Myofascial Pain Syndrome Support Group

Myofascial Pain Syndrome (or MPS) is a term used to describe one of the conditions characterized by chronic pain. It is associated with and caused by "trigger points" (TrPs), sensitive and painful areas between the muscle and fascia. The symptoms can range from referred pain through myofascial trigger points to specific pains in other areas of the body. It may be related...

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what muscle relaxers work for you?

sultandave
sultandave
I've been on Valium (low dose) Soma, Skelaxin (had to stop cause it caused anxiety to become worse). the one that worked the most was Soma but it caused me excruciating nausea. to the point where i smelled every little thing and i was constantly nauseous. BUT my muscle spasms werent as bad. go figure. lol im thinking about trying a new one, any suggestions?
deleted_user
deleted_user
I am not sure. I take Valium. They work to a degree.
The muscle relaxers, like soma or valium, help your central nervous system and brain relax, they dont actually loosen or work directly on each muscle with the trigger points.
If I could bottle a trigger point relaxer, that did just that, a medicine for mps that relaxed or desolved the trigger points, there would be a lot of well people out there and i would be a millionaire.
Zingara
Zingara
I'm sorry that you're still in pain. Have you tried Flexeril? What about increasing your dose of Valium? That would help with the anxiety. It made me depressed but that's just me. Good luck.
deleted_user
deleted_user
It's so hard to find something that will work good for each system. I have always had real bad anxiety, but when I need it, I also take Xanax, the 1mg, but if it's to go to sleep, I take 2. I have flexeril, but not often. The Xanax will relax you, and the good thing (I think), is that you don't have to take it all the time. It's instantaneous, if you just put it under your tongue, and the med doesn't have to build up in your system before it works. You might want to do research on Xanax and see what you think. Good luck with whatever you find, & I hope you let us know please!