I have had this for about 15 years now. I had it about 5 years before I knew I had MS. It was very easily controlled by Tegretol. I take 200 mg in the morning and 400 mg at night. It has now raised its ugly head again. I tried to increase my dose of Tegretol myself but I couldn't remember how long to stay on just one more pill before increasing by another so I decided to quit playing doctor and call my own doctor! This isn't the best time to have problems with it. The air conditioner vent blows right on my face and just about blows me away.

For those who don't read in my reality show thead, my MIL, who has ben in a nursing home for several years, fell and broke her hip. She was in ICU for 5 days before she was stable enougth to do surgery. She was in ICU for a total of 8 days then went back to the nursng home 4 days later. So I have had just a wee bit of stress in my life.