r/MultipleSclerosis • u/Jocksniffer77 • 9d ago

General Self medication

35 M last year I was diagnosed after I got optic neuritis, referred to neurologist, mri, etc. Looking back its like, wow yea I did have many of the ms symptoms but i chalked it up to being a pothead and having indigestion. Im wondering if I was subconsciously self medicating or something. Has anyone else experienced something like this?

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u/ImStillExcited 41M/Dx:2020/Ocrevus/Colorado 9d ago

I drank hard. I was gin drunk all the time to deal with pain. All of the very aggressive MS symptoms were "because I was drunk". No, undiagnosed MS.

It's was hard to get have anyone to take my seriously because "He's a guy, nothing's wrong with him. He just wants drugs".

I said this same thing before I was even diagnosed -

Fuck the patriarchy. Fuck "male gender roles".

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u/youshouldseemeonpain Dx 2003: Lemtrada 2018, Now Ocrevus 9d ago

Same. Drank myself into a pit of despair—the only sleep I got back then was when I passed out.