Posted by Ame Sans Vie on July 30, 2003, at 13:04:50
In reply to Celexa / muscle pain / piano playing, posted by Nanter1 on July 30, 2003, at 9:56:51
Welcome to the board from a fellow musician (guitar, bass, piano, and drums here)! :-)
You might just try a simple muscle relaxer to take as-needed... Soma, Flexeril, and high doses of Valium work extremely well. I was prescribed something yesterday by my GP called Skelaxin (for whiplash from getting rear-ended at a stop-sign the other day... grrr...) which is a centrally-acting muscle relaxant, and it also works great. I've tried the other muscle relaxants--Zanaflex, Robaxin, and Parafon--and found they did nothing for me.
The OTC supplement SAMe is also said to help with fibromyalgia, which is chronic muscle pain and stiffness, so maybe you could give it a try? Glucosamine-chondroitin also works very well for some people.
Best of luck!
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