Tips for Managing MS Cramps and Spasms

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   constance56

   <p>I've heard of several of these tips and started with lots of water, pickle juice, tonic water and hot tea. It's good these tips are all in one place!</p>

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      <p>None of these work completely for me. My spasms are the worst part of my MS. It's straightening my spine. Pelvis spasms so hard. I take baclofen,tuzandidi e, neurotoxin a prior. Also use RSO</p>

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   mbrovitz

   <p>bar soap (Ivory works for me) under my bottom sheet instantly relieves leg cramps when I wake up in the AM.</p>

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   this2shallpass

   <p>Honey....works within seconds...just a little in your mouth. I keep a bottle next to my bed. <br> <br> I use raw unfiltered 100% honey. <br> <br> I would say, out of the last 50 x's, I only had to take Baclofen once as a backup. <br> <br> I have severe leg, arches &amp; toe cramps...to the point where my legs turn inwards and my toes arch upward. <br> <br> The pain is truly excruciating. <br> <br> A person that does not have MS uses it for leg cramps. So glad I saw her sucking on a bottle of honey one day.</p>

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      mkannady

      <p>This would be so easy. I may have to try it.</p>

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   lisajc1

   <p>My favorite remedy is coconut oil, either topically or orally.</p>

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      mkannady

      <p>How do you take it orally? How much? Daily or when the cramping starts?</p>

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   not found

   <p>I tried baclofen, but it gives me halucinations. Zanaflex makes me talk in my sleep, a lot, but stopped the calf cramping for over a year! It's a great drug, 4mg twice a day works good for me.</p>

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   jasp

   <p>I began having painful foot cramps in 2013. I managed them by always, always, always wearing socks and some kind of shoe or slipper. Sometime even in bed I would wear shoes. Without my shoes and/or socks my feet would invariably cramp. In November 2016, I began transitioning to the Wahl's protocol diet for MS. I consistently ate (and eat) 9 cups of fruit and veg a day. Just that one change alone has made the cramping almost entirely go away. I take no more zanaflex and I reduced baclofen by half.</p>

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   ruble11

   <p>I have tried way too many Rx drugs, a lot of them opiate based and are subject to dosage creep. Best result so far is with medical marijuana with no dosage creep</p>

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      sarasshore

      <p>I agree that this is the single, most effective cramp/spasm medicine. And the only side effect is being hungry which I need help with anyway as I typically don’t feel my stomach anymore thanks to MS lesions, I don’t feel the nudge to eat. I’ve also found that it’s the only thing that helps me get a decent nights sleep(4 hours straight is awesome for me now, I’d do just about anything for a solid &#128526;.</p>

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   lauraed613

   <p>My neurologist told me to start taking magnesium for my cramps. It worked really well except I can not take it everyday because it will give me diarrhea. But in the last few months I have started having spasms and the mag is not working as well. I try to use natural alternatives instead of pharmaceuticals and my neurologist is completely on board with this.</p>

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