I was diagnosed in 2016 with MS and experienced no issues until 2022 when I had a relapse needing steroids. It wasn’t a great time at all, mentally I slowed down at work to about 30% of my normal speed, mental process and mouse movement on the computer. My speech was slurry and walked like I was drunk. After steroids I got 70% back to normal after 2 weeks but have felt different ever since. Could this have caused permanent damage to my brain in terms of being able to process things as quickly as I could pre relapse?
I have just come off 13 months of maternity and I still can’t process things as quickly and I definitely can’t process if it is the afternoon and I feel shattered, especially during busy times. Do you think this is due to the time I have had off work or damage from my relapse one year before? I also am so much more forgetful which I could feel getting during my 13 months of maternity.
I question whether I can blame MS on all the above or whether I am
Being silly. Any advice would be great as I don’t know how to feel, or if I need to ask for an occupational health visit at work 
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Hi Rebecca, my somewhat unhelpful reply is ‘ oh gosh, I’ve no idea’. I think I would ask my MS Nurse. If you have had previous pregnancies did you experience any subsequent periods of forgetfulness?
I appreciate your response! I have told my MS nurse but the tiredness was focussed on. I am trying to follow best ways to live with fatigue, more rest, exercise, eating better etc. She didn’t mention much about anything else, perhaps I will ask when I meet her next. This is my first and only pregnancy.
Hi Rebecca I am going through this right now. I am still awaiting to be diagnosed with MS but have been told that it is highly likely. I have an 18 month old and am now pregnant with my second.
I had such a hard time last year and this pregnancy with fatigue, concentration and memory. I just put it down to Mummy brain. Now I watch other Mums totally on it and able to work full time, do everything at anytime and think is this MS, pregnancy, being a Mum?
My obstetrician, who is seeing me before an MS consultant said that from their experience fatigue is killer for Mum’s, pregnancy etc and the relapse after birth can be long and unknown.