I have had entire back muscle spasms for almost two months now, which has sparked off sciatica. I it from the top of my neck to the base of my legs. I am seeing a neurologist, he has ruled out MS with a brain MRI, but he does not know what is causing the muscle spasms. I am taking medications, but all I do is sleep. Is there anyone with similar symptoms, that can give me some advise?

Lisa G.

Lisa

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help.

There are great number and caring fellow members here, you will see we are supportive and relaxing place. Our shoulders are here for support in many ways.

Check into the following forum, there you should get some answers:

Spinal Disorders & Back Pain:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum22.html

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Darlene

Hi Lisa,
I've been having bad esophageal spasms and my gastro-enterologist just put me on an anti-spasmodic called Baclofen. So far, so good -- it's working great! The reason I am mentioning it is that when I read up on it, I saw that it's good for all sorts of muscle spasms and it's being used in MS sometimes. So, it has a wide range of uses!

I used to get spasms and twitches in my leg muscles a lot. I don't very often anymore since I changed up my diet. I'm eating more organic foods, veggies, whole grains, and very little red meat. I mostly eat seafood, sometimes chicken and lots of veg. Unfortunately, I have to cook my veggies to death because of the Crohn's Disease and I can't eat green leafy veggies often because I have to take blood thinners. But, still, increasing the whole grains and veg portion of my foodies has helped.

Worth a try!

HI. Welcome to Neurotalk.

Have you ever tried Quinine Water? I don't know if it's available in your area but it's been helpful in other cases of muscle spasms.

Best of luck and hope you get some answers. We are a nice bunch of friendly folk here.

I do wish you well and I hope you get some relief soon.

Please take care

Melody