Christina Applegate hospitalized with ‘so much pain’ as she reveals new health crisis

What a shame to see these clips about your time with this chronic condition of MS. Hope you are able to find your way to some leveling out with the physical stress!

I am nearing 69 with chronic never diagnosed immune system condition since childhood. Never having a firm fix on things is a long story. But the advantage is I learned the language and eventually the lay of the land with symptoms and mostly in my case an awareness I got sick at same time each year. Eventually omnipresent.

Mine is a light disorder..the episodes follow the light shifts which include the equinoxes and solstices. I began taking Vitamin D in 2010 …following deficiency result at primary care. It is the only input I have had from primary care. The mood component I have to it was well managed beginning in 1992. But primary care never caught on to my physical distresses just thought seasonal meant psychological. So did I.

The Vitamin D made things infinitely better for years. Then I picked up Covid and that lingered. In my case covid was a time of enlightenment. I realized I was likely experiencing my immune distress from a viral situation I had failed to move on from. Covid was like infectious mono years earlier..viral pneumonia bout ..childhood measles mumps. Everything left me with lingering malaise.

If you are taking strong prescription medications for your MS…that can bring on an alternative narrative as your body may respond to the suppression of your immune system as a battle and collecting new symptoms may generate chaos. And then treatments to cope with that. And then more things to counter that. And pretty soon there is nothing but turmoil. I have been there!!!

Some people with autoimmune conditions get relief from strong drugs. There are others like myself who benefit from a simpler less invasive approach. I keep a daily log listing meds and supplements with brief comments about sleep diet and activities.

I treat myself round the clock. Trial and error I discovered I need Vitamin D all day and night to cope with light sensitivity. Light exposure is therapeutic but it is also toxic and the goal is finding balance. A family friend with type one diabetes counseled me decades ago after she had observed my situation when I was in my 20’s. What is helpful one day May not be the next. Keeping a brief journal then..that is the benefit. Taking stock of things. Having your own reference points.

Personalizing your health situation based on whatever things you can discern about yourself ..that can bring you to a calmer place. Physicians will treat often in a reactive fashion. Let’s test. Let’s try this medication. But the more personal dimension is often more relevant. And the more you see patterns and personal tendencies the more you may figure out a path forward.

When I had breast cancer years ago it was the surgeon who tried to have my light disorder evaluated through primary care. She had seen me for a year before my diagnosis and was quite taken with my apt description of the physiological fallout I anticipated in late winter and spring. Because it was not noticed in primary care I had ceased to discuss it. Neither of us succeeded in getting a diagnosis for that. But it was a turning point as I had considered I had primarily a mood disorder and I liked talk therapy to discuss things. Even though I never came to clarity through primary care..the surgeon’s powers of observation promoted in me a determination to understand the chronic storms of symptoms. And ultimately I benefited and this laid the foundation for self management.

Best wishes! Hang in there!!
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There’s different levels to ms. I have been living with ms for 5 years and the disease has not taken away my ability to walk. However it has affected my speech, whereas I needed a speech therapist to show me how to get my speech back to a “ new norm “. Before I was diagnosed and receiving infusions ( medication ), my symptoms were numbness that started from my toes and moved throughout my body. The pain would last at most for a 1min and 30 sec and at the least 30sec. During my ms spells, I couldn’t move until the pain subsided. I literally could not move 🤷🏾‍♂️But thanx to the infusions, that block ms from attacking my body, I have not experience any ms spells that caused my body to lock up .🙏🏾
Oh and for those that think she’s complaining too much…you wouldn’t understand what she’s going through, cause you’re not living with ms. The white splotches that you may have heard of that is seen on a photograph from a mri, are lesions that are found on the brain, spine etc. Lesions are wombs. So imagine having that and going through the pain and discomfort that they may cause. Not to mention those ms patience that go blind. Ms is where the immune system attacks the the protective covering of nerves, causing communication problems between the brain and the body.