On My Nerves: MS Unfiltered

Tim Conway and Michelle (MSChelleRx)

On My Nerves: MS Unfiltered is a candid multiple sclerosis podcast hosted by two Black adult first cousins living with MS, sharing the real conversations that happen between doctor’s appointments. This show creates a safe, honest space for people living with multiple sclerosis and the people who support them to talk openly about MS symptoms, chronic illness, treatment decisions, and day-to-day life. Each episode explores what it really means to live with MS, including invisible symptoms like MS fatigue, brain fog, mobility changes, pain, and balance issues, plus the emotional and identity shifts that come with an MS diagnosis or ongoing relapses. Tim and Michelle (MSChelleRX) also talk through practical realities like navigating neurologist visits, understanding MS medications and disease-modifying therapies (DMTs), managing flare-ups, and building routines that support MS wellness. This podcast is for anyone impacted by multiple sclerosis including newly diagnosed listeners, long-time patients, caregivers, partners, family members, and friends who want to understand what life with MS is like between appointments. Expect unfiltered conversations, lived experience, and encouragement that doesn’t rely on toxic positivity. On My Nerves: MS Unfiltered goes beyond basic MS education. It’s about patient advocacy, disability awareness, mental health, relationships, and building the language to communicate what you’re experiencing physically, emotionally, and mentally. If you’re searching for a multiple sclerosis support podcast that feels real, grounded, and relatable with honest talk on MS symptoms, MS diagnosis, MS treatment options, chronic illness life, and caregiver support, you’re in the right place.

  1. 4d ago

    MS Supplements: Pharmacist Shares What's Worth Taking (And What's Just Expensive Hope)

    MS Supplements: What Actually Helps? | A Pharmacist Explains Vitamin D, Magnesium, B12 & MoreWhen you're diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, the supplement advice starts almost immediately. But how do you know what's actually supported by research and what's simply hope in a bottle? In this episode of On My Nerves: MS Unfiltered, Michelle, a pharmacist living with MS, breaks down the supplements people ask about most and shares an honest, evidence-based approach to navigating the overwhelming world of vitamins and supplements. You'll learn: • Why vitamin D is one of the most important nutrients to discuss with your neurologist • How magnesium may help with muscle cramps, sleep, and nerve function • Why a vitamin B12 deficiency can mimic MS symptoms • Which popular supplements have promising research and which still need more evidence • Why taking "everything" isn't the safest approach • The four questions Michelle asks before recommending any supplement • How to avoid spending money on supplements that aren't helping Most importantly, Michelle explains why supplements should fill deficiencies, not replace disease-modifying therapy or become a substitute for the foundations of good health. If you've ever wondered which supplements are actually worth taking for MS, or if you're feeling overwhelmed by conflicting advice online, this episode will help you think about supplements with greater clarity and confidence. Whether you're newly diagnosed or have been living with MS for years, this conversation will help you make informed decisions about your health. 🧡 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE Living with MS can feel lonely sometimes, but you don't have to navigate it alone. Our mission is simple: to create honest conversations about real life with MS between appointments. JOIN THE ON MY NERVES COMMUNITY📖 Substack https://onmynervespodcast.substack.com Subscribe for: ✅ Weekly articles✅ Podcast updates✅ MS support and encouragement✅ Practical tips for living well with MS✅ Subscriber-only resources and discussions🎙️ LISTEN TO THE PODCASTYouTube Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH_xeAFcr1HadgewdbrbVRiP5xBM2mfME Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-my-nerves-ms-unfiltered/id1889080445 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1xkjDPzAKJBePHNcoDuaWw 📱 FOLLOW USOn My Nerves Podcast TikTok: @OnMyNervesPodcastInstagram: @on_my_nerves_podcastMSchelleRx Instagram: @thepatientandpractitionerYouTube: @MSChelleRx24BUSINESS & SPEAKING INQUIRIES📧 onmynervespod@gmail.com 💬 If this episode helped you, leave a comment and tell us where you're watching from. We read every comment and truly love hearing your MS story. #MultipleSclerosis #MSSupplements #MSAwareness #LivingWithMS #MSPodcast #OnMyNervesPodcast #MSChelleRx

  2. Jul 16

    Chair Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) | Guided Practice for Balance, Mobility & Stress Relief

    Can chair yoga help people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) improve mobility, reduce stress, and reconnect with their bodies? Special guest Marlon F. Hall leads us through a gentle chair yoga practice designed to help people living with Multiple Sclerosis, chronic illness, and mobility challenges experience greater ease through mindful movement and breath. This episode builds on our conversation about yoga and MS by taking you through an accessible chair yoga practice that emphasizes posture, breathing, body awareness, and mindfulness. The goal isn't to "fix" your body—it's to help you connect with it in a compassionate and meaningful way. In this episode, you'll discover:🧘 A gentle chair yoga routine for Multiple Sclerosis and chronic illness 🧘 How mindful breathing can help calm the nervous system 🧘 Why posture and alignment matter for balance and mobility 🧘 Simple movements you can practice at home 🧘 How yoga can complement your overall wellness journey 🧘 The importance of being present in your body, even on difficult days This practice is an invitation to meet yourself exactly where you are—with grace, patience, and hope. Please note: This chair yoga session is intended for educational and wellness purposes and is not medical advice. CONNECT WITH MARLON F. HALL 📚 Unearthing You https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692145184?... 🌐 Story Relic Sessions https://marlonhall.com 📸 Instagram @marlonfhall 🧡 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE Our mission is simple: create honest conversations about real life with MS between appointments. Join Us: https://onmynervespodcast.substack.com 📱 FOLLOW US TikTok @‌OnMyNervesPodcast Instagram: @‌on_my_nerves_podcast BUSINESS & SPEAKING INQUIRIES mailto:Email:onmynervespod@gmail.commailto:onmynervespod@gmail.com

  3. Jul 9

    Can Yoga Help Multiple Sclerosis? An Anthropologist Explains Mind, Body & Healing | Marlon F. Hall

    Can yoga help Multiple Sclerosis (MS)? Can breath, posture, mindfulness, and movement improve quality of life when you're living with a chronic neurological disease? In this episode of On My Nerves: MS Unfiltered, Michelle (MSchelleRx) and Tim welcome Marlon F. Hall, an anthropologist, yoga instructor, author, and mindfulness coach, for one of our most thought-provoking conversations yet. Marlon explains yoga in a way many people have never heard before. Rather than defining yoga as stretching or exercise, he describes it as a practice of presence that reconnects the mind, body, and spirit. Together, we explore how yoga may help people living with Multiple Sclerosis manage stress, improve posture, support emotional health, increase body awareness, and cultivate greater ease in everyday life. We also discuss one of the biggest questions many Christians ask: Is yoga compatible with Christianity? Marlon shares his perspective on why yoga is not a religion, how intention matters, and why many believers use mindful movement as a way to deepen their relationship with God rather than replace it. In this episode:✔ Can yoga help people living with MS? ✔ The mind-body connection in Multiple Sclerosis ✔ Is yoga evil? A thoughtful Christian perspective ✔ Why presence matters for healing ✔ Yoga, mindfulness, and nervous system regulation ✔ How posture affects breathing, confidence, and movement if you've wondered whether Yoga could fit into your life and your faith, this conversation is for you. Connect with Marlon F. Hall📚 Unearthing You https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692145184?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback 🌐 Story Relic Sessions https://marlonhall.com 📸 Instagram @marlonfhall 🧡 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE Living with MS can feel lonely sometimes, but you don't have to navigate it alone. Our mission is simple: create honest conversations about real life with MS between appointments. Join Us: On My Nerves Podcast | Substack Youtube Apple Podcasts: Spotify: 📱 FOLLOW US TikTok @‌OnMyNervesPodcast Instagram: @‌on_my_nerves_podcast BUSINESS & SPEAKING INQUIRIES Email:onmynervespod@gmail.com

  4. Jul 6

    When Living With MS Gets Hard: Choosing Hope and Endurance

    Living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) can feel overwhelming, especially after a new diagnosis. Fatigue, brain fog, uncertainty, and fear can make it difficult to imagine a hopeful future. But today's conversation is about why hope still matters and why there has never been a better time to live with MS. In this episode of On My Nerves: MS Unfiltered, Michelle (MSchelleRx) and Tim share what keeps them moving forward through the hardest days of Multiple Sclerosis. They discuss faith, resilience, mindset, and why hope is something we intentionally practice rather than simply wait to feel. Michelle also offers a unique perspective as both a pharmacist and someone diagnosed with MS in 2001. She explains how dramatically MS treatments have improved over the past two decades and why today's therapies are giving people opportunities that simply didn't exist years ago. In this episode, we discuss: ✔ What keeps us going on the hardest MS days ✔ Why hope is an action, not just a feeling ✔ Faith and living with Multiple Sclerosis ✔ How MS treatments have changed over the last 25 years ✔ Why mindset matters with chronic illness ✔ The importance of movement and exercise with MS ✔ Finding encouragement after a new diagnosis ✔ How to reframe negative thinking without denying reality ✔ Living well with MS between appointments We hope this conversation reminds you that while Multiple Sclerosis is hard, it does not have to define your future. 🧡 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE Living with MS can feel lonely sometimes, but you don't have to navigate it alone. JOIN THE ON MY NERVES COMMUNITY Substack: On My Nerves Podcast | Substack 🎙️ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST YouTube Playlist: Podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-my-nerves-ms-unfiltered/id1889080445 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1xkjDPzAKJBePHNcoDuaWw 📱 FOLLOW US TikTok @‌OnMyNervesPodcast Instagram: @‌on_my_nerves_podcast BUSINESS & SPEAKING INQUIRIES Email:onmynervespod@gmail.com 💬 If this video helped you, leave a comment and tell us where you're watching from. We read every comment and love hearing your MS story.

  5. Jun 25

    Living With MS: Your Support System Needs Grace Too | Caregivers, Family & Relationships

    When you live with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), you're not the only one adjusting. Your spouse, family, friends, and caregivers are learning how to navigate this journey alongside you. In this episode of On My Nerves: MS Unfiltered, Michelle (MSchelleRx) and Tim have an honest conversation about the people who often go unseen in chronic illness: the support system. They discuss why caregivers deserve grace too, how MS changes family dynamics, communicating during fatigue, maintaining independence, asking for help without guilt, and protecting the relationships that help us live well with MS. This episode is for anyone living with MS and for the people who love and support them every day. 🧡 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE Living with MS can feel lonely sometimes, but you don't have to navigate it alone. Our mission is simple: create honest conversations about real life with MS between appointments. JOIN THE ON MY NERVES COMMUNITY Substack: On My Nerves Podcast | Substack Subscribe for: ✅ Weekly articles ✅ Podcast updates ✅ MS support and encouragement ✅ Practical tips for living well with MS ✅ Subscriber-only resources and discussions 🎙️ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST YouTube Playlist: Podcast Apple Podcasts: On My Nerves: MS Unfiltered Spotify: On My Nerves: MS Unfiltered 📱 FOLLOW US TikTok @‌OnMyNervesPodcast Instagram: @‌on_my_nerves_podcast MSchelleRx Instagram:@thepatientandpractitioner YouTube: @‌MSChelleRx24 BUSINESS & SPEAKING INQUIRIES Email:onmynervespod@gmail.com 💬 If this video helped you, leave a comment and tell us where you're watching from. We read every comment and love hearing your MS story.

  6. Jun 13

    Coping With MS Fatigue

    What does MS fatigue actually feel like? People often hear the word “fatigue” and assume it means being tired. But for many people living with multiple sclerosis, fatigue is one of the most debilitating and misunderstood symptoms of the disease. In this episode of On My Nerves: MS Unfiltered, MSchelleRx and Tim X share their personal experiences with MS fatigue and explain why it goes far beyond needing a nap. They discuss the emotional, mental, and physical impact of fatigue, how it affects relationships, work, parenting, and daily routines, and the strategies they use to manage their energy. Topics include: ✅ MS fatigue symptoms ✅ Living with multiple sclerosis (MS) ✅ Chronic fatigue and invisible illness ✅ Energy budgeting and time blocking ✅ Heat intolerance and MS ✅ Boundaries and chronic illness ✅ Parenting with MS ✅ Mental fatigue and brain exhaustion ✅ Rest and recovery strategies ✅ Chronic illness support and advocacy ✅ Life with MS beyond appointments One of the most powerful moments in the episode comes when Tim describes MS fatigue as feeling like “your soul is tired,” a description that captures the depth of exhaustion many people with MS experience every day. If you live with multiple sclerosis, know someone who does, or want to better understand chronic illness fatigue, this conversation is for you. Join our MS support community on Substack: Subscribe now #MultipleSclerosis #MSFatigue #LivingWithMS #MSAwareness #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #AutoimmuneDisease #MSSupport #ChronicFatigue #MSCommunity #DisabilityAwareness #OnMyNervesPodcast

  7. Jun 4

    Toxic Habits MS Exposed | Pride, Burnout & Living With MS

    What if some of the habits helping you survive with MS are actually making life harder? This episode shares the hard lessons we learned about pride, self-neglect, and learning to adjust. In this episode of On My Nerves: MS Unfiltered, MSchelleRx and Tim Conway have an honest conversation about the toxic survival habits they developed while trying to navigate life with multiple sclerosis. Habits that looked like strength on the surface but often led to burnout, self-neglect, frustration, and unnecessary suffering. From overworking and refusing help to ignoring symptoms and constantly trying to prove they could still do everything they used to do, they explore how pride, fear, and unrealistic expectations can quietly shape the way we live with chronic illness. In this episode, we discuss: ✅ Living with multiple sclerosis (MS) ✅ Chronic illness burnout and fatigue ✅ Overworking and overcompensating after diagnosis ✅ Self-neglect disguised as responsibility ✅ Pride, independence, and control ✅ Relapsing-remitting MS vs progressive MS ✅ Learning to ask for help ✅ Accepting physical limitations ✅ Adapting to life with MS ✅ Faith, resilience, and personal growth ✅ Why adjustment is a survival skill MSchelleRx shares a story about pushing through overnight work shifts despite knowing her limitations, only to have her body respond days later with a serious fall. Tim reflects on years of ignoring warning signs because previous symptoms had always gone away, making it difficult to accept that his MS was progressing. Together, they unpack a powerful realization: Sometimes the habits that helped us survive early on become the very things holding us back later. This conversation is for anyone living with MS, chronic illness, disability, invisible illness, or anyone learning how to stop fighting reality and start adapting to it. One of the biggest lessons from this episode: Adjustment is not weakness. Adjustment is a skill. Join the On My Nerves MS community on Substack for deeper conversations, articles, support, and encouragement: https://onmynervespodcast.substack.com #MultipleSclerosis #MS #LivingWithMS #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #MSAwareness #MSSupport #ChronicIllnessCommunity #AutoimmuneDisease #DisabilityAwareness #Burnout #MentalHealth #FaithAndHealth #OnMyNervesPodcast

  8. May 28

    What Nobody Tells You About MS and Loneliness

    Loneliness with MS does not always look the way people expect. Sometimes it is not about physically being alone, it's the feeling that nobody fully understands what living inside your body feels like. It is trying to explain fatigue that words cannot fully capture. It is grieving changes nobody else can see. It is navigating symptoms while still trying to stay connected to the people you love. In this episode of On My Nerves: MS Unfiltered, MSchelleRx and Tim X have one of their most personal conversations yet about loneliness, isolation, overstimulation, brain fog, emotional adjustment, and learning how to advocate for themselves while living with multiple sclerosis. They talk honestly about: the loneliness that can come with chronic illnessfeeling misunderstood after an MS diagnosislosing independence and identitylearning to enjoy solitude without feeling isolatedmanaging overstimulation and fatiguecommunicating your needs to family and friendsadvocating for yourself with MSthe emotional reality of brain fog and memory losslearning acceptance while still moving forwardIn one of the most vulnerable moments of the episode, Tim experiences real-time brain fog while recording and chooses to keep going instead of hiding it. That moment became a powerful reminder of what this podcast is really about: showing the real, unfiltered reality of life with MS. This episode is deeply honest, emotional, and relatable for anyone living with multiple sclerosis, chronic illness, invisible illness, or supporting someone who is. Because sometimes the hardest part of MS is not just the symptoms. It is feeling like nobody else fully understands them. Join the On My Nerves MS support community on Substack for deeper conversations, articles, support, and reflections: On My Nerves on Substack

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On My Nerves: MS Unfiltered is a candid multiple sclerosis podcast hosted by two Black adult first cousins living with MS, sharing the real conversations that happen between doctor’s appointments. This show creates a safe, honest space for people living with multiple sclerosis and the people who support them to talk openly about MS symptoms, chronic illness, treatment decisions, and day-to-day life. Each episode explores what it really means to live with MS, including invisible symptoms like MS fatigue, brain fog, mobility changes, pain, and balance issues, plus the emotional and identity shifts that come with an MS diagnosis or ongoing relapses. Tim and Michelle (MSChelleRX) also talk through practical realities like navigating neurologist visits, understanding MS medications and disease-modifying therapies (DMTs), managing flare-ups, and building routines that support MS wellness. This podcast is for anyone impacted by multiple sclerosis including newly diagnosed listeners, long-time patients, caregivers, partners, family members, and friends who want to understand what life with MS is like between appointments. Expect unfiltered conversations, lived experience, and encouragement that doesn’t rely on toxic positivity. On My Nerves: MS Unfiltered goes beyond basic MS education. It’s about patient advocacy, disability awareness, mental health, relationships, and building the language to communicate what you’re experiencing physically, emotionally, and mentally. If you’re searching for a multiple sclerosis support podcast that feels real, grounded, and relatable with honest talk on MS symptoms, MS diagnosis, MS treatment options, chronic illness life, and caregiver support, you’re in the right place.