Can't sleep, face is numb, frusterated with schooling

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It is 4am in Oregon where I live and I cannot sleep. My face is having a Multiple Sclerosis flareup (A nice side affect from having the Swine Flu) and it is rather cold.

To decribe it and I am sure several people would love to have this...for a while, not as long as I will have it. My whole left side of my face is almost numb, like I was shot with Novacane. My left cheek and side of my lips are extremely cold and I lost hearing in my left ear almost completely. I have very little movement ability on my left area of my face and I cannot close my left eye tightly or keep it shut while having the right eye open. I have lost some taste in my mouth and this truly sucks.

Well, with that being said, I can't sleep at all at night and want to do nothing but sleep during the day. No matter how hard I try, I just cannot sleep at night but waking up even by an alarm clock at NOON is rather hard to do.

I'm stoked that the main tax board test is open book but the board sent me out a letter of what kind of questions they will ask and I have been apparently studying the wrong stuff.

Does any of this at all sound normal? I know the MS isn't but struggling with school or this insomial others must have. My biggest problem WITH schooling is my sleep schedule and I am quite often either too tired to study or the likes of that. Any advice would be nice.

Thank you,
Paul
Budthewise

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  • nasser
    11 years ago

    well Ive been through all this so went to the Cleveland Clinic to the melen center where I was treated bu Dr. Mary Rensel, she is great doctor

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Update to a story from a while ago.

    I got a great job out of it but the hours were rather short. I am glad I did all of this but I don't feel it was exactly worth it. However, I have a license and nobody can take that away from me.

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    Today, I took that five hour test I was preparing for and I passed. Out of 200 questions, I had to look up maybe 25 and I feel that I did quite well. I for sure got more than the REQUIRED 75%% for my licence.

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    Damn, just when you think life couldn't be stressed out more, I started vomiting. I think this is a sign that Vertigo is returning, even if it is a minor case, and this panics me. I can not become crippled right now. I am too busy with this tax BS and moving, not to mention that damn test coming up.

    I truly feel like crap, but not like before. However, I truly hope Vertigo doesn't return. MS can take my hearing and partial eyesight, just not Vertigo again and sign 2 of it showed up.

    ARRRRGGGGG!!!

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  • Jen118584
    14 years ago

    I'm not very good at studying either, so I don't have good advice to offer. But as for sleeping, I'm sure you've tried everything, but maybe if you force yourself to get up earlier even though you are tired....you'll be exhausted by that night. Maybe you just need to get your sleep schedule back on track?

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    • [Old Memory]
      14 years ago

      I'm done moving and it was rather stressful. My MS caused me to be death in the left ear and my left side of my face is more numb. I still don't have internet yet at my house so I am writing this while ignoring my English Teacher.

      As far as the tax board, I am rather stoked. My two test that I was distraught over the weak grades but later those grades were thrown out due to various stuff not being covered so the instructor is letting us retake the test by taking it HOME. She also gave us all of the CORRECT answers in the past which she doesn't mind us "using"

      Tax board exam is on the Twelvth so I am studying my ass off to pass it. I should have internet rather soon and I miss writing online here.

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      • [Old Memory]
        14 years ago

        meant deaf, not death.

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    • [Old Memory]
      14 years ago

      Well, I'm moving today on top of all of this. I am fine but I doubt I will be online to write and read comments for a few days. I am rather tired so I will sleep later today but my sleep schedule, unless I fight it, is always like this.

      Just want to say it was nice writing with you and I will write again laster. I will be back.

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