I did not want to hijack Bannet's post so I am posting another separate one.

I TOO am having a huge amount of problems with spasms lately. I have had some so severe - just like what Cindi mentioned - I could not even move for a minute or 2 or 3 (seemed like forever). Several weeks ago, I again started with those really, really horrible cramps in my legs - ALWAYS at night - intermittently.

Now - every single night for about a week, I have been waking up with leg cramps - not the horrible severe ones that make me cry (literally), but bad none-the-less. They keep me up for hours sometimes.

If I stretch my legs out - they start cramping - so I try to be very, very still but apparently in my sleep I stretch and they begin to spasm.

I can, however, stretch during the day with no problems whatsoever - it only occurs when I am asleep.

I am taking Zanaflex - 8 mg each night but apparently this has ceased to be effective - or something else is the problem.

I read all the post to Bannet about spasms and my main question here is - and I know I have asked this in the past and I keep questioning myself - IS THIS likely MS related ???

I am still labeled "probable MS" and I have to decide whether to have another LP this summer or not. I keep changing my mind - my first one was done about 8 years ago and I got the headache and had to have a blood patch so I really dread the though of another one and the potential for another headache.

I have had cramps my entire life (that is why I find this confusing for me in terms of a symptom) - but I never had cramps / spasms to the degree that I am having them now.

One last note - I did overheat several weeks ago (as I always do in summer time weather) and the spasms did seem to start really acting up after that, but again - I don't know if I may be making to much of it or if it is just a coincidence.

Just wanted some opinions.... I do apologize ahead of time if you have seen me post about this before - I just seem to go round in circles over this, probably because it causes me SO MUCH PAIN !!!!

Based on comments made to Bannet - I do plan to finally call my Neuro tomorrow and see if she can give me another drug to help combat these things...

Thanks,
Snoods