Hi,
I have PA and am on Remicade. I have noticed recently that from time to time i am getting irritating aches in my muscles, usuallt leg but can be any muscle. It is not really painfull but very frustrating. it is like I want to tear off the muscles to make it stop. Whe it come on it is very hard to settle into a comfortable possition and it feels like i need to stretch out, (but that does not help). Vicodin will take it away in time, (an enough dosage), or a good smoke if you know what i mean works great.
Usually comes on when my I am also feeling an elevated anxiety
Any one else get the same?
Thanks
Richard
Hi Richard
Yes I know what you mean. I get muscles spasms with it too, especially at night. I think there are 'muscle relaxant' drugs you could ask your dr about, if it starts to drive you crazy :)
i get it too richard and you described it very well. vicodin also helps me although i try real hard not to take to much of it. it's not that i'm afraid of addiction but rather that if i build up a tolerance for it then it won't work as well for me. good to know that i'm not crazy!Muscle pain lately ALWAYS and lately I have been completely stressed. I would say it is stress related. I am never comfortable - and do not sleep well. I cannot take codeine based so I have to take percocet. I am very careful with those. I do take a muscle relaxer at night (soma) which puts me to sleep but I always wake up in the middle of the night in pain. I am sleeping very poorly which makes life more stressful. I tried your smoke at my brothers - I swear it made me feel better but I don't like the high. If you do, good for you. So - Don't be like me - you can't ignore this illness - do everything you can to keep the stress down.My mom would rub my leg with oil of wintergreen, wrap my leg with a hot wash cloth, and then wrap my leg in a wool baby blanket. Sometimes baby aspirin was given. She was a great mom to comfort me at night.
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