| Pain caused by multiple sclerosis symptoms can be a significant
problem. Like many things related to the disease, pain is an invisible
symptom and can be difficult to describe or adequately quantify.
Chronic pain can be debilitating and demoralizing, can interfere
with sleep and can make daily life intolerable if left untreated.
Pain medications can help a great deal, as can antidepressants
since they have a direct effect on the central nervous system and so
modify the body's response to pain.
It is worth noting that
should your physician or neurologist prescribe an antidepressant medication
such as amitriptyline as a treatment for pain, they are not dismissing
your symptoms as imaginary; they are trying to treat your physical
pain.
There are multiple possible sources of pain with multiple sclerosis,
typically relating to a particular symptom such as trigeminal neuralgia,
an intense stabbing pain in the area of one side of the face.Other
types of pain are more indirect such as burning pain in the legs
when walking or standing for any length of time, or pain as a result
of muscular spasms or cramping.
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