This one goes out to those chronic lyme people that have had their walking effected by lyme and in turn are left with leg spasticity. Just wondering what you may be taking for it. Also has anyone gone to a pain management doctor for your pain? Would and does it help or worth the money to go see one.
Posted by Tori (Member # 11647) on :
Baclofen for spasticity. Neurontin, Toradol and Vicodin for pain.
Works for me...for now. Posted by Aniek (Member # 5374) on :
Can't answer the spacicity question.
A good pain management doctor will help. Of course, finding a good pain management doc is like trying to find an LLMD. Few and far between.
A good pain management doctor won't use narcotics as a first choice, but will prescribe narcotics when necessary. A good pain management doctor will also use a multidisciplinary approach, prescribing physical therapy and maybe even counseling when necessary.
Counseling doesn't mean it's in your head. But pain can lead to a depression cycle that can cause worse pain. Counseling can also teach you ways to deal with the pain.
A pain management doctor was crucial to me getting my pain under control. He didn't believe I had Lyme, but I just swallowed my pride and told him I had to try the treatment for 6 months. Then my LLMD took over the prescriptions when we got a pain management system that worked.
And it did take many months to get my pain under control.
Posted by dmc (Member # 5102) on :
yes, I too have spacity in legs. Put on Balcofen the lowest & whoa, got jelly legs. Stopped & restarted slowly, much better conrol.
I had used the spascity to function & hold me up. Now trying to strengthen the ones that were "asleep" and not functioning. They were/are overpowered by the ones in spasm. They got lazy & weak.
Posted by Tori (Member # 11647) on :
When I saw a pain management duck, she ordered facet joint steroid injections and didn't question why a 22 year old ( I was at that time ) had severe arthritis in her back and unexplained neuropathies...if she (or any duck had) I could have been diagnosed with Lyme 5 years earlier instead of steadily worsening.
Some are good...so are oh so bad. Get a referral from your LLMD if possible. Posted by bejoy (Member # 11129) on :
If by spacicity you mean muscle spasms,
Calcium and Magnesium supplements really help.
Posted by Cobweb (Member # 10053) on :
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worth the money to go see one.
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