What has helped your MS the most?

The real problem with this disease - too many treatment choices and not enough real information on what really helps. The ABCRs are the first line therapies but their efficacy in terms of relapse rates (whatever that really measures) is pretty poor. The side effects can be horrid (injection site reactions, flu symptoms, liver problems). Chemo drugs might be more effective but even more horrid side effects are possible. ABX is another option but no conclusive proof that bacteria is involved. Some users say it works others say not. LDN - again mixed responses, some say it is fantastic others say did nothing. Monoclonal antibodies - look good but has been a death on the Campath 1-H trial and long term side effects not really known. Many more on the way but all on the assumption that MS is an auto-immune / inflammatory disease. Tysabri - pulled following deaths. Reducing stress - easier said than done if you didn't have a degenerative disease of the CNS. Eating well - so why aren't all morbidly obese burger eating / beer swigging / smokers falling down with this disease? Bee stings / crystals / etc etc. Too many options when all we want is something which halts this disease in its tracks and helps us rebuild. And once we are SP or start with PP they tell us there's not much we can do. Art, I think you said that you were off to the joint ACTRIMS / ECTRIMS conference at the end of September. If there was a Q&A this issue might be raised. We are in a position where too little is still known. The current treatments are not that great and more and more will be on the market within the next five years. On the one hand this looks good but on the other are we expected to keep chopping and changing? Why couldn't I have had an ulcer, psoriasis etc etc. I'm sure that these are grim diseases but at least the treatments are relatively effective and you don't have to hunt down the best treatments for yourself (isn't that what we pay doctors to do on our behalf)! Thankfully if your excellent work at BCP works out we will get some treatments that address the root cause rather than the speculative treatments that are currently around.