Now, started gradual then WHAM! Here it is again! The cold is not my friend and it has been stormy here in Maine. Supposed to be stormy all week. I tried to keep a calendar to see if my symptoms and attacks had anything I could relate to day to day living. I came up with nothing. I wish you luck with your endeavor.

Friday, July 13, 2007....I had a reaction to the Copaxone but had been under alot of stress previous to that.....before that had on going continuous attacks from Feb of this year to May of this year and quit working in April of this year.....stress and MS simply DO NOT go together. You can't really predict MS though.

My last attack, which I am still in, started with extreme fatigue, then my left leg started not working (I've been limping for like 3 months now), and dizzy spells, and lots and lots of pain! (Nerve pain)

getting over tired,over stressed, over heated,storms, and cold all trigger exacerbations for me so i try to stay on top of it all but weather of course not controllable

jan 1 2006
woke up on new years day with the left side of my body not working

Yeah, me too! My last attack started two weeks ago and I didn't even really notice it at first. Used to, I would get a bad bladder infection before a relapse. Now I can't tell anymore. And what good is it anyway? There's nothing to do to stop it.

3 years ago I was paralyzed from 3C down. Could not do anything for myself. Have not fully recovered but now I am SPMS & no longer have bad episodes. Just steady down hill.

Six weeks ago I had a bad bladder infection, my GP told me men don't get bladder infections LOL, my left eye lid started twitching all the time and I was getting MS hugs that drove me nuts with terrible fatigue, then like it started it mostly stopped about 3 weeks later. It was not nearly as bad as the one I had before that back in May that got me here though. I actually think breaking my wrist brought it on.

My last Attack started Nov. 26th, just got out of hospital dec. 11th for a round of IV steroids... still in attack but getting better.
april.

STORMS TRIGGER EXCERBATIONS?! Well that explains the first MS symptom I had. It came a bad storm here one night and kept us all up for a while. When I woke in the morning, my left arm was numb. I thought it was just asleep, but it never went away. I thought I had been lying on my arm all night long or something. Well, that straightenes some things out.

Well, I guess I am lucky as I've actually experienced improvements over the last 7yrs & have been in remission. I do many things including B12 injections weekly for 20yrs & glyconutrients. Diet is very high on fresh produce & low on saturated fats. My ms acts up if I fall or other trauma.

I was actually very worried last night, it was shot night (Avonex) and I woke up around 1 am and both my arms were asleep and painful, but I was not lying on them, they were by my side. It took about 2 or 3 minutes to get the right feeling back and I was beginning to think I was not going to get it back. Very scary.

My first and only attack so far, let's hope was 3 months ago and the neuro put me on avonex. The side effects were so terrible I thought I was dying so he finally after 3 months took me off it. Now I feel better but not 100%. I still feel achy and tired and sore all over. Cannot do too much work or I get very tired. When I went off the avonex I have so much energy that I did everything but now I am slowing down again. Thanks for listening to me blabb on.

3/03

I used to wake up and I would have both of my arms straight up in the air and they would go really numb. This is before the MS symptoms started. You think it had anything to do with my arms?