My doctor also diagnosed from my MRIs and symptom history. I have been on Copaxone for nearly five years total and felt best on it over any other treatment. It also controlled my relapse rate best but it takes about six months to get to that point from what I understand. There will be a newer formulation coming out eventually that will be a three time a week shot instead of everyday like it is now. You get used to the shots but it takes a bit of time to get the technique down. I do manual injections for most of them except with the heinie, then I use the auto injector. It sounds like a lot of info but you will get used to it and feel better once you get over the shock of the diagnosis.