Laura, that must be a challenge (understatement) to work while on drugs which slow you down. I worked as a teacher for 13 or 14 years while taking Meprobamate, which stopped abdominal spasticity and allowed me to work relatively pain free. But it (unknown to me) was one of the ten worst drugs for people with Porphyria, and aggravated my neurological status until I was finally dx'd with MS, and I got off Meprobamate by taking Klonopin. I had tried for a year to get off Mepro, but could not do so until the doc put me on Klonopin and said it would enable me to stop Mepro cold turkey, which was absolutely correct. Gradually I lowered the Klonopin dose. I don't think I take enough at this time to slow thinking much, if at all. But it takes the edge off spasticity, in combination with the magnesium I take for that. It also sort of soothes bad memories, which I have a lot of these days, living alone making it worse.

It was a wonder I could teach when on Meprobamate.

Do you take any magnesium? It's good for spasticity, and thus lowers pain. I was put on it by a neurologist when I was unable to take Baclofen or Zanaflex, and it worked well without side effects. It can cause diarrhea, so the neuro said to look for the one which is least causing of diarrhea. Since I started magnesium, my neurologically caused constipation has almost vanished.