Officially, a separate attack would normally be defined as having 30 days of "remission" between symptoms. That doesn't mean we wouldn't have any symptoms during that 30 day period, just that nothing really "new" is happening. I think Cheryl might be right that this is all one attack.

I've had MS at least 17 yrs. I have had many back-to-back (with 30+ days remission between) attacks, and these seem to come in sudden spurts during my life. Sometimes it will be years without problems; other times I will just recover and have another 3 - 4 in six or twelve period.

The longest two attacks I had were 18 months, all up. The first 6 weeks the attacks escalated, the next 6 weeks many symptoms recovered, then I continued to recover (with some fluctuating symptoms) over the next 15 months.

It sounds like the the inflammation is not dying down (giving you a break), which leads me to believe that whatever drug you are on is not working well for you. That, or perhaps there is something, like an underlying infection, which is sending your immunities out of whack.

JMHO

Cherie