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Old 07-08-2011, 05:53 AM
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Default Antidepressants and spasms HELP!!! AK

My buttock muscle spasms are getting totally out of controll and I am having similar symptoms of what I had before surgery (wah.com) with tickling sensations that drive me crazy and I can't move for hours. Muscle relaxants do nothing. The only thing that goes near it is ativan which knocks me out and I hate. I have been doing a lot of piraformis (sp)? stretches which pt told me was the problem.

The spasms are getting like ticks now maybe 3 per second...exhausting!!!! for hours. I'm going to take a bunch of potassium to see if that helps. The doctor and I were talking about switching from prozac to something else as people develop restless leg and other issues from prozac.

I'm getting really discouraged as I've been in bed at least half of the week with these spasms driving me crazy. Surgeon on vacation and will contact him as soon as he returns. Any ideas welcome...thanks!
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Chemically sensitive disc/Annular tears, DDD, mild bulging, facet arthritus

Dancing accident in 96. tried PT, acupuncture, pilates, pain mgmt. nothing worked. Epidurals, facet blocks, caudal blocks, discogram. Opiates for ten years, oral prednisone, toradol inj. & more.

Two level spinal fusion with BMS, cages, hardware. due to bone density problems from chemotherapy, they had to go in front and back. Surgery Nov. 6, 2010. So far no regrets.
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