[Blessings2You]

I started taking my Copaxone again, after about a 7-month "break". I was experiencing extreme anxiety, chest tightness, palpitations, the whole nine yards...which magically disappeared after a couple weeks' "leave of absence" from the shots.

My neuro felt it was coincidental and not the Copaxone, and we agreed (loosely speaking) that I should give it another try. I fully intended to, but I just couldn't pull the trigger. I'd look at that needle and my heart would start to beat faster just remembering my heart beating faster.

I'm NOT afraid of the needle, just of having that extreme panic/anxiety thing going on again.

Well, this morning I finally did it! Actually, about 20 minutes ago. Of course, one way to guarantee anxiety is to ANTICIPATE anxiety, so I'm doing a lot of talking to myself.

I never had an IPIR the whole three or four (?) years I took the stuff, but notified my husband anyway that I'd just taken a shot, just in case.

We'll see how the next few days/weeks go. As most of us suspect, it's kind of a roll of the dice anyway, but I figured I'd (are you ready? wait for it...) give it another shot.