Blessed4Life
08-24-2007, 03:39 AM
My body is truly driving me bananas! Yesterday, I was so fatigued that is was difficult to do anything. This evening I am wired! Well at least my body is. I cannot sleep. The muscles in my legs, arms, and chest are jerking around and my fingers keep getting this "shock" feeling (only way I can describe it...not so much burning as shock). I have watched two pretty good movies and tried to fall asleep but I find that a quiver or jerk that wakes me back up. So I figured I would get on the boards. :wave:
Michelle
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ezee
08-24-2007, 05:19 AM
Michelle, I know exactly what you are talking about. Every nerve in your body is buzzing like high voltage wires right? For me, I have a prescribed muscle relaxer called soma, that gives me the much needed relief from both nerves, and muscle spasm, well most of the time anyway. Sometimes, nothing makes the pain go away, not massage, or ice, or heat, or meds. The family love thing, I recommend highly though. It cures so many pains! :angel:
I sometimes get acid reflux from years of pain meds, and am able to sleep just with a couple of antacids. I try not to lay down until after a good 30 minutes after any meds since I discovered this sort of nerve thing in my chest and arms.
I sometimes get acid reflux from years of pain meds, and am able to sleep just with a couple of antacids. I try not to lay down until after a good 30 minutes after any meds since I discovered this sort of nerve thing in my chest and arms.
Blessed4Life
08-24-2007, 10:36 AM
Hey ezee!
I am taking Lyrica which usually helps sleep but doesn't really address the buzzing. Last night, I felt like I someone has sipped some Espresso in my water. No matter what I did (though I wanted to sleep), I could not. I finally fell asleep around 3:30am! I have to go in to work since I didn't go in on Wednesday. I will be making a pitstop for coffee. :bouncing: Isn't that funny? Now that I need to be up, all I want to do is sleep.
What muscle relaxer are you taking? Do you taking only at night? I have a low tolerance for most medicines. They usually knock me out. But last night, my body wanted to be UP. :( :(
Michelle
I am taking Lyrica which usually helps sleep but doesn't really address the buzzing. Last night, I felt like I someone has sipped some Espresso in my water. No matter what I did (though I wanted to sleep), I could not. I finally fell asleep around 3:30am! I have to go in to work since I didn't go in on Wednesday. I will be making a pitstop for coffee. :bouncing: Isn't that funny? Now that I need to be up, all I want to do is sleep.
What muscle relaxer are you taking? Do you taking only at night? I have a low tolerance for most medicines. They usually knock me out. But last night, my body wanted to be UP. :( :(
Michelle
ezee
08-24-2007, 12:07 PM
Blessed, I also was taking Lyrica, but had to discontinue it due to the Edema in my legs, ankles and feet. I also noticed no pain relief benefit from it... maybe it's my body chemistry, I don't know.
I take a muscle relaxer called "SOMA". I have taken it along with codeines, like Vicodin 7.5/750 for years, due to a major back pain which was ultimately relieved by major back surgery. They gave me Oxycontin 60mg for pain after my surgery and I hated it, and ultimately stopped taking it and went back to Vicodin.
With my recent pain issues, they gave me Oxycontin 80mg, so I tried it again, and again I hate it, and have all but one of them left in the bottle. I already feel terrible on a regular basis. Why would I take anything that makes me feel any worse??!! The SOMA is effective in relieving my spasms, occasional anxiety, and make my pain killers much more effective. I swear by them, not at them as with some other meds. :)
I take a muscle relaxer called "SOMA". I have taken it along with codeines, like Vicodin 7.5/750 for years, due to a major back pain which was ultimately relieved by major back surgery. They gave me Oxycontin 60mg for pain after my surgery and I hated it, and ultimately stopped taking it and went back to Vicodin.
With my recent pain issues, they gave me Oxycontin 80mg, so I tried it again, and again I hate it, and have all but one of them left in the bottle. I already feel terrible on a regular basis. Why would I take anything that makes me feel any worse??!! The SOMA is effective in relieving my spasms, occasional anxiety, and make my pain killers much more effective. I swear by them, not at them as with some other meds. :)
ezee
08-24-2007, 01:30 PM
Blessed,
When you have difficulty sleeping due to your nerves, is there a particular area that the nerve sensation is most plaguing and seems to make sleep most impossible?
I neglected to also mention an over-the-counter that I employ to sleep, on occasion. I suffer from seasonal allergies, and use Benedryl-Allergy to combat this. I have found that one-two will give me the amount of drowsey I need to get to sleep, when sleep is elusive. I usually drop off within 15 minutes.
I also spend most nights with my entire body buzzing and spasming. Another thing about sleep difficulties... I try to eat dinner as early as possible, and try to eat light enough not to cause sleep problems, but not so light that it makes me want to get up and snack. I also avoid anything for dinner that might cause acid reflux, which I have determined is a contributer to a certain type of nervous malady, that is manifest in my arm-pits, and chest area. It is really quite maddening, and I bless the day that I determined that this was the cause of exposing my already very sensitive nerves to yet another internal malady, i.e. acids eating away at my esophagus.
When you have difficulty sleeping due to your nerves, is there a particular area that the nerve sensation is most plaguing and seems to make sleep most impossible?
I neglected to also mention an over-the-counter that I employ to sleep, on occasion. I suffer from seasonal allergies, and use Benedryl-Allergy to combat this. I have found that one-two will give me the amount of drowsey I need to get to sleep, when sleep is elusive. I usually drop off within 15 minutes.
I also spend most nights with my entire body buzzing and spasming. Another thing about sleep difficulties... I try to eat dinner as early as possible, and try to eat light enough not to cause sleep problems, but not so light that it makes me want to get up and snack. I also avoid anything for dinner that might cause acid reflux, which I have determined is a contributer to a certain type of nervous malady, that is manifest in my arm-pits, and chest area. It is really quite maddening, and I bless the day that I determined that this was the cause of exposing my already very sensitive nerves to yet another internal malady, i.e. acids eating away at my esophagus.
MSNik
08-24-2007, 03:08 PM
Hi gang, just wanted to mention if you are on any kind of MS meds, benedryl is OFF LIMITS if you take an interferon...bad combination.
Blessed, have you considered talking to your doc about a script for Ambien or Ambien CR (Continued release)? I only take them PRN, and maybe only take one a week if I even take that...but when I feel like you do, it sends me off to sleep fast, without any kind of hangover the next morning. Getting into Oxy or any other heavy duty drug is not only highly addictive, but likely to stop working with a year...Lyrica never helped me after the first two weeks either. My buzzing and tingling have been going on now for over a year..im learning to live with it..
Ask about Ambien, its not a bad place to start and pretty lightweight in the grand scheme of things..
Nikki
Blessed, have you considered talking to your doc about a script for Ambien or Ambien CR (Continued release)? I only take them PRN, and maybe only take one a week if I even take that...but when I feel like you do, it sends me off to sleep fast, without any kind of hangover the next morning. Getting into Oxy or any other heavy duty drug is not only highly addictive, but likely to stop working with a year...Lyrica never helped me after the first two weeks either. My buzzing and tingling have been going on now for over a year..im learning to live with it..
Ask about Ambien, its not a bad place to start and pretty lightweight in the grand scheme of things..
Nikki
Blessed4Life
08-24-2007, 07:07 PM
:wave: ezee,
I too have used Benedryl to knock myself out. :D One pill is more than enough. LOL Both the muscle spasms and jerking as well as the nerve pain (usually in my hands, fingers and chest) are what keep me up. But it is mostly the leg jerks are what keep me up. I will be asking my doctor for some of those SOMA pills. Sounds like they work.
Want to hear something funny? Despite not going to sleep until 3:30am and getting up around 8am and not having any caffeine, I don't feel tired. I hope that means I'll get a good night's sleep!:wave:
I too have used Benedryl to knock myself out. :D One pill is more than enough. LOL Both the muscle spasms and jerking as well as the nerve pain (usually in my hands, fingers and chest) are what keep me up. But it is mostly the leg jerks are what keep me up. I will be asking my doctor for some of those SOMA pills. Sounds like they work.
Want to hear something funny? Despite not going to sleep until 3:30am and getting up around 8am and not having any caffeine, I don't feel tired. I hope that means I'll get a good night's sleep!:wave: