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Grand Magnate
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,836
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Grand Magnate
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,836
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Baclofen Confusion
I am currently taking 60 mg of baclofen a day. I am not sure if it has ever really helped me. When I tel my neuro about my increased stiffness and pain when I am walking, he just increases my dose. Fortunately it does not make me sleepy. I am also lucky in that I only occasionally suffer with spasms. My problem is that my left leg feels like a block of wood. It seems to be heavier and stiffer. So walking is more difficult. I am constantly amazed that my knee even bends. It just used to be stiff from the knee down but now it is generally the entire leg.
So I am trying to decide if I should just slowly taper down to see what happens. On the other hand, I do not want to deal with increased spasms. I am not sure what to do. My neuro is not much help. When he prescribed the increase in dosage (January), he told me to try it and if it did not help we could consider something else when I see him in May.
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