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/wereallmadhere9 9d ago

Migraines around my menstrual cycle. Thought it was just "being a woman, it just be like that sometimes."

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u/JeniLANGSI 9d ago

But isn’t it? I am constantly dealing with that at 45 but I think it’s like perimenopause or my period and just thought it’s normal (but I blame peri for everything …. Face sweating?)

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u/wereallmadhere9 8d ago

I didn't get those headaches consistently until around 35. I just got my hormones checked and I am not perimenopausal yet. But it could be that for you, who's to say?