[ItsWonderfulLife]

Hey all,
Have any of you used any Vitamin/Herbal supplemetation instead of pharmeceutical medicine to keep MS in remision and/or to treat symptoms? And if so what combination of them? Thanks and hope everyone has a good day

[SallyC]

Not alone, no. Some supplements help your arsenal, such as The B vitamins, D3 and calcium. No combo of Vatamins/herbs has been found as a cure though.

[Kitty]

The main thing I use for MS is LDN. To that I add D3, B12, Krill, Astaxanthin, Grapeseed and a good multi-vitamin. It's also a good idea to clean up your diet as much as possible and try to stay away from overly processed foods. Lots of fresh fruit and veggies and no sugar. I try to eat organic as much as my budget will allow but it's not always possible. Things I ingest everyday (or often) I do buy organic (coffee, milk, eggs, meat, fish). If I can find a good price on fruit and veggies I will get them organic, too, but they tend to be pricy.

[Jules A]

Originally Posted by ItsWonderfulLife

Hey all,
Have any of you used any Vitamin/Herbal supplemetation instead of pharmeceutical medicine to keep MS in remision and/or to treat symptoms? And if so what combination of them? Thanks and hope everyone has a good day

Not in my opinion. I do believe that living a healthy lifestyle which includes supplements, fresh food, keeping our weight under control and exercising as one is able is very important however I do not believe it induces remission or decreases progression of this chronic, progressive disease.

I am a huge believer in pharmaceuticals however I also don't think they are to be credited with a major change in disease course. Personally I kind of think MS is going to do whatever MS wants to do in its own time frame which makes figuring out what may or may not help difficult.

[ItsWonderfulLife]

Thanks everyone for the response. I heard a lot of good things about LDN, Kitty has it helped improve (if you experience) fatigue/weakness? Has it prevented you from a relapse?

[ItsWonderfulLife]

Sorry forgot to ask how to go about getting it/asking for it from your doctor? Is it difficult to get and do pharmacys usually carry it?

[Kitty]

LDN has helped with my fatigue issues. I've still had a couple of relapses since I've been on it but they generally resolve themselves within a few weeks now. I don't take steroids but usually just let them run their course.

Some Neuros are not familiar with LDN and won't take the time to research it. My Neuro would not prescribe it so I had to get my script from another doctor. I use a compounding pharmacy that mails my prescription to me. I usually get a 3-month supply with each refill.

Here's a website that can give you more information on LDN: www.lowdosenaltrexone.org

[SallyC]

Originally Posted by Kitty

LDN has helped with my fatigue issues. I've still had a couple of relapses since I've been on it but they generally resolve themselves within a few weeks now. I don't take steroids but usually just let them run their course.

Some Neuros are not familiar with LDN and won't take the time to research it. My Neuro would not prescribe it so I had to get my script from another doctor. I use a compounding pharmacy that mails my prescription to me. I usually get a 3-month supply with each refill.

Here's a website that can give you more information on LDN: www.lowdosenaltrexone.org

Me Too, ItsWonderfulLife..

[paleon183]

Originally Posted by ItsWonderfulLife

Hey all,
Have any of you used any Vitamin/Herbal supplemetation instead of pharmeceutical medicine to keep MS in remision and/or to treat symptoms? And if so what combination of them? Thanks and hope everyone has a good day

I was diagnose with MS in 2001 and was in a wheelchair for several months. To the surprise of family, friends and medics I was able to regain my health and vitality without the intervention of Pharmaceutical medicine.

By researching diet, exercise and healing with the mind I was able to improve my quality of life over time.

My diet became more natural, no more processed foods, lots of organic fruits, vegetables and food suppliments. My daily intake of water was increased and if I ate meat it too had to be organic.

For exercise, the practice of QiGong became a part of my daily routine and I flooded my mind with positive thoughts, books and images. Believing that I would heal myself by using positive visualisations.

After several months I was out of my wheelchair and my condition improved drammatically.
More than ten years have passed and my quality of life continues to improve.
I have writen a short story about my experience with the hope of helping others who are cosidering the natural approach to beating MS.

[Mariel]

I've been on the Swank diet for maybe 28 years, and that's a natural treatment. But I also treat symptoms with minerals and vitamins. For spasm and jerks: magnesium, calcium, B1, E Complex. For eye dimness or fogginess, non-flush niacin. For nervous exhaustion,
low dose all-food based Vitamin and Mineral complex called Megafoods Without Iron (I can't have iron because of other problems). For digestion, Enzymes.
I do get as much exercise as my painful feet allow. My feet were not painful, just slightly numb, for the first 16 or 17 years since my MS dx. But then I got another disease and/or my neuropathy from MS and Porphyria got worse, and I now have such painful feet that I have trouble being on them much; nevertheless, I walk as often as I can about l/2 mile, after the sun goes down, and I do some PT exercises on my bed which keeps my muscles stretched and strong as possible. I don't get much imbalance as long as I stick to Swank diet but if I get off it, lots of imbalance, need for cane.

I now have other problems which require drugs and that is an ongoing problem for me, very difficult to get drug side effects under control or find other ways to do quell symptoms. I miss the days when I was mostly natural. I even had to have radiation last year (one shot of p-32) to lower my bloodo platelets; this is for Polycythemia Vera, for which there isn't much treatment except unnatural things. After all those years of being mostly natural, I'm now dependent on drugs, not for my original diagnosis, but for that which came much later.