Can we name it?

[SarahL2491]

Ok, we all refer to the pesky little s/s that we get, the foot drag, the dizzies, the drunk walk, all those little intermittent things that come and go......but don't see that we have come up with a catchy little simple name for them when we talk about them.  We have flares for major episodes, etc, anyone game for coming up with a short/simple/catchy name that quickly defines our s/s that comes and goes........

yeah, too much time on my hands, not really, drug the plants outside today to reintroduce them to the big world after being in all winter........

[SarahL2491]

Thanks Lulu, that's priceless!  You know me well!  I plan on writing these down!

[Lulu54]

Sarah, I just bumped a post from a while back that helps us add words to the symptoms, but not necessarily names.  I thought you might find it oddly amusing.

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Multiple-Sclerosis/Describing-symptoms---putting-it-in-words/show/1288644

[SarahL2491]

true Mary, I had forgotten that one, it just isn't simple enough and my tongue wraps around that word for some reason and refuses to spit it out!

[twopack]

These symptoms have a name already.  They are called paroxysmal.  They are neurological disturbances that mimic symptoms of MS attacks but are fleeting rather than persistent. They may come and go during a day and then disappear or persist for days, weeks or months.  They are not the result of heat exposure.  They can be treated with medications when necessary.

Here is a little accessed Health Page about them.  (The Health Pages REALLY ARE an EXCELLENT source of infomation.)
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Multiple-Sclerosis/Ephaptic-and-Ectopic-Transmissions/show/1208?cid=36

and here is the United Spinal article that apparently inspired much of the content of the Health Page
http://www.unitedspinal.org/msscene/2008/11/18/paroxysmal-symptoms-of-multiple-sclerosis-they-come-and-they-go/

Happy reading!
Mary