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Detailed Trigeminal Neuralgia info
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Emotional changes in people with MS
MS and Mental Health: Depression, Anxiety and Pseudobulbar Affect (Johns Hopkins)
What if it’s not MS
Do I Have Multiple Sclerosis or Another Disease?
The difference between fibromyalgia and MS
The difference between ALS and MS
Reading Healthcare: A Medical Terminology Study Guide for Patients, Students and Professionals
Managing MS
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What is an MS relapse?
Managing Relapses (US National MS Society)
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Managing MS fatigue
The Spoon Theory
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Preparing for your neurologist appointment
Here’s What to Ask Your Doctor About Multiple Sclerosis
A Look at Your Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Plan
40 Self-care strategies
MS Treatments
Medications List
Alternative Treatments
Healthy eating
Vitamins, Minerals, and Herbs in MS
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Evidence-based guideline: Complementary and alternative medicine in MS
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Media, stop calling it a cure when it’s not even clinically trialled yet!
Oh, media, when will you ever learn? Stop calling it a cure!
Newly diagnosed
Blurred notes to self
The first day
It’s OK not to be OK
I am not my brain
Making sense of MS
The road to diagnosis
Disease-Modifying Treatments
3443 Needles
Starting over
Injecting object
What a difference a needle makes
Living with Trigeminal Neuralgia
No-wrinkle multiple sclerosis
Where is my left cheek?!
The five-second MS rant
Not my face!
No end to trigeminal neuralgia
I’m an ex and I’m lovin’ it!
Why I love advocacy!
10 years: a lot to be thankful for
How (not to) be sick!
A future without chronic illness
Medical terminology?
MRI scans, hope or defeat
The MS blame game
MS: a social disconnect
Then & now
What we refuse to discuss
What you might not be aware of
Fatigue
The truth about Cinderella
Sleep: a time-consuming commodity
Time to recharge
Tiredness ≠ fatigue
Emotional Health
MS and PTSD: not all in your head
Body image and MS: how many selfies do you have?
Happiness and MS
Things that make you love and hate MS resolutions
Bliss, the MS-way
Depression?
I don’t miss myself
I’m only human
Mortality
Peak moments!
Resilience
Magnetic voices
Hyperacusis | Sound sensitivity | Noise sensitivity
Noise sensitivity in MS: Turn off your voice!
When life with MS is like The Clash’s ‘Should I stay or should I go’
That ignorance!
MS Anxiety
Defined by myself
Dissecting words
Ignorance
Pull up your big girl panties!
Optimism
The duality of MS
I am not my brain
You will survive!
What singing taught me about life with MS
Branded!
Do I have stupid written on my forehead?
Fake it ’til you make it!
Giving up is not an option
How far do baby germs fly?
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone
Life’s meant to be…
The day I stopped being weak
Man up!
Now what?!
Paper dreams
Waiting
What about it?
Why I should be a brainiac, but I’m not
You will survive!
Relationships/Friendships
Body image and MS, fake or not
Hell is other people
MS and single on Valentine’s Day?
MS + single on Valentine’s Day?
Kids? Not right now, please…
Philosophy of Friendship
Single life!
MS Relapses / Flare-ups
Game, set, relapse!
Relapse!
Relentless relapse
Heat sensitivity / Uhthoff’s Symptoms
About Vikings, Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis!
Heat sensitivity and MS?
Too hot for you? Heat sensitivity explained!
The duplicity of MS
Every leaf speaks bliss to me
Hot town!
That thing people call ‘summer’
Other symptoms
Sensory MS symptoms: The hair that isn’t there
You retired at age what?
Mental or physical, your choice
Silver Linings
The social swing of life
Jammed filter!
Wheelchair?
Optic Neuritis
Eyes of sorrow
Fourteen MS years and counting
Ireland
Paper dreams
The Celtic Tree of Life… sort of!
Why Ireland?
Ireland, a love story
Dublin: a state of mind
Back to Ireland
Photography
Famine
Caged
An Irish General… and me
Irish Selfie
Top Posts
🎀 3443 Needles (Winner Ireland Blog Awards 2018) 🎀
Blog Awards
MS Trust DMT Decisions Aid
[NEW] 45 Best Multiple Sclerosis Blogs and Websites in 2025
[NEW] Your Everyday Guide To Living Well With Multiple Sclerosis
[NEW] 7 Common Complications of MS
[NEW] What’s New in MS Research in 2025
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Home
About [updated]
History of MS
A to Z of MS
MS Explained
Why Multiple Sclerosis Is So Difficult to Diagnose
What is MS?
The Effects of Multiple Sclerosis on Your Body
How MS Affects Brain Cells
What causes MS?
Types of MS
Updated McDonald Criteria (2017)
Immune System
What is an immune-mediated disease?
BiteSized Immunology
Central Nervous System
CNS (videos)
MS Symptoms
Early signs of MS
16 Early Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis
MS & Sleep
Cognition
Multiple Sclerosis and Memory Loss
Sensory Symptoms
Pain, the basic facts
What is pain & how do you rate it?
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Detailed Trigeminal Neuralgia info
Trigeminal Neuralgia Infochart
Trigeminal Neuralgia – MedlinePlus
Understanding Trigeminal Neuralgia
Emotional changes in people with MS
MS and Mental Health: Depression, Anxiety and Pseudobulbar Affect (Johns Hopkins)
What if it’s not MS
Do I Have Multiple Sclerosis or Another Disease?
The difference between fibromyalgia and MS
The difference between ALS and MS
Reading Healthcare: A Medical Terminology Study Guide for Patients, Students and Professionals
Managing MS
Symptom Management
What is an MS relapse?
Managing Relapses (US National MS Society)
Managing Relapses (MS Trust)
Managing MS fatigue
The Spoon Theory
Pain management
Preparing for your neurologist appointment
Here’s What to Ask Your Doctor About Multiple Sclerosis
A Look at Your Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Plan
40 Self-care strategies
MS Treatments
Medications List
Alternative Treatments
Healthy eating
Vitamins, Minerals, and Herbs in MS
Vitamin D info
Vitamins, supplements & MS: research
Complementary Health Approaches for MS
Complementary & Alternative Medicines
Medical Marijuana
Evidence-based guideline: Complementary and alternative medicine in MS
Research & Clinical Trials
Current clinical trials – Ireland
Current clinical trials – UK
Current clinical trials – globally
Understanding clinical trials
How Do New Medicines Get Approved?
Latest Research
RESEARCH NEWS – MS IRELAND
Research eZine, by MS Ireland
Health Organisations – Ireland
To update 2025 – Mental Health Ireland
Useful Resources
MS Societies around the World
Disability websites
General websites
Medical Websites
MS Organisations
Neurology (Research)
My Journey
General
Media, stop calling it a cure when it’s not even clinically trialled yet!
Oh, media, when will you ever learn? Stop calling it a cure!
Newly diagnosed
Blurred notes to self
The first day
It’s OK not to be OK
I am not my brain
Making sense of MS
The road to diagnosis
Disease-Modifying Treatments
3443 Needles
Starting over
Injecting object
What a difference a needle makes
Living with Trigeminal Neuralgia
No-wrinkle multiple sclerosis
Where is my left cheek?!
The five-second MS rant
Not my face!
No end to trigeminal neuralgia
I’m an ex and I’m lovin’ it!
Why I love advocacy!
10 years: a lot to be thankful for
How (not to) be sick!
A future without chronic illness
Medical terminology?
MRI scans, hope or defeat
The MS blame game
MS: a social disconnect
Then & now
What we refuse to discuss
What you might not be aware of
Fatigue
The truth about Cinderella
Sleep: a time-consuming commodity
Time to recharge
Tiredness ≠ fatigue
Emotional Health
MS and PTSD: not all in your head
Body image and MS: how many selfies do you have?
Happiness and MS
Things that make you love and hate MS resolutions
Bliss, the MS-way
Depression?
I don’t miss myself
I’m only human
Mortality
Peak moments!
Resilience
Magnetic voices
Hyperacusis | Sound sensitivity | Noise sensitivity
Noise sensitivity in MS: Turn off your voice!
When life with MS is like The Clash’s ‘Should I stay or should I go’
That ignorance!
MS Anxiety
Defined by myself
Dissecting words
Ignorance
Pull up your big girl panties!
Optimism
The duality of MS
I am not my brain
You will survive!
What singing taught me about life with MS
Branded!
Do I have stupid written on my forehead?
Fake it ’til you make it!
Giving up is not an option
How far do baby germs fly?
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone
Life’s meant to be…
The day I stopped being weak
Man up!
Now what?!
Paper dreams
Waiting
What about it?
Why I should be a brainiac, but I’m not
You will survive!
Relationships/Friendships
Body image and MS, fake or not
Hell is other people
MS and single on Valentine’s Day?
MS + single on Valentine’s Day?
Kids? Not right now, please…
Philosophy of Friendship
Single life!
MS Relapses / Flare-ups
Game, set, relapse!
Relapse!
Relentless relapse
Heat sensitivity / Uhthoff’s Symptoms
About Vikings, Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis!
Heat sensitivity and MS?
Too hot for you? Heat sensitivity explained!
The duplicity of MS
Every leaf speaks bliss to me
Hot town!
That thing people call ‘summer’
Other symptoms
Sensory MS symptoms: The hair that isn’t there
You retired at age what?
Mental or physical, your choice
Silver Linings
The social swing of life
Jammed filter!
Wheelchair?
Optic Neuritis
Eyes of sorrow
Fourteen MS years and counting
Ireland
Paper dreams
The Celtic Tree of Life… sort of!
Why Ireland?
Ireland, a love story
Dublin: a state of mind
Back to Ireland
Photography
Famine
Caged
An Irish General… and me
Irish Selfie
Top Posts
🎀 3443 Needles (Winner Ireland Blog Awards 2018) 🎀
Blog Awards
MS Trust DMT Decisions Aid
[NEW] 45 Best Multiple Sclerosis Blogs and Websites in 2025
[NEW] Your Everyday Guide To Living Well With Multiple Sclerosis
[NEW] 7 Common Complications of MS
[NEW] What’s New in MS Research in 2025
Privacy Policy
Photography
Ireland, 75 shades of green
23 May 2013
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