Symptom or not??

Everyday living
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Hello everyone,

Hope you are all doing ok?

Can I just ask if anyone has periods where you are just not with it??

I left work on Wed eve feeling fine, got out the lift and started feeling as though the ground was bouncey and moving away from me. I got to the station and got on the train and the whole journey home I just felt zoned out and not with it at all. By the time I got home I was starting to feel OK but i eally scared me.

Just wondered if this was something anyone else had, had.

thanks

k xx

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Hi K, sounds very much like MS fatigue to me.

MS fatigue isn’t like normal tiredness. It can affect your brain very much like you describe… a feeling of being drugged or in a sort of dream world.

Do you work in front of computer? I used to get it badly when I was working and sitting in front of computer all day. It’s brain fatigue.

If it happens again, take it as a warning that you’ve been overdoing it and need to rest.

At least if it happens again you’ll know what it is and won’t be so scary.

Pat x

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Hello Pat,

Yes im a secretary so staring at the pc all day. I had done a long day that day aswell. Thanks for replying, Ive had fatigue hit before but never like that so was unsure of what it was.

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I’m not diagnosed but I call it the “cakewalk” sensation after the fairground ride that I never liked even as a child.(the bouncy earth part)

I’m still off sick, so I am learning to “stop” before that happens this week…I pushed on and suffered the consequences last week.

Pat’s right but my concern is - what do you do when it comes on and you’re at work? I’m really hoping to get back soon.

I wonder if I could install a divan in one of the spare offices??? (no i’m fairly serious)

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Hi Gillian…maybe that would be seen as a reasonable workplace adjustment…powernap :slight_smile:

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well thankfully that is the first one ive had in 5 years …ive hit the wall a few times and just known ive got to sleep and headed home.