Question about Flexoril

As soon as i filled the script i went to webmd and read the side effects as i do with everything i get. I read that it can cause constipation. As soon as I started taking it, I started having terrible stomach cramps. I notice if i dont take it, which i can hardly go without, i dont have trouble digesting my food. It feels like when i eat something it literally stops in my chest right in the middle and then sits there for about an hour, and then it moves down until i cant stop going to the bathroom. its so painful that i was in tears last night. Does anyone have this same trouble? I know i probably need to get something different. Maybe i should ask the dr about Zanaflex or something.

the problem with not taking the flexoril is that it helps my pain to where the ultram works better. it takes some of that CP pain away and i can function better, but then again i am stuck at home because of the stomach trouble.

what do you all think?

Thanks again!

Amanda

I take Flexeril, 10 mgs at bedtime. I don't really know if it helps or not. Sometimes I take one during the day, but rarely. One side effect I have from it is carb cravings that have caused me to gain about 50 lbs in the last year 1/2 I've been on it. I don't sleep well at night, even with this, sleeping pills and pain killers, my cortisol levels are screwed up, so my day doesn't start till noon. I feel my most awake in the evening.