I am 19 years old and I was diagnosed with
ms this past september. It all kinda hit
me all at once. I had double vision
really bad so I went to the eye doctor at
wal*mart thinking it was just my vision
and he told me I just had a virus in my
eye. Me and my family weren't satisfied
with it because he gave me no eyedrops or
anything so I went to get a second
opinion, well this eye doctor sent me to
my neurologist. He did the mri's and the
spinal tap. The crazy thing about it
though, not long after I had been
diagnosed I started forgetting things real
easy. I don't remember to this day going
to have my spinal tap done. The last week
of september I was hospitalized due to
dehydration and my ms. I don't remember
one second of being in the hospital and my
family told me that you could tell that I
was out of my mind because I was saying
things that I just don't say, and I told
every secret that I had. I'm doing a lot
better now, although every day I still
struggle with double vision, it's not as
bad as it was...It gets worse when I get
tired. I'm currently on rebif. Did
anyone else have a problem with losing
your mind or anything? Or with your
vision? I'm wondering if the whole vision
thing is just something that i'm gonna
have to get use to. And does anyone else
take rebif? Thanks!
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Posted: 01-13-05 06:53am
I think it would help you to read as much
as you can about the disease. Once you
understand what the physiological effects
are -- what the damage that is actually
going on is, you will be better able to
know why your body may be doing the things
it does. There are some good websites,
from the various ms societies, who can
also provide you with more information.
Memory, vision, etc. Can all be affected
by the damage to nerves. But since the
disease is so variable, it's also easy to
blame anything that's happening on it --
so if you understand it better, you'll
know if maybe there is anything to do, or
your symptoms might be down to something
else.
