Product Description
MS and Your Feelings is the first book to specifically address the emotional pain caused by the unpredictable, disabling chronic inflammatory condition multiple sclerosis. Psychotherapist and MS patient Allison Shadday offers readers effective strategies for dealing with the psychological trauma of this disease. Shadday shares real-life MS success stories and gives insightful professional advice derived from years of counseling hundreds of chronically ill patients. Her book offers readers hope, inspiration and validation, teaching them how to come to terms with an MS diagnosis; strategies for identifying and managing stress triggers; ways to cope with fear, guilt, anger, loss, depression, and isolation; steps to enhance intimacy and develop a greater sense of emotional security; and more. Patient success stories illustrate the techniques described. Renowned neurologist and MS expert Dr. Stanley Cohan contributes discussions of the importance of treating MS’s emotional symptoms, the latest medical thinking, and the promising future of drug research for this challenging condition.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 16 reviews)

Great Resource! by Paige Reuter (Anchorage, Alaska USA)

5 Stars
July 05, 2009
If you or somebody you know has MS this is the one book that will be of the most use.

MS and Your Feelings by Judith A. Lilja (pompano beach, Florida)

5 Stars
March 11, 2009
Excellent book which helped me greatly with some of my feelings. I am a nurse practitioner and thought I was going crazy for awhile. I have tried some of the suggestions she gives in the book and have been very successful. My therapist was also very impressed with the book

A must have by Dorothyanne Brown (Ottawa, ON)

4 Stars
February 19, 2009
MS and Your Feelings is a must for anyone dealing with the ravages of MS. Even if your MS is following a relatively benign course, the emotions associated with loss around a chronic disease, plus the loss of cognitive functions, memory, and emotional stability associated with the disease itself make this book timely and helpful. I've read it through twice already - first when first diagnosed, and again when my emotions were getting out of control. Filled with good, sensible information and encouragement, it's a keeper, for frequent revisiting. If you buy one book about the emotional changes of MS, this should be the book.

GOOD by Donna Pearson (Mackay,ID USA)

5 Stars
February 05, 2009
I have found this book to be a great read. It is full of great information. If you are newly diagnosed and are having a hard time get this book. And if you can get your caregiver to read it even better.

I wish I had read it before!!!! by Zulma Rodriguez- Neris (San Lorenzo, PR USA)

5 Stars
May 26, 2008
The exercises found in this book are great, when you are first diagnosed and the coming years. It is a great tool to have because you do not deal with your MS the same way on a daily basis. There are times that, even if it is in written form, you need to look for answers. The way the book is written, it is a sure sign that you do not have to have MS to write a good book, but as an MSer you do know what we face every day. Great book, will keep using for future reference.

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