my wife told me that none of the three, valium, baclofin, or diazepam actually stopped my spasms - they just helped me sleep through them. I slept a LOT while on those drugs - sometimes in bed, sometimes sitting up at my desk. I have tried Mirapex since and find it provides me some relief although I think it also causes me some anxiety attacks in the middle of the night. hardly as good trade. now I pretty much go without drugs and just live with the spasms - which are not nearly as bad as some I've read about here. beer kills my spasms pretty well and flush out my kidneys - a win / win in my book. azdave Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once And explode into space _DAVEOCONNELL.COM_ (http://daveoconnell.com/)
In a message dated 1/21/2009 9:37:07 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: OT and PT did help me out quite a bit; of course you have to want to to begin with, both the patient and therapist. I remember thinking OT was just senseless; but I soon realized that I like to eat, cook and be as independent as possible, and that is what I learned in OT. 20 yrs. later on a cold January afternoon; I will be chopping some ice and snow away from the grill so I can cook some t-bones, and take advantage of the sunshine with our heat-wave of 30 degrees.... woohoo! BTW- I have a tenadisis (spelling may not be correct) grip; so basically my grip is poor at best, I'm all thumbs but can getr' done. ~peace~ Tim c5-c6 _www.geocities.com/onemofortom_ (http://www.geocities.com/onemofortom) _WhoopieKat.com_ (http://www.whoopiekat.com/) --- On Tue, 1/20/09, NICOLE IRIZARRY <[email protected]> wrote: From: NICOLE IRIZARRY <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Baclofen q's.... To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 8:48 PM Hello everyone I am an occupational therapy student also just like marie and tiffany hi guys we actually go to school. To answer the question whats the difference between OT and PT is OT wants you and tries to help you reengage in your prior occupations like school, work, selfcare. We even care about the past lesuire activites that interest our clients. Pt wants you to build strength and stamina, however, getting you back into your roles as a student, parent, husband or wife etc... is not their complete comcern. In OT its the basis of all our intereventions. does that help? what do you think girls. ____________________________________ From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:53:06 -0500 Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Baclofen q's.... To: [email protected]; [email protected] CC: [email protected] Welcome Ladies, While you are both here, care to let us all know the difference between an OT and a PT, education and your technical services offered to your clients when you graduate...... Best Wishes In a message dated 1/20/2009 7:22:09 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hello everyone I am an occupational therapy student also just like marie hi marie we actually go to school together. Well all those little activities that the ot made u do helped regain fine motor control which enables you to engage in occupations that require you to use your fine motor skills I hope this helps!!! If not let me know if u need more information we are here to help each other learn Tiffany Sent from my iPod On Jan 20, 2009, at 1:33 PM, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: when i was in o.t. in '67, they helped me work on regaining fine motor control - picking up pennys, determining objects in a bag, building a little coffee table, ...... none of which was very 'occupational'. can you share with us what the current objectives in giving o.t. to recovering sci patients? i'm sure a lot of us would be glad to share ideas on the subject. azdave -----Original Message----- From: Marie Dornbush <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > To: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Cc: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Sent: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 9:14 pm Subject: Re: Fw: [QUAD-L] Baclofen q's.... Hi Everyone! I'm new to this group. I am currently studying to become an Occupational Therapist. I just wanted to introduce myself, and see your perspectives. Let me know if you have any questions about occupational therapy and I would be happy to answer. I'm very interested in what everyone has to say. -Mare, OTS On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:51 PM, andrea murray <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: Hi, Yes I took baclofen for a long time when I was in High School. I have CP and the doctor I was seeing then was for the drug for people with CP. In 1993 I broke my neck and the had to go off it. I didn't have any side effect. In away I wish I was back on it, because I have really bad -muscle spasms.. Wheelchair Warrior -- On Mon, 1/19/09, t crook <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: From: t crook <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > Subject: [QUAD-L] Baclofen q's.... To: "q-list" <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > Date: Monday, January 19, 2009, 1:29 PM I would like to know who uses baclofen and the side effects you experience; like hypotension (which I already suffer from), or any side effects. I took this drug right after my accident in '88, but that was 20 yrs. ago and my memory did not log any recollection of the side effects. Below is a news link; a doctor claims it worked for his addiction to alcohol, it got me thinking of changing my spasm medicine. I do not suffer from alcohol addiction; but I take diazapam for spasms, and was going to talk to my doc about baclofen for the spasms. I was just recently diagnosed with inherited Cardiomyopathy; so I was wondering about any cardio side effects as well, which I will find out when I have another echo cardiogram next week. _http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=11605466&ch=42267 23&src=news_ (http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=11605466&ch=4226723&src=news) Tim c5 c6 _WhoopieKat.com_ (http://www.whoopiekat.com/) ____________________________________ A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. _See yours in just 2 easy steps!_ (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1216817552x1201106465/aol?redir=http://www.f reecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=82&bcd=DecemailfooterNO82 ) ____________________________________ A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. _See yours in just 2 easy steps!_ (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www .freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=DecemailfooterNO 62) ____________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Chat. 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