How do you handle them?? I have them quite often but today is just awful. I have a pretty high tolerance for pain but this is truly bring on the tears.

Awww Beth, you really should go ahead and call the doctor. He can prescribe meds specifically for spasms. Jim lives daily with spasms like Cindy does. It's horrible. He named his legs Fred and Barney and yells at them when one acts up. He gets them just moving a little. He's on baclofen and it seems to help.

Hugs and hope you get some relief soon. Jim can control his spasms a little by grabbing a pressure point by his knees. If we apply pressure at that area the spasm will settle down.

The hardest part is forcing myself not to fight it with other muscle groups because that hurts even more. It takes a lot of discipline, but I have taught myself to relax as much as possible and let it work itself out. It does seem to end faster that way.

Our nature is to resist anything out of our control and in this case, resistance really is futile— and painful!

In a really bad one I literally cannot move at all, for a good minute. I have to force myself to relax and it goes away faster.

Also, if I sit in the same position for more than 10 minutes, any attempt to move will throw me into one, so I try to move often whenever I can.

I even get them when I laugh hard too often. Sometimes it helps to hang my legs over the edge of the bed or to bend way down in a chair so my shoulders are on my knees. Staying flexible has been helpful in doing that.

*Trying to picture me doing this flexible move* With my luck I would fall out of the chair. LOL. Getting up while have these spasms is not easy and sometimes impossible until there is some release in the muscles. (Can you tell I have spend some time on the floor with these. LOL)

Touch my shoulders to my knees AMN is tryin to kill me

You and me both. Unlike Ms. AMN Limber, I can't move like that.

Besides, I have MSRED (Ms related exercise deficiency) so I don't want to feel that tire. LOL

I called the neuro. He is ordering me up some zanaflex! I can go to the pharmacy in an hour to pick it up.

I sure hope it works. I don't want to have to hurt somebody

for the suggestions

Good! Not so bad after all, was it, my little pretty? And your little dog, toooooo!!!!

meaaah hahahaehheheheheheh!!!!!!

I was going to warn you about that but figured you would find out all by your lonesome.

Don't drive while on Zanaflex!!!!!!! Don't attempt anything except lying down while on Zanaflex!! At least until you know if it affects you the way it does me -- everything relaxes so much I can't even hold my head up.

So...maybe this is why you haven't called me yet?

I hope all is ok.

Yes, do not drive on Zanaflex. It really makes you tired, but less so I am told than baclophen. I take it at night. I have spinal cord damage from an accident and I will always have them. Zanaflex works great for the first 6 hours.

Then I have little break through spasms that are not enough to wake me completely. My spasms only act up when I am not moving.

You will feel the difference!!! Hope you feel better.