Does anyone know if the muscle relaxer Robaxin is similar to Soma?

Question

Does it have the same make you tired drowsy kind of effects of Soma? I need to know if I should take this while at work or if it would help me sleep at night.

So its not going to give the same buzzed feeling like the Vicodin I am on, correct? I was taking skelaxin before and that didnt make me tired. I just remember somas mad eme tired and are also muscle relaxants and with my injuries its hard for me to go to sleep so I was hoping this new perscription would somhow help with that.

Answer 1

I cant use meds so here is a different option

Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas (natural muscle relaxers) daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.

Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.

The cure - start with a professional massage, (if this does not do it you probably need a chiropractor as well) you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).

For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.

Answer 2

no ,it will not make you sleepy....I was too sleepy on flexoril,and was switched to robaxin and ,had no sleepiness at all,but it did not work as fast as the flexoril.