Do anyone here have Multiple Sclerosis?? If so may you please give some information about yourself.?

Question

I would like to know, how old you are, race, where you lived when you were DX'd. What medications your are on and how has MS affected your life.
Thank you.

Answer 1

Hello

I'm a white male, 34. I grew up in New York, but my ancestors are of European descent (Italy and Germany). So I had all the geographic and ethnic risk factors (living through age 15 above 40 degrees latitude, and northern European ancestry).

I've been diagnosed for one year, my first symptom (optic neuritis) appearing last year after Christmas. I started Copaxone in June of this year. My second symptom appears to be emerging now (tremors in hands and arms), but to this point appears to be mild. I've seen just this month some of my optic neuritis coming back; I'll feel pain in my eye in the mornings and I'll see differences in my eyesight throughout the day, and whenever I get overheated. When I stress my arms with any sort of heavy lifting, they'll tremor for about 10 minutes after, but not badly enough that I can't function, thank God.

What's been worse, however, is the mood changes that I've had recently. It's been very difficult to control my mood, even with medication (taking Wellbutrin XL for the mood swings and attention). To me, that's been the worst part of the whole experience. But I'm coping as best I can. I'm reasonably sure that there is a reason for this; God doesn't give you what you can't handle. I'm just hoping that He shows me the reason soon, before I'm not able to do what it is that He wants me to do.

As far as affecting me, I can't catch baseballs anymore, because the change in my vision was enough that I can't track fast objects moving at me. That was disappointing, but I'm coping with that as well. When I coach my baseball team in the spring, I'll have to have someone catch the balls as the fielders throw them in. That was a big loss for me because baseball has always been a passion of mine. I have to be cautious about getting overheated, and I have to control the stress and the physical exertion. But I'm exercising more as well, so that is helping too.

HTH

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