... or any time. Stress is not your friend. I was reading just last night about the increase in Shingles among younger adults and the doctors feel that this is stress induced. ... (8 replies)
... Oh man, all of that just sounds horrible and I can't imagine getting shingles on top of that. I have never had shingles but people that I do know tell me it's horrible. I do have one friend that has Fibromyalgia, and I may ask her some questions about how her symptoms started. ... (43 replies)
... Hello I had alot of your symptoms and then Shingles broke out..after my test they Ruled Fibromyalgia .. ... (43 replies)
... You will be stretched to find a neurologist who willl prescribe LDN for you. Very few will do so as it is not an FDA approved drug for the treatment of MS in the United States. ... (10 replies)
... Guess I wasn't clear. My pain is from Shingles not from MS. You mention of 100,000 Shingles patients 10,000 had ms. ... (10 replies)
... Hi there. you seem to be alittle confused. The shingles vaccine isnt recommended for anyone under the age of 59. ... (10 replies)
... Since the Chicken pox virus Varicella Zoster remains dormant for decades under the Myelin sheath. I am not too sure that MS doesn't activate it as it chews away the myelin. Pain is from my T10 dermatome. ... (10 replies)
... When MS first strikes, many questions, such as yours, come to mind and you question the causes of MS. ... (10 replies)
... Thanks for your responses to my stupid question. Its just so easy to blame everything on MS (10 replies)
... Added to what Nikki has pointed out, you will find that as you live with your MS that you will see fads come and go. When I was first dx, I was told that fillings contained mercury which caused MS. For me, I had no fillings. ... (10 replies)
... There is absolutely no cause and effect of shingles and MS if you are wondering can a person with MS wind up with Shingles....Shingles, is the chicken pox virus and you absolutely need to be exposed to it, to get it. ... (10 replies)
... One problem with MS is you think every health issue you get is related. ... (10 replies)
... When I was traveling the globe in my previous career, I returned with flu like symptoms after 9 weeks in SE Asia. For me it was a case of bacterial pneumonia. If I had waited 24 hours longer I would have been too far gone to have been saved. I spent 60 days just to start to regain strength. I do not know where I got the bug and the doctors used some heavy duty antibiotics.... (9 replies)
... Hints why I am here now on the MS forum!....LOL... ... (9 replies)
... t wants to make sure. I guess with all I've been through in the past 3 months all kinds of things are running through my head!....Hints why I am here now on the MS forum!....LOL... ... (9 replies)
... Listen to me!! I am from Guelph Ontario Canada (The exact place you visited) and I'm experiencing almost exactly the same symptoms as you!
The fact that I found this thread has to be some type of sign from God! I can't believe it! I was just browsing here wondering if I might have Multiple Sclerosis and maybe find a thread that relates to my own experience, and here I find... (34 replies)
... then went through bouts of fatigue and was falling asleep all over the place. I had back pain on my left side just below my shoulder blade which felt a bit like shingles pain, but with no rash. I still have this pain now, and it radiates around my side, underarm, arm and sometimes upper ribs, it can feel very inflamed. ... (34 replies)
... in, a thin strip of skin became hypersensitive to touch such that even if the shirt on my back brushed against it, it was extremely painful. My doctor suspected shingles but I didn't have a rash. ... (34 replies)
... my 15yr old son was perfectly fine until he took an antiviral for some shingles on his back,after taking it he had striae(stretch marks) visual abnormalities,headaches,cognitive probs,and the list goes on,when he began passing out they finally did a non-contrast CT which showed nothing,the doc thought he was just trying to get out of school,it took me another month to get them... (5 replies)
... sounds like we are experiencing same symptoms. I have the constant feeling as if I am walking on a childs bouncy castle if you know what I mean and attacks of sudden vertigo. I started with this constant off balance feeling 18 yrs ago! I also get the shingles without a rash sensations pain that lasts no more than 48 hrs and I have had it literally everywhere on my body over... (5 replies)
