I agree, kicker.

Spending a few years with your own MS may not make a person an expert on MS but it does make you an expert on what your body is capable of--and it teaches you always to be ready for something weird and unexpected to happen.

I'm always surprised at how much medicine people with MS are taking--and some of the rx's can have a big effect on the nervous system.

I try to tell myself these people are having a rougher time than I have and therefore must need all those meds.

On the other hand, I also see lots of people on boards who have an astonishing trust in their doctors, whom they have such a high regard for that they will do and take whatever the doctor says.

I'm all for trusting one's doctor, but there's a lot to be said for checking up on whatever advice he/she gives and whatever meds are prescribed--and thinking seriously about whether you really need them.

After all, everything you take in is going to have an effect on YOUR body.