General MS Discussion

Hello -

Grateful for this community and what I've read in the posts below. I was diagnosed in 2022. Long story short, should have been diagnosed in 2012 and was labeled as a myelitis, then. Until this tired mom of 3 littles, under 5 at the time, was sick of the numbness/pain and fatigue I finally got seen and "lit" up my MRI as I was told.

We, as mothers tend to dismiss symptoms and I was a classic and not to mention being in medical/behavioral health field, so definitely did not get seen when I should have. Even though I understand the patho of all this, I can't seem to manage or tell a difference from a temp flare up due to stress or a relapse. Cant find an understanding of what are next steps to prevent another pseudo flare. I've quit my old job because physically it just wouldn't work with MS and I'm in a new one which seems to be stress inducing. I'd like to stay where I'm at but I'm having these days where my fatigue and memory loss/brain fog just seems reoccurring and not sure how to handle it all. I've reached out to my neuro, and in the past I have been told it's just a pseudo so you gotta deal with it.

After all that - Any advice out there what to do post-pseudo or alternative treatments? Still a busy mom of three and recently working FT (2025) from being a stay at home mom... I'm currently using Adderall and wellbutrin for my fatigue because modafinil was not working. Day to day is getting a little harder than I imagined.

Thanks for reading this long rant and for your thoughts!