Hello All,
I've been diagnosed with RRMS for 13 years. Been on Copaxone since 2003 and have only had two flares since (knock on wood). My most recent flare was last week and the other in 2012 after giving birth.
On the 22nd of April I got dizzy, nauseous and weak on my left side. I couldn't type or grasp things correctly. My balance was off. It felt like my arm and leg were "light" and non existent. Hard to explain. This lasted a week and a half and went away. I was fine for another week with no symptoms other than lhermittes sign and eye pain upon movement but no vision issues. Out of the blue, the weakness on the left side came back. I went to my neuro and he sent me for an MRI. I have one active lesion that is fading on the right side of my brain causing this flare. However, from my experience and from what I've read, symptoms don't disappear completely for a week and come back during a flare. Am I correct? I am so nervous this is going to come back again since I've been OK for the last 4 days. Is this normal for a flare? To be completely fine after a week of symptoms and then the symptoms to come right back? I still have the lhermittes but I've had that on and off for the last 13 years. It is pretty constant right now though, for at least 2 months.
My neuro wants me to switch meds because he said it's "clear the copaxone isnt working" because I have a lesion. But two flares out of 11 years is a good thing, no? I am so confused and depressed by this. TIA for any advice.
I've been diagnosed with RRMS for 13 years. Been on Copaxone since 2003 and have only had two flares since (knock on wood). My most recent flare was last week and the other in 2012 after giving birth.
On the 22nd of April I got dizzy, nauseous and weak on my left side. I couldn't type or grasp things correctly. My balance was off. It felt like my arm and leg were "light" and non existent. Hard to explain. This lasted a week and a half and went away. I was fine for another week with no symptoms other than lhermittes sign and eye pain upon movement but no vision issues. Out of the blue, the weakness on the left side came back. I went to my neuro and he sent me for an MRI. I have one active lesion that is fading on the right side of my brain causing this flare. However, from my experience and from what I've read, symptoms don't disappear completely for a week and come back during a flare. Am I correct? I am so nervous this is going to come back again since I've been OK for the last 4 days. Is this normal for a flare? To be completely fine after a week of symptoms and then the symptoms to come right back? I still have the lhermittes but I've had that on and off for the last 13 years. It is pretty constant right now though, for at least 2 months.
My neuro wants me to switch meds because he said it's "clear the copaxone isnt working" because I have a lesion. But two flares out of 11 years is a good thing, no? I am so confused and depressed by this. TIA for any advice.
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