My Topic Wants List is dwindling....

[sllowe]

My MS Topic Wants list is dwindling - anything you want me to dig into? You know I'll be all too happy to find something good for us.
Spill your wants :)

-Shell

[yorkieville]

shell,

I can't begin to thank you for taking the time to do the research.

I'm going to the info and see if there is something I can take to my next appt. with my MS Specialist.

Right now, I am dealing with chronic diarrhea. I've been dealing with it since June. But, I realized a few weeks ago, that my D.O. increased my Diazepam last May or early June, and the color of the tablet changed. So, we "think" it was caused by dye in diazepam, so I had to switch to taking 2 2mg. of Valium 3 x a day, because it is a white pill. Valium. I am hoping this is the problem.

Whoever said MS is not for the weak wasn't kidding.

Thanks, shell.

(((HUGS)))
Sheila

[Needhelp16]

Fatigue meds other than provigil.  I'm on amitriptyline and soon starting a beta blocker, thus I can't take provigil.

Thanks,
Laura

[sllowe]

Here is a small study from the past. But, there is some good info here (for starters) I know you can relate to. And, will give you some key words you can use for future research.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC488276/pdf/jnnpsyc00521-0027.pdf

The key words I've found to be helpful initially for this particular topic are "sphincter incontenence multiple sclerosis"

Would be good to find some success stories (i.e., meds, or therapy)
Hope this helps lady. It sure is misery - no one should have to endure what that restriction does to us.

[yorkieville]

You have the same problem?

I'm stunned, I haven't found anyone else with it. But, I am sorry that you are also dealing with it. It is miserable.

May I ask, when you use anything to help, are you able to evacuate completely, or does your internal anal sphincter muscle seem to clamp shut?

Sheila

[yorkieville]

shell,

I have MS without visible lesions. Thanks for any thing you can find. I am so fed up with G.I. Doc's "thinking" it is constipation.

My one good G.I. Doc understands that it is not constipation, and prescribed Misoprostol to help my bowel contract, but all it did was give me diarrhea, which sits there, because it cannot force the muscle open.

(((HUGS)))
Sheila

[devilsadvocate999]

HI,

yes i too have the same problems - I do have a lesion(s) on my spine, and I am unable to 'go' unless I have some serious help along the way, which gives me terrible stomach cramps as I have to take so many!

any advice appreciated,

thks