My name is Michele. I am currently enrolled in a doctoral program with 10 other students with 10 plus years work experience. I graduated with my MSW in May and have not even taken the licensing exam yet. I feel that I need to earn my seat which is a little wacky since my personal life and traumas that I have been through would trump work experience ten fold. I am currently experiencing anxiety but the kind that lasts more than 10-20 seconds (panic attacks I mean) and I can not get to the source of the issue. I woke up this am with all the symptoms of a migraine. Lights are out, noise is awful moving my body, especially my back is kiling me and I have ice packs on my forehead and nape of my skull to sort of force brain freeze. Surprisingly that is helping but Ithis is not a solution. i should also mention that I have Multiple Sclerosis, mild kind sinve being diagnosed in 2010, I have had 3 episodes that all relate to optic neuritis. I am not on meds as me body has literally rejected every medicince offered from Copaxen, Avonox, Gilenya Tysbabri etc. I have been off meds of about a year with no episodes and I fell fine. The recent brain MRI showed an additional lesion which makes the doctor feel that I need to be on meds. What shoud I do about this headache and my nasal passages are completely blocked and throat is hurting on right side. Usually this means sinus infection for me but I have taken amoxicilin so many times it doesnt work and I am allergic to levaquin (apparently according to my mother I get "insane and even more impossible to deal with" Nice mom, I know. I am a Divorced, Caucasian, Jewish 38 year old with no kids (yet).... I know that I probably wrote a complete biopsychosocial but that is what I am used to doing. I hope that you can help me
Michele