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Muscle Spasms?

I am still in limbo land but my neurologist didn't answer my question at my last appointment about my muscle spasms (even though I'm mid-testing I feel like I'm going to change, he doesn't listen or answer my questions well). Anyways. It's all so confusing and I would like to understand a little bit more.

The ones I'm specifically asking about are the big thigh muscles on the front of my legs and my groin muscles. It's generally worse if I'm sitting for long periods of time in uncomfortable positions or at night. But sometimes, I can "manually" tell those muscle to relax. It's not a long term fix.  I can buy a few seconds/minute, to rearrange my legs. They will tighten back up. I have Flexeril while I'm in limbo and that helps for sure. It's just a weird feeling. Like I'm subconsciously tightening those muscles, I "manually" relax them, then they tighten again. I have bladder problems too, which I'm assuming are the same area but I can't tell that to shut up.

Has anyone experienced this? It's very odd. Like there's someone else I'm now forced to share my body with. I have other symptoms but this one I would like to understand. I've never seen anyone say they could relax those muscles for a few seconds. I have left side problems and I can't for my left calf spasms or my feet cramps. Just those big thigh muscles.

Thanks!  
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I have one more unrelated to muscle spasm question. That just occurred to me. Since my body seems to be "odd", hopefully I end up in some category! But my eye was my right and my body weakness and tremor is my left. If it was MS wouldn't it be left eye along with left arm/leg? Maybe I should ask that in the limbo board?
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The neurologist told me to take one 10mg Flexeril at night and it helps. I have whole body (twitches? I guess I'd describe them) if I don't take it and other muscle problems the Flexeril seems to help. It's my left side that's lost strength and had the calf spasms and feet spasms. Those I sure can't stop. They did a DVT ultrasound at one point. Right now they have me down as having TIAs because of the involvement in my eye (that's what landed me at the doctors office first, everything else snowballed after loosing vision briefly). Sometimes those thigh muscles though will tighten up during the day too, like if I sit for too long in an uncomfortable chair, for a meeting or something, sometimes they shake. It's just weird. They told me I could take the Flexeril 3 times a day but no way! It's way too sedating, I'll just deal with it. I'm starting physical therapy soon.

I have a tremor in my left hand too that is worse/better, depending on who knows what. My body has gone to hell in hand basket. I was having numbness and vertigo off/on for a year but it wasn't until the first of August something seemed to flare. Testing, testing, testing, testing. It's just very weird to live inside a body that you don't understand any longer. Maybe I'm asking too much but I wish my neurologist was a better communicator.
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667078 tn?1316000935
You can even ask a PCP for Baclofen or Zanaflex. Diagnosis or not you should not have to suffer.

Alex
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Thank you! My nurologidt just told me they were muscle spasms but didn't help me out with my question on why I could relax that part of my body for a few seconds. My other places I get spasms I certainly can't, these are more tightening or stiffening I guess. At some point I hope to have a diagnosis of something, so my body once again makes some sort of sense to me. Thanks again!
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Hi and welcome,

Yes it is very odd, with neurological conditions like MS that cause muscle spasms, spasticity etc is completely outside of conscious controls, you really shouldn't be able to mentally focus on any specific muscle and get a positive or even a negative response for any length of time.  

The front of the thigh has the muscle group called the quadriceps, it's a different muscle group that run's into the groin area or upper inner thigh, that ones called the abductors.

The only thing that makes sense to me would actually be related to the positioning of your body, and certain positions are cutting off the blood 'and or' nerve supply to those muscle groups.......it may have more to do with any slight movement of your spine or limb being enough to get the circulatory supply flowing better, than you just thinking about relaxing those muscles.

Beyond that thought i honestly haven't a clue sorry..

Hope that helps........JJ
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