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Even in college I felt depressed and still would got bad head aches. I took classes that I liked I thought I would be able to pay attention more. But the winter term I would space out in the classes and when I was talking to my friends. I would say some thing then forget what I was talking about. I would fall out of my chair.My friends tell me now that I would fall asleep in one of my classes but I dont remember that.I was always tired! I started feeling my arm tingly. I just thought I slept on it so it just felt asleep. Then my leg would feel tingly to. I remember one weekend when my mom went to pick me up I was complaining that one of my cheeks felt numb. The last weekend I went home I fell while taking a shower. I lost control of my bladder so I made an appt with a doctor. The doc told my parents to take me to the hospital to get a MRI.

I thought I just had to get a MRI then I would get to go back to my dorm. But after I got the MRI the docs told me and my parents that I had to stay over night. I was in the hospital for about 3 months. I later found out that the docs first thought I had a brain tumor. They gave me all these different meds but nothing would work. A neurologist diagnosed me with a rare type of MS since every thing happened so fast.The first 3ish weeks I was in the hospital I couldnt walk or talk in complete sentences and I couldnt remember my family or friends. I wasnt able to see out of my left eye. It was in '05 that I was diagnosed and I was 18 years old. I sometimes feel like why am I still alive?! Just get depressed some times. Iam on rebiff I give my self shots 3 times a week.I now can cath myself, its not hard after awhile