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Linda: I'd like to introduce Alan from Scotland, and Alan has multiple sclerosis. Welcome, Alan. I wonder, could you tell me when you first started having symptoms of ms.
Allan: Oh, that's a difficult one. I was diagnosed in 1986, but I probably had symptoms for at least ten years before that.
Linda: What symptoms did you have at that time?
Allan: But it's the same. The symptoms bothered me the most. All my life is fatigue. I first started noticing. Terrible fatigue. I was driving. I had a job that required me driving from the North, of course, In those days I have to stop the car and go with sleep. It was just to get me together again and, uh, set off to the next customer. And I knew it wasn't right. It was not at fatigue. Other people didn't have that often. I went to the doctor but it was hard to describe it other than just feeling tired.
Linda: How old were you at the time?
Allan: between 20 and 25.
Linda: so how did the impact on your social life?
Allan: It focused more on my business life, I suppose. Um, because. The problems were when I was driving and socially I didn't really notice it that I could drive above it. I can remember socializing. I can remember it being a problem in 1990. I mean as long diagnosed by them. But I went to the one world cup in 1990 it was to the other guy, and we all share the driving and, I couldn't take my turn drive, and I But um. I had to depend on others. I could drive for short distances and then I would, I would start to get tired and someone else that has to take over.
Linda: So what did you find, other than the fatigue, was that the only thing that bothered you at that time?
No, I, various sensory problems, tingling, pins and needles. Um, I can remember when I was driving, if I bend my neck, I would get a tingle go running Right from my back to my legs, to my toes. And it wasn't painful, And I would say myself doit just to, um, to see, to still real.
What would you say to other people who are contemplating trying LDN?
Allan: I did say I would never bring it up with someone that someone else brings it up. I would say, yeah, there's nothing to lose. It's still relatively inexpensive, and you could try it. I don't feel there are no side effects of a thing. I did the very beginning. Your muscles, my life tightened up. Uh, I was the only one, two or three weeks. Yeah, two or three weeks.
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