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    Sneaky muscle spasms

    I'm wondering if anyone else gets this . . .

    Do you ever have muscle spasms that are so sneaky you don't realize how tight something is until after taking a muscle relaxer? When the muscle releases and everything loosens up again, they're sore from DOMS like you had a big workout?

    How can they be so sneaky? Was it the migraine pain and diagphragm/rib spasms that took over and covered up the neck spasms? Or can it really sneak up on you that way without realizing until they loosen up?

    All I can say is, what a day.
    It's not fatigue. It's a Superwoman hangover.
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    Spasms

    They are sneaky little suckers. I can be out and about and all of the sudden be stuck where I am at because my legs get stuck. Have you tried baclofen? Most muscle relaxers don't work well with these as they are from spasticity. Some might, but baclofen is probably better. Might be worth checking into
    RRMS 10/2011 Sick and tired of being sick and tired!

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      #3
      Hi myname. Do you not feel them coming on before you get stuck? Sometimes they feel like they're pulling, or will all of a sudden pull tight until they ache. But these, I had no idea were there.

      It was after I took a baclofen that they released, then hours later were sore from DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) as if I'd worked out the day before.

      I usually notice when my neck is that tight, because it often means a migraine is stirring. It allows me to head it off at the pass. This time it completely escaped my awareness until after they released from the baclofen.

      Just surprised me they were in spasm and I never felt it, is all.
      It's not fatigue. It's a Superwoman hangover.

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        #4
        Spasms

        Im not under control well enough right now and unfortunately always feel like I'm about to tighten up, so I just try to do what I can. I've only been diagnosed since october of last year and they cannot get my condition under control. I've tried 2 dmd's and have had bad reactions to both so they want to switch me again. I'm terrified tysbari, but that's what they want me to try. I'm going to another big ms specialist Monday to get another opinion. My spasticity is outrageous and migraines from the pain are blinding and I lose my depth perception. It's scary stuff.
        RRMS 10/2011 Sick and tired of being sick and tired!

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          #5
          What about those diagphragm/rib spasms? I have been experiencing these along with esophagus spasms which are the worst!

          My lower back was the sneaky one because I assumed it was due to a ruptured disk until the spasms crept up the rest of my body...

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            #6
            Spasms

            I don't really have rib spasms, however, I do have the lower back. Mine are more in the back, legs and arms and neck. I've never experienced the famous ms hug I don't think, I wonder if the rib/diaphragm could be that? I have no clue though.
            RRMS 10/2011 Sick and tired of being sick and tired!

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              #7
              When I try to get up or to reach for the phone I have a lot of trouble. I also tighten up when my pug, who's about 10, walks on my lap.
              Dx 12/2006; first symptoms about 1984, but maybe earlier--on Gilenya and Ampyra.

              "God has a lot of explaining to do"--Frida Kahlo

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                #8
                Spasms

                Awwwww, your Puggy is tiny. Mine is huge. 31 pounds and really not all that fat, he is big boned. I love the little guy, but he thinks he is tiny. It is amazing how weak we can get. I call it spaghetti arms because it feels like they are limp. I usually can't even hold my phone up for longer than a few minutes without it feeling like I'm holding a brick.
                RRMS 10/2011 Sick and tired of being sick and tired!

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                  #9
                  Ive wondered if our MS causes a lack of sensation that allows spasms to happen sneakily. I have experienced that and it is not fun. Ill go to stand up and realize that I am clutching the table because my legs have seized up!

                  I have spasms in my rib area too- the dreaded MS hug (shudder). It exacerbates my spinal stenosis and I end up with bulged discs.

                  I havent tried baclofen or any other "good" drugs for it though. I cant deal woth the sleepy side effects as I am up (kind of) and running 16 hours a day. I rely heavily on stretching and Neurontin.
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by newbie but goodie View Post
                    Ive wondered if our MS causes a lack of sensation that allows spasms to happen sneakily. I have experienced that and it is not fun. Ill go to stand up and realize that I am clutching the table because my legs have seized up!
                    That's what I'm wondering about. During the PT sessions a few months back, I'd ask the PT if she could work deeper in that area. She said if she went any deeper, she'd push her finger through my neck. The next session, she did work deeper. She was pushing so hard she was shaking and it barely registered on my radar.

                    I noticed a few years back the upper trap area near the base of my neck was numb to pressure during a massage. Maybe it's spread?

                    Anyway, it's kind of a relief to not feel that chronic tension anymore. It fooled me. I thought it was gone, gone. As in it wasn't there anymore. Maybe it's been so tense for so long it killed the nerve endings.
                    It's not fatigue. It's a Superwoman hangover.

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