MUSCLE SPASMS
Soon after my brain started reconnecting to the muscles that were paralyzed I started started having what were later diagnosed as muscle spasms. At first it would start as a twitch that would last for a few minutes and after a while I could predict when I could start using a lost finger or hand movement. It soon became very apparent to me that the spasms had dark side when my jaw started contracting violently and my teeth were shattered, ground to fine pieces, I had similar experiences with bladder and bowel functions and at the time I was told I was incontinent. The most extreme episode occurred 4 months after I returned home, I woke one morning and muscles all over my 0body started contracting simultaneity till I was contorted like a pretzel.
After 5 hours in the ER., a CAT scan and a MRI, they informed me it was muscle spasms, almost a year after my first Stroke, the Doctor prescribed a drug called Baclofen and from the moment I started taking it things started changing. My control of movements became much smoother, my left leg and arm straightened, my left foot pointed forward instead of inward my breathing became more controlled and deliberate.
Their are side effects to the drug, it works on the central nervous system and it can cause muscle weakness and It might make you tired, everyone’s response is different, I had no side effects and have been taking the drug for 5 years now, there are several other anti-spasmatics available and why they kept them a secret from me for a year remains a mystery to me.
For more information go to. http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=spasticity#treatment
REFUSE TO BE HELPLESS
Aug 192013