drugs, rest and meditation.

It takes a lot of concentration to remember to breathe when a shooting pain takes you down! I am working on that, because I know I hold my breath and tense up when I have sudden pain . . . but I seem to do it so automatically! I am trying to train myself to breathe out when I am hit with sudden pain
. . . to breathe and slow down.

Does it ever hurt you worse when you try to rest? I come home from a quick shopping trip and sit down and my feet begin screaming at me. So I get up and walk around on my yoga mat (deep and cushy) to try to alleviate the pain. But to sit down . . . often I am worse off!

The drugs and meditation I can do . . . but the rest takes some effort!

I find sometimes the pain is worse at rest. When I am up and active, I can distract myself, but when I lay down to rest, the world gets quiet, and my mind focuses on painful things.

Breathing is so important! the more you tense up, the more it hurts.

When I rest, or try to sleep, I keep the TV on for something to keep my mind active and that sometimes helps to fool the spasms/pain.

After having a busy day and your MS nerves and muscles are achy....stretch.....just as you do before and after heavy exercise.