Robin Montesano-MS strong since 1992 I have had multiple sclerosis for quite a while. When I was diagnosed in 1992 they started me on Dexamethasone. For the first year, I had tiny little proximal seizures. So I switched to Betaseron. It gave me migraines and severe depression. Every six months, I was having a flare. I stopped taking it before the doctor told me to. I couldn't live with migraines all the time. I waited for Copaxone to come out, and I was on it for 15 years. Du

I had two young kids and was working as a Registered Nurse in acute care when I was diagnosed with MS. It completely devastated me. It was one of my worst nightmares coming true. I had witnessed how MS had greatly impacted the life of my mom and now it was happening to me. The doctor told me I’d learn to live with it, and I should probably get a new job. He prescribed medications but had nothing else to offer me. I cried a lot. I didn’t want to get out of bed and lost interes