I am diagnosed as having Multiple Sclerosis.
I have learned that exacerbations can be caused by stress.
When I think back on the various what I now know to have been exacerbations, they were always at times when I was experiencing stress.
The earliest I can remember from about the age of 8, is motion sickness.
The major ones that I am now experiencing is visual impairment which was first diagnosed as optic neuritis; a stroke like exacerbation and for the past 3 years, I am experiencing a sensation from my waist down to and including my toes
that causes an imbalance in my gait to the extent that I need a walker to keep my balance when I walk.
After muscular exertion, I get very tired, winded and on occasion, lightheaded.
All of these exacerbations came at times when I was experiencing stress to some degree.
Is it possible that instead of stress being a trigger; stress and or some other mental disorder could be causing a chemical imbalance in the body that brings about MS?
2006-11-21
07:37:59
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