Hi all.
My perimenopause has now been chugging along for twelve miserable years. It's not fair. I've had depression (thyroid tick), palpitations, breast cysts, low thoughts, super dry skin (thyroid tick), yellow thick skin on my feet (thyroid tick), super heavy menses (thyroid tick) and my hair is falling out approx twice as fast as it used to (thyroid tick), weight gain (thyroid tick) and severe sleep disturbance but also all of these things bar the very dry skin type perfectly well for a lack of fertility hormones, so I'm being tested for that too. And anaemia for the super heavy menses, I must be losing a few pints a month, no kidding.
There is a link between hypothyroidism and MS I know. Is there a blood marker for MS related to the thyroid?
Hi Everyone,
I have not used this forum for some time.
I as diagnosed some 20 years ago with RRMS. In the intervening years my MS has changed, but very gradually. So I have had a good run or my money.
Sadly, nothing is forever, and this year I was diagnosed with SPMS. I was taken off of beta interferon, having used it for many years.
And now the Occ Health Nurse at work has advised me to reduce my hours by a quarter.
I always take the advice of the medics, but now I will deprived part of my salary, which means a readjustment of my, and my family's, lifestyle.
I have taken the advice this time because I know that I can no longer do as much as I used to.
Worryingly, I find myself forgetting all sorts of things these days. From words to birthday.
I was wondering if anybody could advisement on a technique to help overcome this problem. I have tried sudoku, on the advice of my GP, but I can't see the benefit.
I would be grateful for any words of help.
OK, you guys are the first people I have spoken to about this, so please don't tell anyone!
There are some things that happen sometimes that I have been dismissing as me just getting older (I'm 56 )
When I am typing, I often make mistakes (much more than I used to). Some mistakes I have been putting down to my hands; for instance repeated letters where my hands don't pick up as quickly as they used to. Something that I don't think can be due to my hands is that I very often change the order of the letters these days. This never used to be a problem. I am a touch typist, so I am not looking at the keys. Up until recently I have always been very accurate.
Also, when speaking or sometimes reading, I say the wrong word and don't realise that I have done it. Yesterday, while reading to a child I read '10 seconds' as '7 seconds'. He pointed it out to me and I was surprised as I hadn't noticed. I reread it and did it again. I noticed it that time and had to really concentrate to read it correctly.
Sometimes when speaking, I seem to struggle to say a word correctly and rather slurr it. I have been telling myself that this is normal as you get older, but I haven't really noticed anyone else doing it. My son often teases me about it.
I have also had, a couple of times, short moments of feeling very confused and unsure what to do.
I have dismissed all this, but now wonder if I should tell someone. I am awaiting my first appointment with a neurologist.
Does anyone recognise these problems?
I AM REALLY GIGGLING NOW AS I HAVE POSTED THIS IN THE WRONG PLACE!
Perhaps someone can move it for me to the correct place. Sorry!
hi again.
trying not to stress about this but I've noticed that im finding it harder to work things out such as sums for example and im not concentrating on everyday things as well as normal.
apparently i answer a question my hubby asks me , such as what i fancy for tea and i tell him and then i can't remember the full conversation so i get a surprise when my meal turns up.
when i watch the tv im asking what's happening cos i can't remember stuff i only watched a day before.
hubby keeps telling me im watching a different channel to him and laughing about it, as have i but today i got upset about it. he says im just being silly but im thinking its worse than that.
can this thing mess your brain up? i used to be am intelligent person and now i find even simple things more difficult. i have to THINK whereas before i didn't have the awareness of thinking, i just did it.
im a little scared, as always im thinking ahead and worrying about helping my babies with homework etc.
maybe the stress is taking its toll onme or maybe I've been watching too much coronation street!
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