Emotional Stress

Hello All,

I was diagnosed with MS about a year and a half ago. Within the last year I've had a problem that I'm hoping someone else knows a good way to deal with. Basically, whenever I become emotionally stressed I shut down. e.g. having an argument, having to lay someone off, finding out something bad has happened...etc. Pretty much anything that causes stress and a negative emotional response causes headaches, confusion, extreme fatigue, restlessness in my limbs and chest, and shooting pains in my arms, hands, legs, and feet. When I feel myself start to get worked up about something I try to calm myself, but it's always too late and I very quickly spiral into these symptoms. It takes at least hours and sometimes days of rest and efforts to calm myself for them to subside. After one particularly bad situation my neurologist put me on steroids, which worked, but I don't want to have to go on steroids whenever something stresses me out.

So I was wondering if anyone out there has experienced this and if so do you know of any ways to counter it or at least mute the effects?

This is only one of many issues that I've had to face, but this one is incredibly debilitating.

Thanks