Wow, Jen! Your first baby? How exciting!
I'm on 60 mg (20 mg 3x/day) of Baclofen, with either 5 mg Valium at bedtime, or a hit or two of medical MJ. I still get breakthrough spasms. I do stretch (but probably not enough), and it's all incorporated in my Yoga practice. I'd really rather not add more meds.
Thanks for the laughs!
I love it!!! If you add in a Frenchman (or woman) you got my whole family tree. And with all the fighting that has gone in between them, perhaps I exist because of alcohol? It's possible...
Great news about trying for a baby! It's so nice to hear something happy for a change.
Hugs,
Tammy
lovin' the threesome jokes...... good luck with weaning back on all of those. You've gotten some good advice on what to watch for.,
Everyone reminds me I need to get back to stretching - that might help my walking like the tinman these days.
...so which was the last on standing?
I really feel for you. I have severe spactisity in my left leg. I take 6 Baclafen's and 3 Zanaflex daily. On days when I am feeling less stiff zi cut back on the Baclafen, but always take the 3 Zanaflex. I still make sure to do frequent stretches and ride my recumbent bike. Usually this helps. Unfortunately I am presently having a flare up and am so stiff I can hardly walk. I wet to physical therapy today and got well stretched. It helped a lot!
I hope with stretching and excersise that you will be able to wean off the meds. Good luck Jen :)
(((Hugs)))
Deb
It's definitely empowering, that's for sure!
So an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walk into a bar. They all order pints, and when they arrive, a fly lands in each one. The Englishman looks at his beer, turns up his nose and says "Ew, a fly!" The Scotsman picks out the fly and drinks his beer. The Irishman picks up the fly, and begins shaking it over the pint glass, saying "Spit it out, ye wee bugger!"
That is great that you have been able to cut back on meds. I am a firm believer in taking as little in the way of meds as necessary. My thinking is that by taking a lower dose you are more able to up the dosage later if needed since your body hasn't already gotten use to the higher dosage.
I have done the same with my GERD med. I now take it only every 3rd day even though I am suppose to take it daily.
Dennis
I wanna know who picked up the tab....... at the bar.....?
Jensy! This is great news. I remember tapering off baclofen, and not experiencing in increase in spasms as I made my way to 10, then 0. It was great because I did feel stronger once it was out of my system. Woo hoo! Hope this continues for you :)
Now, back to the bar, lol
I think it's a good idea to try to decrease or eliminate a drug or two after they have been doing a good job for a while and have produced a period of stability. Lots of times it is possible to stay on a lower maintenance dose until another flare makes it necessary to boost the dose again.
I realize you have a reason to work on eliminating some drugs altogether. I'm very glad this is working so well - no matter what comes to pass on the pregnancy frontier. It can't be a good thing to be taking both baclofen and zanaflex on a regular scheduled basis even without a baby on board. No wonder you were tired!
Spasticity sometimes manifests as stiffness so proceed slowly and with caution. I've found that routine stretching has done a lot to help control the cramping spasms of spasticity. I find the stiffness much more difficult to eliminate.
Wish I knew a good punchline.
Mary