Being diagnosed and suffering from ms as well as other autoimmune diseases for over 5 yrs. I can tell you, the conventional docs haven't got a clue. In despiration i went natural and wish I had done it 5 yrs prior. It only took 5 days off all chemicals and eating organic foods for the pain to go away. As I continued my new lifestyle i was able to get off every med. and reversed ms, lupus,fibromyalgia, arthritis, high blood pressure and hypothyroidism. It has been two years now and very little problems except when i do have some food that is not prepared properly, loaded with chems, artifical sweetner, or not organic. Then I do notice problems with pain. Unforunately when invited to others homes, etc they do not always understand my dietary needs and i would never make them feel bad by refusing everything. I keep my cane and my braces as reminders of where I was and where I am now

BalancingCenter: At our clinic we sometimes see cases of MS, and so far we have found that MS is due to a mycoplasma that eats away the myelin sheath. Mycoplasma is a nano-parasite that recruits the host cells into donating sterols, which it lacks, and this corrupts the cell wall structures so that the mycoplasma can invade and hide in the cell wall, taking on the cell's "self-markers" so that the immune system cannot identify it as a pathogen and attack it. Mycoplasma can create an autoimmune effect, and this has been identified.

We have found that the way to reveal the mycoplasma to the immune system is to give the client either Nopal Cactus caps, from Health Force Nutritionals (for some varieties) or Cordyceps and Mycetoblend from Eclectic Institute, (for other varieties.) These remedies can alert the body's ability to release the myoplasma, and then we release any scar tissue that might have built up, by suggesting Megabiotin from Cardiovascular Research. Next, a few weeks later, we offer Sphingolin, also from Cardiovascular Research, to repair the sheath material. Hope it's OK to name specific products in this forum. If not, then whoever moniters these entries should delete the product and company names, here, and the reader can ask Dr Mercola how to proceed. These remedies are available over the counter. My thinking is that people need to know what might really work, as there is not much specific help available out there for MS, neither medical nor alternative. Most of our MS clients seem to turn it around fairly quickly, if it is not too advanced.  

My step brother has MS (at 40)and my step sister has had signs of MS (at 30).  We all lived on the coast near Seattle, getting more sun than inlanders, but I do recall something about where they lived that differs from most people.  They lived near an airport.  In the beginning the airport was far from town, but as populations grow, people were living around the airport.  Years later I learned that airplane fuel is toxic, of course, but the amount of exhaust coming from these engines is enormous, similar to an invisible cropdusting.  This always reminds me of these kids (now in their 50's) but in their 30's developed a rare cancer.  Putting the pieces together, these now adults had all lived in the same town.  When talking to them as adults about contributing environmental factors, they recalled that, as kids, they would try to figure out what color sunglasses the RayBan factory was making that day but the color of the exhaust or fumes from the stacks.  (This had been on a 60 Minutes type show).  When Michael J. Fox was trying to figure out where his Parkinson's came from, they discovered that two other crew members from a series he did as a teenager, also had Parkinson's.  These are not coincidences.  There is always a reason.  And while good people are trying to discover how, why and who, there are more people with more money that are trying to keep it quiet.   If we put all of our collective heads together, we can probably help to discover the catalysts for these diseases.  

I was diagnosed with MS by my ex-neurologist, Lyme disease and mercury toixicity by a homeopath.  I was always in the sun as a child into my early 30's and, because my dad was a fsherman, I ate LOTS of fish.  I don't think that I had a vitamin D defeciency when I was young(er).  I believe having dental amalgams was the cause of this disease and since I had them removed, I have improved.  I also changed my diet to raw, vegan, whole foods and I'm regaining my mobility, slowly, but surely.  There's poison in those processed foods!

I wonder what role psychiatric drugs and asthma drugs play in increasing MS risk?  I have a lot of numbness, tingling and muscle weakness, mainly from protracted withdrawals from psychiatric drugs.  It is improving, but VERY slowly.  I'm concerned about getting MS from all the drugs and emotional trauma and seizures those DUCK-TORS put me through.  

Krill oil seems to help a lot.  I am happy to announce that there is not mercury in Dr. Mercola's krill oil.  If there were, I would know!

Sunbathing makes a world of difference as well.

I have been diagnosed with ms for about 6 years. I was diagnosed when I went numb from the waist down. Got most feeling and use back in about 3 months. Long story short, 3 years later, pregnancy brought back all feeling and muscle tone, like I had never been sick. After the birth of my baby, I started having weakness, tingling, the whole familiar crap that goes along with ms. After much research, I started taking mega doses of Vitamins A, B1, B6, B12, C, D, E, and magnesium. All the symptoms disappeared. (I wouldn't recommend taking the A and D in mega doses unless under doctors care, as these are fat soluble vitamins and can become toxic if you take them in mega doses for too long.) I happen to work in a lab where I can check my own levels. I now take normal doses and do not have symptoms unless I stay off the vitamins for a week or so. I also stay away from anything diet, and anything with nitrates, which brings back symptoms, even in small amounts. It is amazing the things that cause symptoms. When I use aerosol hairspray, my legs with tingle all day. So guess what I dont use anymore? I have to agree with this article, I too feel better in the summertime when I can be outside in the sunshine, but I too, am fair skinned and can't be out too long, hence the vit. D supplement. As for rebuilding the myelin sheath coming strictly from DNA - I disagree. I think it is a combination of DNA, environmental factors, and how people abuse their bodies, aware or not. I havent done much research on LDN, as I am under the impression this is for people with severe ms.