I know that MS is different for everyone but I am tired of not having any information about the cognitive side of MS. I was officially diagnosed 10 years ago when I had a problem with my eyes and was dizzy for several weeks. I had optic neuritis 10 years before that but MS was never mentioned. My first neurologist said my MS was benign and I didn't need to start any drug therapy. I thought because it was benign that I wouldn't have to worry about it and was basically in denial that I even had MS. I have never had any physical problems but an occasional sensory issue like losing taste, smell, cognitive problems, depression and dizziness. I am so frustrated that I feel like my MS isn't even recognized and I am ready to just say I don't have it and accept that I will have to deal with my cognitive problems all by myself. I have never been on drug therapy and I wonder why I have never had any physical problems.
My last MRI was reported that I had many issues that lead to cognitive problems. I know that my cognitive problems are getting worse. All the drug therapies all say they are for physical problems not cognitive problems so is it even worth the effort to do drug therapy. I read in one of my MS books that I have for research that "the common definition of benign MS as first manifesting, then not showing any more progression, researchers have found unacknowledged loss in cognitive functions rather than the physical symptoms that mark the disease's continued destruction." I don't know if my MS is what is causing me to "lose my mind" or if it is something else. I have been told that my MS is progressing and my cognition seems to continually gets worse. I am tired of trying to find any answers but everything is about physical problems. Nobody can see that my mind doesn't work like it used to and I can't remember things that used to be so normal.
Does anyone else have only cognitive problems?
My last MRI was reported that I had many issues that lead to cognitive problems. I know that my cognitive problems are getting worse. All the drug therapies all say they are for physical problems not cognitive problems so is it even worth the effort to do drug therapy. I read in one of my MS books that I have for research that "the common definition of benign MS as first manifesting, then not showing any more progression, researchers have found unacknowledged loss in cognitive functions rather than the physical symptoms that mark the disease's continued destruction." I don't know if my MS is what is causing me to "lose my mind" or if it is something else. I have been told that my MS is progressing and my cognition seems to continually gets worse. I am tired of trying to find any answers but everything is about physical problems. Nobody can see that my mind doesn't work like it used to and I can't remember things that used to be so normal.
Does anyone else have only cognitive problems?
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