# Spasms ?

**URL:** <https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spasms/14098>\
**Category:** Everyday living\
**Created:** [18 January 2019 17:36 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spasms/14098 "2019-01-18T17:36:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![june1973](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@june1973](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/june1973)\
**Post date:** [18 January 2019 17:36 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spasms/14098/1 "2019-01-18T17:36:00Z")

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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 ?

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**Author:** ![catwomanCarole58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@catwomanCarole58](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/catwomanCarole58)\
**Post date:** [18 January 2019 18:32 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spasms/14098/2 "2019-01-18T18:32:01Z")

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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

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**Author:** ![Ssssue](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/ssssue/32/4182_2.png) [@Ssssue](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Ssssue)\
**Post date:** [18 January 2019 20:51 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spasms/14098/3 "2019-01-18T20:51:20Z")

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Hello June

This is a brilliant explanation of spasms and stiffness: [Spasticity and spasms | MS Trust](https://www.mstrust.org.uk/a-z/spasticity-and-spasms)

It explains so much better than anyone else could.

Sue

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**Author:** ![Janhhh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@Janhhh](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Janhhh)\
**Post date:** [18 January 2019 21:22 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spasms/14098/4 "2019-01-18T21:22:11Z")

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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