I know with my Crohn's disease, I always got worse when the weather changed from fall to winter and winter to spring. I'm just newly diagnosed with MS so I don't know if the same holds true, but they are both autoimmune diseases.

also, vitamin D is linked to MS and since you are not getting as much sun as the season change, that might add to you feeling worse? Possibly you're experiencing seasonal depression to some degree which is making your symptoms seem worse?

The weather does have an effect. But one of the things I have noticed is that many things that I attributed to just working hard that day or week, or stress from a project, or working late, all these things, I suddenly had to realize were really MS. So in a way, not working showed me just why I am considered disabled. As long as I was findinfg excuses, and muddling through, and finding ingenious ways to do things that I just to just be able to do, I was masking how much trouble I was having with the MS. Not having to force myself out of bed and ignore the aches and pains seems to have made them more real, not that I don't still get past them, but I can take the luxury of laying there for an extra time and not having to get up while dizzy or in the middle of a spasm. I really only accepted the whole idea of disablility at the urging of my doctors. I guess I do understand now what they were seeing and I was tryng so hard to ignore.

I have also found that, for me, it has been a big adjustment in that so many things I did revolved around work..I planned the holiday events, went shopping for and put up decorations, gave out holiday meals. It has been a quite different beginning to the season.

I am learning to accept the various things that MS throws at me, and to take them in stride that way I used to. Sometimes I set a definite goal for a day and no matter what, I meet it. I think that not having to do things can get us to a point where we feel more like MS has us. I often feel so tired after one of my designated says, and for that reason, require myself to do soemthing again the next day. That way I have gotten back to the "I can do this" attitude, and can rest upif I need to.

Just a thought, hope it helps.

Thank you for the replies. It means alot. Merry Christmas! :)

Well, as for me, carolinagirl, I needed a project to replace my career. So, I do volunteer work from home when I can. We all need a purpose and changing from being a worker to a non-worker is stress enough. Change, whether good or bad can be stressful. So, find a project to do. I crochet and have done some work for Warm up America, when my hands cooperate. It is good therapy for my hands and soul! Now I am crocheting "prayer shawls" to give to people who are going through tough times, are sick, or just need a hug. Cancer centers need crocheted or knitted hats for chemo patients. Email me and maybe we can come up with something else. I find that I can forget about some of my pain when I am occupied.

It might be that you are missing work. I know that getting out of the house and seeing people and working is uplifting for me. I also know that the fatigue can get worse when working. I think its a matter of finding something outside of the house that you love doing and do that on your good days. On the bad days, try to rest.

Also if you aren't working you are probably not getting outside as much and that can adversely impact your vitamin D levels. You may ask your doc about checking the levels in your blood. Not enough vitamin D can make you feel yucky.