Do MS patients start to lose emotions or ...

Hi,
MS patients d have a lo of emotional issues. There have been studies to show that patients of MS undergo concealed depression and overt depression.
Read more here
and here
The causes of depression can vary from person to person-

• People usually find they become frightened (even if they don't admit it) by the prospect of multiple sclerosis. In part, this is due to a lack of knowledge on the subject and the stereotypical picture many people already have.
• Another huge emotional blow is the impact that developing the disease may have on life plans and direction.
• The ability to work may be affected, throwing future plans into disarray. This often becomes an ever increasing reality as the disease progresses over time, although it may take many years before a person's ability to work is affected to the point of have to give up employment.
• Other sources of emotional distress may result from the changes it is necessary to make to family life, such as switching roles within the family unit, for example, from wage earner.

In your sister-in-law's case, the fact that she has lost a close relative (your mother), who could understand her problems might have been a big blow. The way to react to such a situation for some patients is to put up a brave front and to convince themselves that they can go on ahead as if nothing is missing.
I hope this information helps.
Regards,
Dr. Gupta

Edited by Gaurav Gupta on October 10 2007 at 9:15am

In actual fact, my sister in law is through my new husbands family, so she has never met my mother.   But I do understand your response, regarding ms. So this lack of response is mental; it is not a PHYSICAL NEUROLOGICAL part of the disease?

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