Christina Applegate Opens Up About Agonizing Pain From MS

Christina Applegate is always sharing updates about Multiple Sclerosis (MS), since 2021 when she announced that she was diagnosed with the neurological condition. Living with the autoimmune disorder has not been easy for the actress, who previously revealed how she struggled with mobility.

Aside from the physical limitation of the condition, Applegate also once shared that the condition is taken a toll on her mental health, being a single mother of one who worries about how much she misses out on bonding with her daughter because of the nature of her condition. Recently, the 52-year-old shared that she is in severe pain and her MS is making lying in bed intolerable.

Christina Applegate lays in bed screaming from pain from MS

In a recent episode of the MeSsy podcast with cohosts Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Rory’s Bakehouse owner, Rory Kandel, who is also battling MS, Applegate shared how her MS condition is affecting her quality of life. The actress explained that sleeping on the bed is always a struggle as MS makes her scream in pain.

Rory also weighed into the conversation by sharing her experience with the condition lately. She claims she is experiencing more pain than usual. Rory explained that this pain makes “side to side” turning in bed difficult as she feels sharp pain like she has “knives in her stomach.”  A curious Rory also asked Applegate if she experienced that kind of pain, and Applegate responded in the affirmative with “every single day of my life.”

Christina Applegate shares more details about her MS pain

Due to the nature of MS being a neurological condition that impacts the ability of the nervous system to transmit signals, there are varying degree of symptoms an individual suffering from the progressive disease can experience. Applegate noted that her MS condition makes it difficult for her to hold the “phone or TV remote and open bottles” as she gets more pain symptoms in her hands.

The proud mom of one added that most of the time, what determines her day and her physical activity is her level of pain. Someday her pain is more bearable than other days, and when it is worse, she “just lay in bed” all day. She described her MS pain as “freaking painful and so hard and so awkward.” Rory concluded that MS pain is a personal feeling as they always appear “fine” to people around them who don’t understand their plight and Applegate couldn’t but agree that that’s “the beauty of the invisible disease.”