in negative, unproductive or hypothetical conversations about how to handle an upcoming situation or…
PML Scare
The pain started behind my right ear and was limited to occasional intense throbbing in an area the width of my finger by roughly two…