Any Herbal Remedies for Dystonia

[BonsaiKid]

My husband is suffering a lot with aches in his legs. When I massaged his legs I noticed that the muscle at the back of one of his legs was bulging in one area and seemed almost twisted. I think this is dystonia.

Pain killers such as co-codamol and gabapentin which the doctor prescribed for central pain do not work. The co-codamol of course makes his constipation worse and the gabapentin seemed to make his balance worse.

So, I was wondering if anyone has found any antispasmodic herbs that work for the problem? The antispasmodic drugs seem to have a lot of side effects so we'd rather not go that route.

[Juliegrace]

If it’s available I would look into Botox shots for dystonia.

[PDGal4]

Magnesium cream can sometimes help.

[Curlyquick]

My husband is in early stages but was having leg cramps at night. I started him on daily magnesium, 250 mg (plus the 50 he gets in his daily multivitamin). This stopped the leg cramps.

Magnesium should help with any constipation, too.

[BonsaiKid in reply to Curlyquick]

Thanks for your reply. Dystonia is not the same as cramps though. My husband takes a lot of magnesium in different forms for different things including constipation but unfortunately it does not help the dystonia.

[koshca]

Clonazepam

[penney-lane]

bonsaikid -I had been cramping in toes and turned in foot from the L/C every morning for 2 years never taken seriously by neurologist but finally got to see a Spasticity specialist who prescribed a muscle relaxant Stelax - fabulous result with only 5 mg however because my muscles have finally relaxed I now have a stress fracture in that foot! Once’s healed I will be looking into Botox in my foot. Good luck - it’s not an easy ride having to guess and experiment !