Just wondering. This week has been a bit challenging with the need to sleep a lot more than usual, like 12+ hours, Can a flare up just impact sleep?
I feel like 11h/ 12 hours is what I need right now. Today, I slept for 9 hours, went to yoga class at 8am. When I got home, I laid down and slept sound for another 3 hours until 1 pm.
Anybody in similar situation?
We are told that we need 8 hours of sleep a night so if ur sleeping 9 hours I don’t think you have to worry.
If you’re feeling like you’re a little off and you don’t feel normal you should call your dr or go to the er.
I do know that the lack of sleep is a sign of trouble
Needing more sleep than usual can possibly be a sign of a relapse. Do you have other symptoms as well? I know when I was having a relapse, sometimes it felt like I couldn't get enough sleep. Give your neuro a call and see what they say 
Jessie
I don't have any other symptoms (or change in what I deal with all the time). Vision is the same, bladder control is not any worse, balance/left leg weakeness is pretty good. I'm scheduled to see the neuro on 10/18 so I'll wait until then unless it gets really worse.
My first few relapses after diagnosis were excessive fatigue. But I’m talking needing 18-20 hours of sleep. It was awful.
thank you for responding. Clocking at 12 hours+ per night is getting depressing. I feel that my life is completely shrinking. Let see what this week brings.
About a year and a half ago now I had a really bad round with the fatigue. I struggled to stay awake for more than 10 minutes at a stretch for a week. My neurologist had me do an MRI that didn't show anything new. He said that he wasn't surprised by that and that possibly I just had too many things hit me all at once. I had just gone through at least 6 major changes in just 3 months time. He thought my body had just said enough and shut me down to get needed rest...but MS made it do it in a dramatic way. The next MRI I had after that showed numerous small new lesions on the right side though without any new symptoms that I noticed. Related? Maybe? My next one is near the end of October.
Fatigue is a common part of MS. Some of us have fatigue continuously. Any kind of stress can bring on fatigue, heat if your heat-sensitive, cold if you are cold-sensitive just to name a few. If it gets continually worse, I would call your neuro and go from there.
thank you hairbrain4 and Peruzzot for sharing your experience. I've had a lot going on... it was also especially hot last week but I stay away from it so not sure how much it impacted me. lots of stress on the job front - lost my job but starting a new one tomorrow. Overall I just feel I'm a lot more vulnerable to events (good and bad) in my life. Still learning. I'm a newbie at MS.
Not a relapse
Steroids for a relapse
What does a relapse look like? 
Amandatine for fatigue; anyone else on this? 
