7 MS Management Mistakes You May Be Making and How to Avoid Them

People with MS may minimize their symptoms when talking with their doctors for a variety of reasons. Those who live with chronic pain may come to think of it as something of a new normal, not wanting to be seen as complaining to their practitioner. Or they may be concerned and anxious about having to initiate a new treatment. But with a wide variety of possible symptoms — bladder issues, vision problems, muscle weakness, tingling and numbness, dizziness, fatigue, cognitive changes — it’s important to let your physician know if you’ve developed new symptoms that might be related to MS, or if there’s been a change in your existing symptoms or their severity.