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1 week ago | 
bezzyms.com | Laurie Budgar |Heidi Moawad
Research suggests that some older adults with stable multiple sclerosis may not need a disease-modifying therapy. Bezzy MS readers share their insights into how stopping their DMTs has affected them. Disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) have drastically improved the lives of millions of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) since they were introduced in the 1990s. Now, with nearly 30 approved DMTs available, people with MS can treat their disease with a pill, an injection, or an infusion.
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2 weeks ago | 
bezzyms.com | Lindsay Karp |Thomas Johnson
After years of waking to the slightest disturbance, I’ve found my white noise machine helps more than anything else to get a good night’s slumber. I’ve always been a very sensitive sleeper, startled by noises from outside or even gentle sounds like the heat turning on and off. When I had children, I began waking up even more often during the night to attend to their needs. In the 20 years since I developed multiple sclerosis (MS), restful sleep has become even more elusive.
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2 weeks ago | 
bezzyms.com | Julia Edelman |Mia Armstrong
When people respond hurtfully to information about your chronic health condition, it can be hard to know when to speak up and when to stay quiet. I have two autoimmune conditions, multiple sclerosis (MS) and uveitis. For most of my life, I didn’t speak about them at all because I was afraid of people seeing me differently or having people say the wrong thing. I didn’t want others to misunderstand my situation, so I kept it to myself entirely.
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1 month ago | 
bezzyms.com | Laurie Budgar |Heidi Moawad
With dozens of disease-modifying therapies now available for multiple sclerosis, people often want to know more about how the side effects compare. Here, Bezzy MS readers share their insights. Multiple sclerosis (MS) was a disease without a cure or treatment for many decades. Even in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) started to become available, people didn’t have a lot of choices regarding which treatment to try.
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1 month ago | 
bezzyms.com | Lindsay Karp |Susan Lee
I used to find the concept of exercising overwhelming. But once I started biking, I found that it helped reduce my symptoms — and sometimes made me forget, at least for a little while, that I had multiple sclerosis.
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1 month ago | 
bezzyms.com | Julia Edelman |Heidi Moawad
This freeform style of expression allows you to move in whatever way feels natural and at your own pace and ability level. I first discovered ecstatic dance by accident. I was at a music festival in Uvita, Costa Rica, 5 years ago, and in the late afternoon, I came upon a group of people dancing underneath a large outdoor tent. I had never seen anyone dance like this in my life. No one was moving in ways you’d normally expect on a dance floor.
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1 month ago | 
bezzyms.com | Lindsay Karp |Nancy Hammond
I might have been diagnosed much sooner — and been less afraid of the answer — if I’d known more about multiple sclerosis from the outset. Getting my multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis required consistent self-advocacy, ongoing research, and repeated visits to new doctors. It took 13 years of pushing for an answer to be officially diagnosed. During that search, doctors mentioned the possibility of MS a few times, but multiple other physicians always rejected that as a diagnosis.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
bezzyms.com | Laurie Budgar |Nancy Hammond
It’s no easy task to keep a house clean and tidy when you have multiple sclerosis. We asked readers for their best tips on lightening the load. The variable symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) can make completing household tasks, well, a chore. Whether you’re dealing with weakness, pain, fatigue, balance problems, heat intolerance, or other symptoms, chances are that you’ve had some trouble getting things done around the house on your own.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
bezzyms.com | Laurie Budgar
Readers weigh in on what multiple sclerosis (MS) has taught them about how to move through life mindfully. It’s natural to grow a little more introspective at certain times of the year. For some people, that happens around birthdays and anniversaries of important events. Others find themselves looking inward during the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, often reflecting on what they are thankful for and how they want to improve in the coming year.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
bezzyms.com | Kathy Young |Imashi Fernando
As the Bezzy MS guide, I try to support my health (and minimize my labor) by keeping a variety of nutritious and easy foods on hand. I’ve learned a lot about eating well while accommodating the fatigue from my multiple sclerosis (MS). That’s why you’ll always find certain ingredients in my kitchen that help me put together a healthy-ish meal or snack quickly.