When someone is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, he or she is told that this is a progressive disease with no cure for the moment, and that the symptoms that the person experiences, will worsen over time, as the person progresses to another stage of the illness.

It’s needless to say, that Multiple Sclerosis patients, struggle with depression, besides the other symptoms of the illness. Depression is at the same time a symptom and a result of the body transformations that someone experiences going through this disease – the demyelination process changes brain chemistry, leading to imbalances which leads to depression. However, it’s safe to assume that the seeds of depression are planted when someone is diagnosed with MS and it’s told that there is no cure for the moment, and the only thing modern medicine can do is slow down the progress and minimize the symptoms.

Reversing multiple sclerosis is possible today only partially, trough the use of controversial therapies, physical therapy and eastern medicine. This can help the MS sufferer to have a better quality of life, due to the minimization of the symptoms that they experience.  Let’s take a look at the choices someone has when it comes to reversing MS:

-    Liberation therapy. This is a highly controversial surgery that uses the assumption that Multiple Sclerosis is not a central nervous system illness, but rather a cardiovascular one. It implies a minor invasive surgery on the jugular.  Results are mixed, meaning that the people who underwent this surgery, say that they are feeling a lot better; however, there are many who say that they felt better and the minimization of symptoms was short ( only a couple of months). Because there is still debate whether this therapy works or not, only a handful of countries do this surgery for MS patients.

-    Stem Cell Therapy. This form of therapy extracts several stem cells from the bone marrow of the MS sufferers, uses chemotherapy to wipe out the immune system and then inserts the stem cells back into the body, allowing the body to develop a new immune system that won’t attack the myelin on the axons. For the moment, this therapy is still in Phase II trials, but the results until now are very promising

-    Eastern medicine is highly appreciated and considered as a reliable supplementary treatment for MS. Acupuncture has had very good results on patients with MS, helping to improve their lifestyle’s quality. Herbal medicines are also known to help relieve some of the symptoms, and are preferred by some MS sufferers due to their minimal side effects.

-    Physical therapy, including aerobic exercises and light weight lifting along with other sports like swimming, cycling and jogging are recommended to MS patients to keep their physical fitness up, which helps to relieve some of the muscle fatigue and muscle pain, besides making it easier for sufferers to maintain a more “normal” lifestyle, as this prevents muscular degradation.