leg pain

[limppy]

Hi I am new to MS was diagnosed in summer 2012 , I have allot of thigh pain at night . How do you manage this to get some sleep ? I wake 2 to 3 times a night and have to do streching . Currently working full time and on my feet all day on concrete, am exhausted when I come home ! I'm 56 years do I need some drugs?:

[mommyto3angels]

Even tho I can sleep any time the suns up I have a hard time at night. It's normally because of my legs, I almost always take something. Most nights tylenol pm will be enough for me though

[newbie but goodie]

I finally had enough of the sleepless nights because of leg pain and started taking gabapentin which I find to be effective. I also find that my amantadine loosens me up a bit.

I tried to stay away from the symptom management meds for a while, then realized that I deserve to be comfortable and there are a lot of helpful meds out there that don't necessarily have to whack you out.

[Kenmore]

I actually roll on a ball to loosen the muscles. I hurts, but it is a good pain because it breaks up the muscles.

[SNOOPY]

Hi limppy,

There are medications that can be helpful for different type of MS pain. Please speak to your neuro about the options available.

[limppy]

got some

Went to my nuero ,and he gave me some muscle relaxers got a good nights sleep Thanks

[newbie but goodie]

That'll do it. Glad you found some relief

[Whimpurr]

This is my strongest issue right now .... leg pain and weakeness in both of my thighs. It seems to pick one leg or the other to be "worse" for a day then goes to the other leg. Guess I am thankful it isn't bad in both at the same time! Today I was standing for a while, taking pictures for my friend and suddenly I got a couple of really sharp pains in my right thigh. So much that I "hollered" out loud! Uugh. Well, another symptom that fits what others seem to experience as well.