also to throw in there....

about 2 weeks ago, the pressure in my head got so severe in my sleep that it woke me up, kept me up for about 2 hours with the pressure/pain getting worse. It ended up causing me to vomit. I have had the pressure in my head before when I was in my first flare and for about 3 months after but what's scary to me is the pressure has never got so severe to induce me into vomiting. Has anyone else experienced this?

My MS center has a criteria that must be met.

Any NEW or return of an old Symptom that stays for at least 24 hours straight with NO break in the symptom. If it comes and goes over the 24 hour period its a flare, not a relapse.

If your sx lasts for 24 hours, you have 10 days to start steroid treatments, and get it sorted. After 10 days the rate of recovery from a replapse is the same as those who refused steroids.

I do hope you feel better.

There seems to always be confusion about this. An exacerbation (flare-up, attack, relapse) all mean the same thing...there is no difference, just different words.
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/abo...ons/index.aspx

That is why I phrased it as MY ms center uses that criteria.

((((Aynadee))))

When my MS started getting to the point of no full remissions, I figured I had slipped into SPMS.

If your symptoms are new, intense and last, then you are having an attack/flare/exacerbation. If your symptoms are not new or intense and they don't last, then you are probably have a pseudo flare, brought on by the weather, added stress, a flu bug...etc.

Thank you for all your responses!

I would have to say I am in another flare then. I have my old symptoms present, but this new symptom started about 3 weeks ago and has not went away, it's rather annoying as well.

I just don't understand what I am doing wrong.
I try my hardest not to over-do it.
I try to stay on top of my shots.
I changed my job as a server because I knew that was breaking me down.
I just don't get it...

I have been diagnosed since 2-8-09. Since then I have had probably 10 flares. That's why I say I don't want to call my neuro and have him put me on the roids. I feel like I have taken faaar too many steroids in the last 2 years...

Has anyone else experienced alot of flares in the beginning of their diagnosis?

It scares me because I know that this disease is only going to get harder to deal with as I age, and what worries me is that it seems I keep progressing at a relatively fast rate...

POOP ON MS!!!!!

INDEED!!!

Hello AynaDee,

Unfortunately, we are not in control, this disease is. You can do everything your doctor tells you, eat healthy, exercise and still have relapses...this disease sucks.

If, in fact, you are having actual relapses (10) and if you are on Rebif (?) then you might discuss with your neuro about a different DMD. It is possible Rebif is not working for you or possibly making you worse (?).

The disease modifying drugs are to hopefully decrease the amount of relapses, 10 relapses in almost 2 years sounds like an awful lot for being on Rebif.