Tried Flexril but love my Valium. It was prescribed to stop my muscle spasms from the neck injury. My entire back locks, left arm & left leg. Other than that....Heck, I'm just peachy! So, really I guess I'm just 1/2 shot! LOL

My doctor said Skelaxin makes most people sleepy but for some reason it didn't for me.

I've been on Flexeril for a couple years. Right now I take one pill at night before bed and one in the morning. It does make me a little groggy, but it doesn't really help with sleep anymore. I guess my body had just got used to it. I started taking it during the day to fend off the morning stiffness.

I use it, when I am feeling really bad. It makes me so sleepy though. I seem to be more sensitive to meds, I only take tramadol for pain. Vicodin darvocets, they make me nauseated.

i am suppost to take three aday but normally just take two at nite and yes its helps some . not really sure how much with all the other stuff im taking. ive been on it i think about a year.

I take cyclobenzaprine 20mg every night. It doesnt make me tired, though doesnt keep me awake either. But meds kind of do the opposite in me. If they are soposed to make you tired they keep me up and if they are soposed to keep you up they make me tired (except for precription sleep aids) its weird. It does help me i can tell a difference then when i wasnt on it. I do have occasional days where nothing helps by my dr refuses to prescribe pain meds for his patients so i just end up having to deal w/ the pain.. i was also on skalaxin but havent been on it since i have not had insurance. It is an expensive drug.

I could not sleep without it. I take it every night... It is great for helping me sleep. I have muscle spasms, I guess thats what you'd call them. Sometimes my whole boday jumps. It's been so bad once I scared my husband and both dogs... That was funny in a weird kinda way.

A member had asked me recently about studies on flexeril and fibro so here is a summary of the largest published meta-analysis (analysis of a bunch of large studies grouped together)

1) The best evidence of the efficacy of cyclobenzaprine (flexeril) was provided by a 2004 meta-analysis of five placebo-controlled trials that included 312 patients.
2) Self-reported 'improvement' was more likely in subjects receiving flexeril than placebo (the absolute difference in the rate of improvement was 21 percent, suggesting that approximately five patients would need to be treated with cyclobenzaprine for one to improve.)
3) This was similar to results seen in two meta-analyses of the effectiveness of amitriptyline & fibro
4) This 2004 study also found that pain decreased more in those who received cyclobenzaprine than placebo for four weeks, but the CHANGE IN PAIN WAS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT after eight or 12 weeks.

Dr O.

Reference for those who want to look up the study: Arthritis Rheum 2004 Feb 15;51(1):9-13

Zanaflex works so much better for me than cyclobenzaprine..its week in comparison to Znaflex!

I wish skalaxin and flexeril even gave me a bit of relief. They dont so I keep looking for that med that will control the pain instead of mask it...

Im begining to think controling the weather would be easer then controling FMS

i take 2 10mg flexirils at bedtime it helps me relax enough to sleep .. i dont always stay asleep but it does help..

I use cyclobenzaprine when I know I'm having muscle spasms and it works well for that. I don't take it regularly. It does knock me on my bootie though, so I usually only take it when I can go to bed...

I take amytripyline,which i read is similar to cyclobenzapine,is it stronger than amy or weaker. Is is available in the uk?

I took cyclobenzaprine it didn't work for me.

I also took skelaxin and it worked in the beginning I took it for 5 months but after a while it stop working.

Well it would work one day and the next day it wouldn't work so it was a on and off thing and it made me sleepy I could only take it at night not during the day.

I just got off the skelexin and now I'm takeing relafen 750mg just started 1 week ago the jury is still out on this one.

I will see how it goes.

Chelady

I have been taking cyclobenzaprine 10 mg 3 times a day for a year now and it does help some with the pain and muscle spasms. of course I combine that with morphine, hydrocodone, prozac, neurontin, 2 blood pressure medications and an antacid. spend half my day taking pills, ha. of course I have to use this massive pill organizer so I don't take things twice. that wouldn't be good. :o)