i understand about having depression. i've had it a long time and went thru the same thing about trying different meds. they start you on a low dose, then work up, then you have to give it wks to see if it works. if not, you start again.

however, when you find the one that works your mental world will open up.
i found journaling helped me get out my feelings. i also had cognitive therapy which really helped along with my med. i feel very well now and have for a long time. don't give up. you sound very level headed. it sounds like you monitor your condition well and work well with your dr. that's a good thing.

i would also get a copy of the mri report and start a medical file on yourself.
imho i think it's a good idea to see a neurologist, or an MS specialist, just to evaluate your mri (lesions). it never hurts to get a 2nd opinion.

and, don't let your drs tell you it's all depression, or hormones...get the answers you need. you are your own best advocate. and, take a friend or family member to the appt with you for a 2nd set of ears.

please let us know how you are.

First off, I was thinking about my post from earlier. I forgot to mention that I've had migraine auras since I was 12. Just the auras, never the migraine. It happens at least once a month for about an hour. Also once a month, I see a little flashing dot go across my vision and I also have my vision double with an intense sensation of my eyes pulling towards my nose. The double vision only lasts a few minutes. The flashing dot lasts a few seconds.

I also get this shock in the back of my neck that causes me to have to twitch to the side. This happens a few times a month.

My newest symptom though is every time I move my eyes in any direction, I feel a tingly sensation throughout my body. Kinda like an electrical current going through my nerves. This has been going on for two days. It has made it hard to concentrate on anything and doing my job has been difficult. I feel weak and have to sit down often when I'm at work.

Anybody experience this?

i would encourage you to see your neuro about these sx's (symptoms).
if she dismisses you or doesn't seem invested in investigating this and helping you, you should try another dr.

earlier in my dx i'd get yrly mri's but after a few yrs i didn't have anymore.
i was dx'd and i wouldn't make any difference in my care.

if someone with active disease and flares are having problems then i'd think more mri's might be warranted.

I'm so sorry HC.. These sx could be from MS or something else. As Judy
suggests, Please do check with your Neuro and let us know what he says.

It seems you are not being well informed about MS and its various manifestations. I read a few books on it from the library not too long after diagnosis. One of the valuable books was by Roy Swank MD. I can't remember whether his first comprehensive book was called "The MS Diet Book" or if that was the second one...I don't have the books because a forest fire in 2000 destroyed my library, which was filled with toxic smoke so that no one could even touch the books without gloves.

Dr. Swank not only recommends a diet for MS, but he explains WHY he recommends it, and what saturated fat does to exacerbate MS, in his opinion. He discusses MS as a worldwide phenomenon, where it is prominent, where not, and what periods of time made it less prominent (WWII when there was less fat in the diet, MS less prominent).
He describes how the damage is done to the myelin sheath.
You need to get a variety of reading materials, if your eyes will take this, and see the various effects and symptoms. If you can't read a book easily, there are books on tapes for many different subjects at the library.
It seems your Neuro is not the type who fills in the information so you can understand well. She does not think you need to understand in order for good care to occur, but you are having further symptoms which probably should be looked at, and they are not necessarily "just" due to depression. A person can be depressed about her condition and her life and still have physical manifestation.
I cannot take ANY anti-depressant because of having another ailment, Porphyria, in which some drugs cannot be taken.
I was told to just go out and live my life, symptoms and all, at your age. I muddled through, sometimes muddling well, but I would have done better with knowledge! Possibly much much better, and my relatives would have suffered less, too.

It is hard to live without a pill when one is depressed, and sometimes I really wish I could take one, but there are also advantages to going without anti-depressants. You may have a clearer mind because of this. But of course you may be more miserable, so it's a hard battle.

They've just released to the market a new anti-depressant that's natural and packed with a bunch of vitamins/minerals. It's called Enlyte. So far, it's been the best anti-depressant I've been on. It has B1, 2, 3, 6 and 12 in it. Along with a few folic acid like stuff in it. I will look into getting some books from the library and seeing if I can read them. I haven't been able to read books for a long time now. I don't know if it's my anxiety or what, but I just get too fidgety and have a constant need to do stuff with my hands.