The Way You Treat Your MS is Crazy, and That’s Okay

It is not putting too fine a point on it to say that, while MS has distinct traces and patterns, each person’s multiple sclerosis is unique unto them. The way MS touches you, the manner in which you respond (or don’t) to medications, your mental outlook on life, the list could go on… All of these are yours and yours alone. Were someone else to look at the way you “work” your disease, they might find it 180° from the way they take care of themselves. You might read someone’s comment here and bite your tongue (or don’t) at the way they have decided to live their life with this disease. The point is, it is your life, it is your decision and if there be consequences they are yours with which to contend. In general I believe that the overwhelming majority of our blog community members see life with MS that way. I also think that many in our community strive to help one another when it comes to things that may or may not have worked for them in the past. I hope that you’ll take what I’m about to say in the vein in which it is offered. The way you treat your MS is Crazy (and the way I treat mine is crazy too)! We either take a drug that we think is working (because nothing bad is happening) or we ignore scientific evidence and we decide not to take those same drugs. We reject or accept ideas, concepts, and treatments for the most diverse of reasons and then do the exact opposite for the very next one in line. We trick ourselves into believing some things and we t...
Source: Life with MS - Category: Other Conditions Authors: Tags: MS and Your Feelings MS treatment emotional health Source Type: blogs