[BieMi7]

I too suffer from back and leg pain. I have had 3 surgery's pain stimulator implanted as well. The back and leg spasms have gotten so bad starting around 2pm till I wake in the morning. Some nights I'm up all night. Started medicines as directed 1st time. But had some very strange reactions. Like I couldn't breath, almost paralyzed, then hives. So I stopped. But the spasms became so bad, I just couldn't bare to go on anymore this way. I started again taking 1/2 a pill 2 times then 3 times. So far I just itch, I can deal with that. It is helping with spasms, that is the best part of all. And OMG if it also helps with migraines, that would be even better, since I am also being treated for them as well. Life can be unbearable. Thanks for help.

[kaliope]

the reaction you are describing is an allergic reaction. you should not take this med. contact your doctor and let him/her know what is going on. if you take too much you are in danger of your airway swelling shut. benedryl will help with the allergic reaction but it is highly advisable that you do not take it at all. please let your doctor know and get a different medication.

[MsGardenias]

Originally Posted by BieMi7

I too suffer from back and leg pain. I have had 3 surgery's pain stimulator implanted as well. The back and leg spasms have gotten so bad starting around 2pm till I wake in the morning. Some nights I'm up all night. Started medicines as directed 1st time. But had some very strange reactions. Like I couldn't breath, almost paralyzed, then hives. So I stopped. But the spasms became so bad, I just couldn't bare to go on anymore this way. I started again taking 1/2 a pill 2 times then 3 times. So far I just itch, I can deal with that. It is helping with spasms, that is the best part of all. And OMG if it also helps with migraines, that would be even better, since I am also being treated for them as well. Life can be unbearable. Thanks for help.

It sounds as if you ARE having an allergic reaction to meds.... I have major back and leg spasms and can not take Cyclobenzaprine/flexeril- it landed me in the ER shaking, unable to breathe properly.... I am stuck with Diazepam- which after 6 years of the same dose- does little if anything any more.... I declined the implant stim... The itching is also an allergic reaction- I had the same with a pain med- again stuck on the only thing my body can handle- yet it's been so long it really does nothing.... I have no other alternatives other than what I take- but to increase dosage - which I prefer not to do- I don't like living my life out of two bottles of false hope- knowing I will never get better and am lucky things simply "stay the way they are".... that is the vicious cycle of chronic pain- you feel as if you have reached a point where nothing works- I have a tendency to push myself too far on what I consider "good" days- and I pay for it- and that leads to my retreating from life because i can not get out of bed- but I live alone and am forced to keep my home going completely on my own- my kids are in their mid 20's- off on their own and because they can't SEE my pain or what's causing it- they tend to dismiss it and are sick of hearing about it.... it's a very lonely and isolating way to feel.....