Emotional changes ..........

New diagnosis and before diagnosis
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Hi - I hope you don’t mind me posting as ‘Anon’, but I’m a bit embarrassed about my changing emotions at the moment.

I seem to be getting increasing times when my emotions are all over the place - one moment I feel angry & want to throw things to let it out (I don’t do that 'though!) - then half an hour later I’m crying and feeling like I’m the worst person around ('though I hope I’m not that either!).

These emotional flare-ups seem to coincide with physical flare-ups, i.e. my buttocks & legs feel like they are on fire, or have tight gripping pain in them. When my next dose of Pregabalin kicks in - everything calms down, both the pain and the emotions & I feel like ‘myself’ again.

Are the two connected - and could it be helpful to increase my Pregabalin a little so that I don’t get to that awful flare-up stage? (My Neuro has said I can increase by 50mg if I need to at any time - although he doesn’t know about these new emotional symptoms)

Btw - I’m currently undiagnosed.

Would be grateful for advice, or anyone else with similar experiences. Would just like to be reassured that I’m not going mad I suppose!

Thank you very much, x

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Hi Anon

I am sorry to hear this, but these are things that go with the territory and I’m sure every ms sufferer will recognise what you say.

I’ve been experiencing a lot of turbulence lately with this and that and it’s when this happens that I can become over angry with some situations or over sensitive about other things. It’s hard for people like family and friends to deal with sometimes, let alone us too.

For myself, the roller coaster is very much linked to the way my life is going in general. Luckily it’s rare for me but to some degree we all live with this I think.

Mark