If you're on Baclofen, how do you deal with the tiredness? And does it go away? I increased my dose today so I'm at three 1/2 pills a day now and I'm SO tired all the time. I can't stop it because I really need spasticity help and I'm hoping the sleepiness will go away as I adjust to it. I can't drink caffeinated beverages because I have very bad bladder issues and caffeine+liquid=not good! I do have these green tea pills which I've been taking that help but I don't want to become dependent on them.

Does this go away? Any tricks to help fight it?

Hi MSbelle,

It is possible to see a decrease in fatigue related to Baclofen when you reach the therapeutic level for you and your body adjusts. Unfortunately, each time you increase your dosage you will notice more fatigue

Everyone reacts differently to medications. Some do fine on Baclofen and some end up changing to something different.

Unfortunately, most symptom management medications list fatigue as a side effect

I only take it at night. The rest of the time, I just put up with the spasticity.

I never gave it a true test. As soon as I felt relief from the spasticity, I teetered down
off of it, because of the fatigue. I found that I could manage the milder spasticity
without the Leorisell/baclofin (sp) and fatigue. It did work though. I just
didn't take it long term.

I'm beginning to realize that with MS medications, often the medicine is worse than the cure. Hopefully the side effect wears off over time because I can't live with the spasticity.

Baclofen makes my bladder issues 20x worse. Because I still work I cannot take it and function in the work place. I can't be in the restroom every hour.

That can be very true depending on how a person reacts to medications