Went to the grocery store today. As I was walking around, I started to feel weird. The best way to describe it in words is almost like trying to black out but still awake. It's like when it happens, I try to shake it off and it goes away for a moment, then happens again. At one point I almost fell down. So I hurried up to get out of there. (I can't drive due to vision, so my grandmother takes me). I felt dizzy and almost trying to black out but it doesn't completely go because I shake it off by shaking my head and refocusing. Does anyone understand/been through this before?

Yes, I have.

Glad you didn't pass out or fall.

I've been dizzy before but never this bad. Is this a side effect of MS? What to do about it?

I found this for you....

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/abo...igo/index.aspx

I've had something like that. It's like it comes in a huge wave and you feel like you will faint/black out but you snap out of it and still feel 'off' but not as bad, then it'll hit again. I've not had it happen in public yet, thank goodness, but I don't go out much anymore.

Only time I leave the house is to go to church or grocery store, and even at that its only 3-4 times a week

I think they put me on some sort of anti nausea med, because I was getting sick from the spinning(my case was severe) I had to have my mom hold me up to get in the car that day from it. I could barely walk that day. I don't know what else they did, but I haven't a severe episode like that sense.

Terrible day it was.... thinking I was having a stroke like my grandmother did.

I've had this at times over the years but it rarely happens anymore. It doesn't mean it will be normal for you. But I know how frightening it can and it doesn't mean it will be the norm for you. It happened more often for me early on when I pushed myself too hard and I didn't know what my limits would be from MS.

When my GP ran bloodwork for me, similar complaint, nothing came back, so he said it could be MS, related.

I was having them, at work, and especially in the shower at home. I was lucky, one day, to not have completely fainted in the shower, but was able to go lay down for a while.

Haven't had an episode of this, in a while. I'm not shrugging off the possibility of stress or not drinking enough water, well not, not eating, but perhaps due to the time of day, not having enough food in my system.
I am not shrugging off stress, because since my promotion, and change of venue, this hasn't happened to me.

And I am also not shrugging off, MS, because this illness, is just one of those illnesses that no one seems to know. It could be, is the usual statement.

Hope you are feeling better.

I'm still hurting in my back, waist, and legs. Today makes 2 straight weeks of constant pain. The bad pain comes and goes. But the pain is always there. I'm suppose to go to my neuro on July 2nd, but I was told by an MS nurse to call him Monday to see about getting some IV Steriods to help with pain. Do you think that would be a good idea?