[EddieF]

MS is brought on by stress, enviorment, water, pesticides, food, preservatives, pollution, drugs, genes that are not able to metabolize what others can, lack of exercise, narrowed plumbing, hormone imballances, infections (urine ect),

I think estrogens, progesterone, prolactin may help. Why? all of those change during pregnancy.
Prozac might help by increasing prolactin levels.
Progesterone showed to save TBI patients if given within 6hrs. How?

A injectable genitle herpes drug reversed MS (while on it) for someone I know. He didnt have herpes. If herpes is your own body attacking itself, kind of sounds like MS no?

Exercise surely benefits us by getting that blood moving faster, introduces more oxygen, gets metabolism and all the wonders that go along with it working better. If it means squatting down 5x every time before you plop on couch, that counts.

Testosterone surely helps you recover muscle that still has nerve connections providing you're willing to do the work. I'm proof of that.

Almost every night once settled in bed, tv goes on, cue somethng on dvr, and do 4 -8 sets of 25 with 15lb dumbell, 10 sets of 10 of a handgripper. Broke my 1st one at 65,000 reps. Yes I log it all and suggest you do it too. Logging provides a rewarding visual.

Bowel issues - I have a colostomy so accidents aren't a concern. Make SURE you tell the Dr performing it that your stoma/intestine MUST protrude NOT recess. I had to have mine revised less then 6 months after the 1st idiot created it. Get it right the 1st time. Scar tissue's hard to work with.

[EddieF]

"Prolactin has many effects including regulating lactation and stimulating proliferation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells."

"Oligodendrocyte precursor cells in nervous tissue cells precede oligodendrocytes, and may also be able to generate neurons and astrocytes. The principal function of oligodendrocytes is to provide support to axons and to produce the Myelin sheath, which insulates and lowers the effective capacitance of axons. Myelin is 80% lipid and 20% protein and speeds the conduction of action potentials down the axon. Oligodendrocytes, unlike Schwann cells of the PNS, form segments of myelin sheaths of numerous neurons at once. The processes of a given oligodendrocyte wrap themselves around portions of the surrounding axons. As each process wraps itself around, it forms layers of myelin. Each process thus becomes a segment of the axon's myelin sheath."

"Pit-1 is a transcription factor that binds to the prolactin gene at several sites to allow for the production of prolactin in the pituitary gland. A key regulator of prolactin production is estrogens that enhance growth of prolactin-producing cells and stimulate prolactin production directly, as well as suppressing dopamine."

Conditions associated with elevated prolactin secretion:
Hyperprolactinaemia is the term given to having too-high levels of prolactin in the blood, which can result from:
Prolactinoma
Excess thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), usually in primary hypothyroidism
All SSRI and SNRI medications
Many antipsychotic medications
Emotional stress
Pregnancy and lactation
Some sexual disorders

So as I research, it seems SSRI's increase prolactin. Other drugs for increasing breast milk increase prolactin. This combined with progesterone needs studying. I had bad sweat issues with only 10mg's of Prozac. I've read a report once (posted it here) that said Prozac helped some with MS. The prolactin increase must be why. Women can increase oxytocin by stimulation which may lead to increased prolactin. Enough for tonight.

eddief

[EddieF]

My Prolactin level draw 12/23/10 = 2.3 which is out of range low. Makes sense since my MS is progressing rapidly and Prolactin helps build myelin.
Get your Prolactin level and post it here please.