Hi,
Quick question, maybe a silly question, but I’ve only been diagnosed a little over a year so it’s all still quite new.
I’ve been getting this thing going on with my legs and to a lesser extent my arms , where all my muscles tense up , then relax ,tense up and relax, it goes on for some time.
Are these spasms ?
hi june
diagnosed october 2008 but i still don’t know exactly what a spasm is.
we all describe it differently, experience it differently.
sometimes it’s as though i don’t speak the same language as other people with ms.
i gesticulate a lot and pull faces - not out of madness but because i used to work with small children who didn’t speak english and that is how we commnicated.
so i really hope that someone a bit more articulate comes along and explains spasms to you.
with a bit of luck i’ll read it myself and go “Oh, so that what it is”.
take care
carole x
Hello June
This is a brilliant explanation of spasms and stiffness: Spasticity and spasms | MS Trust
It explains so much better than anyone else could.
Sue
Most of us have spasms to a lesser or greater degree, most of us explain them differently. The name my MS Nurse gave to my spasms was Tonic Spasm, which I didn’t see in the explanation given by the MS Trust website. Though being honest I speed read so could have missed it.
Speak to your Nurse she may be able to help with meds to control your spasms.
Jan x