Was anyone under extreme stress for a long period of time before being told they had MS? My stress level is VERY EXTREME!! and has been for a long long time.
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Stress is very high here. I always ignored sx before but now that im aware of dx i quickly try to find a way out of bad situation before the spiral of symptoms knock me down
Absolutely yes!!!! I was under tremendous daily stress for about three years. Stress coming from every direction in my life. It was truly unbearable. I told a friend the situations and the people that caused that stress finally broke me.
Yes, the last ten years have been a hell of stress. Things are actually easier now I've been diagnosed with MS (on some levels) because some responsibility has been taken off my shoulders. I was probably already sick and didn't know it though, making the stress seem worse (although I've really been through a lot).
I read that extreme grief is common in MS patients (in our histories).
I think stress was indeed quite high which led to my first official relapse which led to my diagnosis of Ms in late July 2017. Turns out do to the amount of lesions on my brain & my spinal tap results, my neurologist says he believes I've had Ms for sometime.
Stress has become my middle name. Sometimes I have a combo tea of camomile and linden and it helps me to calm down. But most of the time I pray and let God help me.
It is hard to handle MS because every day something else is going on and sometimes is hard to know if it is because MS or something else.
Be strong and take one day at the time.