Difficulty walking is most visible symptom. When I started taking magnesium, after only three days my walking had improved and I realized that I wasn't thinking 24/7, "I have MS."
I wear a pad everyday for urge incontinence, so that is a constant reminder.

i dont think about it all the time, but when I try to move...lol
There is time it is not in the forefront of my thoughts but it is always there...I would love to have a day I forgot, that might mean I am having a good day...or wait it could also mean that my memory loss is worse. Oh well I would still have a day off :)

I cant help but think about it because Im in pain all the time.

Hi smathie, It's me, SharonMom. Unfortunately I am never able to forget that I have Multiple Sclerosis.....mostly because my life has changed so dramatically from before I was diagnosed with it. I am on disability because I can no longer do my job, so that is not normal, for a 43 year old woman to not be working. And my M.S. has progressed to the point where I can no longer drive my car, so that is not normal, for a 43 year old woman to not be driving. And I need to use a 4-wheeled walker to walk without a high risk of falling, so that is again not normal for a 43 year old woman to have to use a walker. Sometimes, in my dreams, I am my old healthy self, I see myself at my Mom's house, cooking dinner for her like I used to. And I see her, who was the greatest of cooks, complimenting my cooking. And I see myself hugging my Mother like I used to.......Then I wake up, and I am very sad to wake up as I remember that my Mom died and I have Multiple Sclerosis....

Like bobby and others, only when I sleep and not even always then. It's why I hate waking up so much..

I only asked because I have never been healthy. At 22 I couldn't walk, see, feel most my body, had horrible spasms, couldn't do simple neurological exams conducted by a psychologist... I couldn't figure out how to draw the face of a clock, I lost bladder and bowel control, had horrible pains. I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease at age 16 after experiencing horrible pains and debilitating anemia that was a million times worse than any MS fatigue I ever experienced. Before that I was experiencing constant infections and going in and out of the hospital. Prior to that I developed high grade fevers on a regular basis that caused me to have seizures.

This is the healthiest I have ever been and I don't know what it is like to be healthy. I wake up every day expecting for it all to be taken away from me once again. I do need support as well. I'm not bragging, I just want more perspective from others who have been to hell and back.

The healthier I am, the less I feel like my views or opinions matter here, and I'm just trying to find someone else who can get up and not worry.

Just because I am currently symptom free, there is still progression on each MRI I have every 4 months.

There are times I forget that I have MS, but it surely is not when I am walking up stairs or sleeping at night when I turn over.
So, yes I do forget sometimes that I have MS.

When I am lying down on the couch, I do not feel the problem with walking and I do not feel the fatigue. I actually feel like a normal person when I am lying down, except I feel like a lazy bastard and then I have to get up and I am back to the real MS world. Welcome to the world of the MS reality.

Anyway, when I am lying down, I am normal. Until I have to get up to the bathroom over and over and over again.

I used to forget when I was sleeping and then I had the dream where I was looking for the bathroom so that I could CATH..so I guess that was the end of that type of dreaming...

I have residual stuff from past relapses like some numbness, lhermittes, left ear deafness, and a few other nerve issues so they remind me but overall after having them so long and getting used to them I actually do forget I have MS.