Hope everyone is keeping well, I have been on tecfidera the last 8 weeks as my 1st treatment, was diagnosed in may, I don’t feel any different and I would suffer vertigo like symptoms every day, I have reached out to my MS nurse and waiting a call back, has anyone else had similar situations, it currently makes everyday a struggle to do the simplest of things!
Hi Matt. I’ve been on Tecfidera for a few years. It won’t make you feel any different because it’s just designed to prevent or lessen future relapses, not make any difference to your background symptoms so it sounds like the vertigo is a separate issue. It’s one I get on and off - I have a sizeable lesion on the back of my neck which I suspect is acting up sometimes causing the vertigo but who knows?! It’s a horrible feeling, worse for me when I am lying down but thankfully it only lasts a few days when it happens.
I hope you hear back from the MS Nurse soon, she may have some suggestions on how to deal with it.
All the best
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Yeah spoke to my MS nurse and she’s gonna follow up on Monday after she speaks to the neurologist etc, my gp rang me this morning and he’s gonna leave me a script for something for vertigo to try and see how I get on, oh flip mine is worse when up and about which is the fustrating part as I wanna get out and walk my dog and just be active to some degree, it’s debilitating atm as it’s every day!
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