Symptom Tracking, Irritability

Sensory:

-Pins and needles: 2, right foot/leg

-Tingles: 0

-Dysesthetic pain: 0

-Paresthesias: 0

-Numbness: 1

-Vision: 2, just blurry

-Nerve pain: 0

-Hearing: 1, fuzzy buzzy

Motor:

-Walking: 1

-Sore muscles: 0

-Fine motor: 1

-Weak muscles: 4

-Spasticity: 2

Cognitive:

-Processing: 1

-Memory: 1

-Attention: 0

-Confusion: 0

General:

-Fatigue: 6, probably a combination of not sleeping well, the IM injection side effects, and regular MS stuff

-Balance: 0

-Sleep: 8

-Bladder: 0, I think

-Proprioception: 0

-Swallowing: 1

-A: 0

-B: 1

Emotions: OK for the most part. I saw my shrink today. I brought up my irritability. I need to figure out how to reduce stress and relax. She asked how I relax, and I honestly had no idea. I brought up skiing. I cannot exactly go skiing every day. I really do not know, so I will need to work on that. It is complicated.

I later remembered that I often become irritable when people make things harder for me, physically or cognitively. Stepping in front of me, interrupting me, asking me to do something when I am tired, etc. Whether they are aware or not does not seem to make a difference. It could be people I know or strangers. That makes me irritable very quickly. That is one reason I loved using my cane the day I tried it out; people accommodated me and I did not become irritable at all. I was able to enjoy shopping like I used to.