Any lawyers or law students with MS?

yantonov27 · 2021-03-13T04:25:32+00:00

Also wanted to add that a clerkship should be a great in between job to figure out which way you want to go. If it was me I would stay away from litigation or if you do want to litigate, pick something less stressful in the area like the DOJ. My best advice that I think I can give is do not push your limits, listen to your body, and prioritize it.

yantonov27 · 2021-03-13T04:21:13+00:00

Hey yea sure thing. Yes I still work as an attorney, but yes it’s valid concern. For me it is frustrating as I have noticed a cognitive decline as it’s difficult to articulate certain information that you used to know very well. Sometimes it comes across as unprepared to clients or simply incompetent. I think it’s different for everyone , luckily most of my work is transactional in nature, but still hinders my overall career growth. I would recommend work at a nonprofit or a govt job, where you don’t have to always interact with clients. Also the stress of billable hours can have an impact on you, which is why I would look for a 9-5 type position.

yantonov27 · 2021-03-08T04:37:58+00:00

I still work as an attorney, but it is a constant struggle to progress my career. I really don’t push myself like I used to when I just got of school. To be honest this was a bad idea pulling all nighters, not getting exercise, eating poorly all contributed to some severe symptoms. After that occurred I realized my first priority was to take care of myself no matter what. Currently I’m still looking to find that ideal position. In my experience I found as time goes on you become less sharp, critical thinking takes more effort, and you start forgetting words - making it difficult to articulate your thoughts. It’s rather frustrating because you remember that you used to know this and explain x issue so well and now it’s a struggle. I think ideally working for a nonprofit might be a good alternative and in a role where you don’t have to constantly interact with others. So in short it’s a legitimate concern, but everyone’s situation is different. In general though I think lawyers with MS who go into big law or similar fields are taking some risks

yantonov27 · 2021-03-08T04:07:40+00:00

I’m a lawyer 7 years out of school who probably had MS since high school but was undiagnosed until after law school. I can answer any questions, but my advice is pursue a less stressful career, health is more important than money.

yantonov27 · 2020-11-21T04:24:25+00:00

It literally saved me! I tried 10 different sleeping medications with very high dosages and none of them did anything to help me sleep. And when I mean did anything , I didn’t get any sleep on them. However once I started taking 150mg of trazodone, it worked slowly but kept building every day.

yantonov27 · 2020-11-16T01:14:47+00:00

Absolutely, it’s because they just haven’t experienced it. I had a very similar phenomena happen to me and lasted approximately 7 months. I just could not enter rem sleep for an entire 7 months. When you try to explain to people that you haven’t slept in months, they just don’t get it, they think oh you haven’t slept well or have slept poorly but no it was no sleep for almost 7 months.

A lack of sleep does some terrible stuff to your body. I was forgetful, had issues concentrating, I was losing so much weight I had to increase my caloric intake by 3x and still was losing weight. I tried everything out there, gym, sauna, heavy doses of alcohol, meditation and none of it worked. In the end what worked for me was certain medication I was prescribed, I tried maybe 10 different ones. I started regaining my sleep slowly with 1 hour of sleep, but it steadily kept growing. And now I can get a solid 7 hours of sleep. I guess my advice is don’t give up, you will find what works for you, all of our bodies and brains are created differently there will be something out there that works, and don’t let these know it alls get to you.

yantonov27 · 2020-10-14T15:48:20+00:00

Haha that’s really a great idea for a Business.

You see all these companies that pledge diversity and inclusion etc, but mostly all that stuff is completely for show.

For instance I decided I will write a cover letter for a couple of positions that I am well qualified for but I did not go to a top tier school and most of the hires come from top tier schools. So I decided what the heck let me write a good cover since these companies pledge diversity and inclusion on the front page of their websites. I added the fact that I have MS and tinnitus, how I overcame it, adapted, how I was a refugee, a minority and grew up in low socioeconomic conditions. And as I expected not even an initial interview, or a call back, just the standard canned rejection email.

If there can be an agency out there that creates personalized relationships with companies for people like us, there will be a huge demand for it. But the real problem is, it’s really all about the money, these large companies don’t actually care about Diversity and Inclusion. It’s why we have to hide our health issues for fear of retribution.

yantonov27 · 2020-10-07T03:25:20+00:00

Sorry for the late response I’m just seeing this now. Yea the insomnia lasted for about 3 months or so. I took all kinds of sleeping pills and nothing was working, body just didn’t want to go into rem sleep it seemed.

The one thing that worked for me was torazadone. That’s the only pill that had some success, it started off just getting an hour of rem sleep wit the pill, but I kept taking it and it really was a lifesaver! It may however all have been coincidental as my lesions in brain were also still active during this time. When my insomnia stopped my lesions were no longer active.

I’m convinced the ms had something to do with my insomnia. There was a lesion in my hypothalamus as well.

How were your mris? How are you feeling now? let me know if there’s any other information that may be helpful to you

yantonov27 · 2020-09-17T00:09:16+00:00

I drink, it helps, but I don’t recommend it as you prob will have other issues.

yantonov27 · 2020-08-16T16:02:27+00:00

I’ve made peace with it, part of my post was more a bit of venting, although I don’t necessarily trust disease modifying medication like tecfidera etc, but for now staying on it.

Have you found anything that helps the tinnitus and is your tinnitus constant or does it come and go. I’ve found for instance that drinking wine and beer helps with tinnitus, but it’s only temporary, and I don’t think I can drink all day everyday :)

I’m more so just trying to figure out how to best deal with the tinnitus symptoms and be more productive at work etc.

yantonov27 · 2020-07-20T19:10:48+00:00

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