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[momto3girls]

How long did your first MS symptoms last?

[jbell2435]

Do you mean new symptoms?

Let's see, 1st symptom was vertigo in 2004, lasted about 1 year. Foot drop has been almost 2 years and still going.

Imbalance never really left after the vertigo left...so 7 years on that one.

Weakness in leg about 2 years and still going.

[jessiesmom]

1st MS Symptoms

How long did your first MS symptoms last?

My first MS symptoms involved a bout of Optic Neuritis. It lasted about a month (with no treatment) and went away with no permanent vision changes. It came back about 18 months later and with inpatient hospital treatment on IV solumedrol it lasted about a week - again with no permanent vision changes.

[momto3girls]

I just finished up a round of steroids and I am starting to feel somewhat like my "old" self again. I still have a bit of lingering numbness in my left foot and some issues with my right eye (ON), but I am hopeful that it is all going to subside soon.

[seeuinct]

1st sx: buzzing in my groin started last fall and was on and off for 3 months. Still get it occasionally. I didn't know what it was, thought it was related to my Mirena. Didn't go to dr.

2nd sx: L'Hermitte's lasted from March to August. It was slowly getting worse, peaked for a while, and then slowly faded. All in all prob 6 months. But my legs would go numb when I walked during that time, also I got the infamous hug a couple of times.

Now I feel L'Hermitte's slightly on some days, legs get tingly when I walk sometimes, having UTI issues, and my arm when numb one day for about an hour.

Never took any steroids. Just dealt with it until it mostly cleared up.

[quotefanatic]

I've had tremors, heat intolerance, bad coordination, joint/muscle pain, and cog fog for about two years.

I've had slurred speech, memory issues, and muscle weakness for a couple months.

I've had numbness and uncontrollable laughing for the past couple weeks. (All symptoms still going on)

Best wishes to you!

[burko]

My first attack was 12 years ago with blurred vision, fatigue, numbness and gait issues with the left leg. All of this resolved completely in 6 months. Then I had 8 years of feeling normal.
3 years ago was flare two which has given me lasting symptoms of head issues, numbness, and left leg gait issues that are worse than before. I was not on DMD's between the first and last attack. Probably should have been though. On Copaxone the last three years and my current MRI showed no disease activity.