I've heard about the Epsom salts and the soap under the pillow thing too. Just never thought about them for me

No harm trying.

I first started getting spasms when I was in hospital. I had no idea what they were. I tried to tell my Neuro but he didn't seem to know or care what I was talking about.

One day he brought along his entourage of 2 Registrars, 2 Residents and a few medical students. He was displaying my abnormal reflexes and telling me pull here, push down there, do this, do that etc. well, my right leg went completely stiff, my foot extended and turned in to 90 degrees and I developed a clonus. The Neuro ignored it but one of the Registrars said "oh, you poor thing, those spasms must be so painful". That's when I found out that what I had was called spasming. The Neuro never did acknowledge to me that I had it or offer any treatment. It was my oncologist who ordered Valium and Morphine injections (only ever had two of them....liked it too much so decided not to have anymore).

My GP gave me some Baclofen but I kept throwing up. I've never been offered any other treatment let alone tests to find out why I get the spasms (I do have spinal cord degeneration documented by MRI and CSF). I can't walk because of the spasms. Quite often when I'm in my wheelchair my right leg will stick straight out in front of me and won't bend.

The reason I'm telling you this is to show that spasming can be and is life changing, it can also be treated by the medical profession as a minor inconvenience rather than the life changing, painful condition that it is. I have decided (since seeing the Psychiatrist) that I am worth treating and that I deserve better care than I gave been getting. I have developed a tenacious attitude about my condition and any doctor in the future who downplays my pain or my distress is going to get an earful. I am going to demand their respect.

This inner anger is the spur that is going to get me the care I deserve. It's a far healthier (mentally) option than the despair and hopelessness that I was feeling. Yay, for Psychiatrists