Bizi, thanks for the ideas to relieve constipation, but I have neurogenic bowel and it's like moving heaven and earth to poop most times.

Janet, I'm sorry you also have MS. Atrophy is no longer a death sentence. I'm glad you're able to exercise. I walk as much as I can and do some exercises from PT.

So, lots of MS symptoms have been getting a lot worse...

Woke to my alarm this morning and thought I must have had night sweats... until I realized I s*** the bed. This was no stray fart (it was everywhere) and I had no idea I had done it. I've crapped myself a bit 3 other times, but nothing like this. The sheets and quilt were destroyed and I cried while I spent over an hour trying to get the stain out of the mattress (I did).
I've also been having more problems with urinary incontinence and retention.

MAYBE the most troubling thing is increasing problems with my cognition. I really don't know what I'm doing from one moment to the next. My husband is frustrated because I do things like ask him the same question a minute later. I'm not retaining much information. I've noticed it for quite a while.

My balance is also worse, but I feel safer with the forearm crutch. I'm probably going to have to figure out how to use both soon.

I feel increasingly fatigued, but not like I was before I stopped Cymbalta. My tremor's a little worse.

None of these are new symptoms, just worsening. But I'm going to call my neuro in the am. I'm supposed to see her the 6th, but maybe she at least wants an MRI beforehand.

My PCP increased my neurontin and baclofen last month. I've probably been on them long enough to be used to them, but went back to the prior doses to see if my cognition improves (no results yet).
I'm also stopping trazadone. I've taken it for a couple years at night, but maybe it played a role in me shitting myself last night.

I got a copy of the Xray report on my hip. I have a "degenerative cyst" on the "femoral neck." So basically, I have some degree of osteoarthritis in my hip. My appt. is Friday.