Going off MS meds advice...

February 26, 2010

Hello Group!

I am a new member so this is my first post. I have read breifly some other

posts and noted that one person said that most of the people in this group take

no meds for MS. This caught my attention because I am on Avonex and am having a

terrible time with it.

I am 29 years old, married with two daughters ages 5 and 4. I was diagnosed with

RRMS in July 2009. I spent several months in a wheelchair and not able to care

for myself. Thankfully, my wheelchair time is a lot less these days but I still

have other MS issues. I was put on Avonex after my first major relapse. I take

one injection once a week. First of all, I am very hard-pressed to take any

meds, even asprin, so this was very new for me. For the next 24-48 hrs after my

injection, I feel as though I have the flu. I get chills, body aches, the most

horrible headache possible, weakness is worse, fatigue is unbearable and brain

fog is at the max. It has helped to calm my MS symptoms but when I tried to

take my self off of it, I started to relapse again and had to go back on.

I want to be off MS meds completely. I have made several changes in my life.

One being the food I eat. I now stay away from MSG, High Frutcose Corn Syrup,

etc and I eat all organic and natural foods. I have even taken this to the exent

that I am raising my own chickens for the meat and eggs.

Back in Jan of 09, I lost quite a bit of my hair. I went to see a naturalist

and she gave me a huge amount of herbs to take. I was on Colloidial Silver,

Oragon Grape, Cloraphylle, Super Orac, Bifidopholis, Flax seed oil, and other

stuff I cant think of right now. My question is... Are these okay to take as a

suppliment for Avonex? What can I take to suppliment the Avonex and is all

natural or organic?

Also, when I take things to " boost my immune system " my MS gets worse. Why are

people telling me to boost my immune system when my overactive immune system is

my problem? I dont understand this.

Something that I have noticed is when I am emotionally distraught or going

through a hard time, the MS symptoms are at an all time high. Why is that? and

how can I prevent it from happening?

I'm sorry this was so long, but thanks for all the advise.

from Texas

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