have any of you tried muscle relaxers or anti-spasmodics?

I know a lot of people here don't really get much relief from their medications, and a lot of times we're stuck going to the bathroom many many times a day and "medicine that works" only means that our insides aren't gushing blood everywhere, but not much of an improvement otherwise.

I was on an anti-spasmodic, for bladder problems that had been acting up, and noticed that I only had to go to the bathroom once or twice a day while I was on it.  That was nice!

Now I'm on muscle relaxers every day because I have some sort of rebellion going on in my muscles and I'd be crippled with pain otherwise.  I noticed that it has the pleasant side effect of making me not go to the bathroom....at all!  I can literally go days now without #2, it feels terribly uncomfortable because my stomach gets big from all the food sitting around in it, but if I take some miralax or philip's I'm able to go and it won't hurt.

I usually don't see much talk of muscle relaxers or anti-spasmodics, has anyone else tried them and had less trips to the bathroom?  My GI doctor said that as long as I am able to go with the aid of miralax or other non-stimulants to keep taking the muscle relaxers, and if I have trouble going to switch back to the anti-spasmodics, so it sounds pretty safe.

Just curious as to whether this is effective for anyone else, and thought I'd share since it might help some other people too.

Oh wow, funny you metion that, I've been having "fishbowl-vision" occasionally since I started the muscle relaxers!  Never thought it might be from the medication, I think you just saved me a trip to the eye doctor :)

It is really really annoying when I have fishbowl-vision but I'll accept that as a trade for "AAAHHHH someone is chopping off my leg!!!" and other fun sensations that were going on before the muscle relaxer.  They think I have fibromyalgia now :(

I had some trouble peeing at first on anti-spasmodics and on muscle relaxers, but it seems like my bladder got used to it and I can go now when I need/want to.  It just seems to take twice as long to "empty my tank", LOL.  But hey, my butt feels great, so yay

I'm on Librax. It's a mix of an anti-spasmotic and anti-anxiety med. I've noticed a BIG difference since I asked my GI to put me on it back in June. I'd been on it once before, back before being Dx with Crohn's. I'd been misdiagnosed with IBS and was given Librax at that time so that's how I knew about the drug. My GI didn't hesitate when I asked him to put me on it. I told him I thought it would help when my colon got spastic from the Crohn's and also help with the anxiety I was having from having this disease. He agreed.

I'm using bentyl currently for my anti-spasm medication, and it seems to work pretty well. I also have some funny vision. Mostly just blurry and bad, but funny when I try to read things...maybe a little irritating during class.

I take Nulev a sub-lingual form of Hycosamine.  I use mine when I get the wonderful dry heaves of the rear end.  Pop one under my tongue and it dissolves immediately so it works faster than most oral anti-spasmotics. Last month I found an added bonus!  I need a hystorectomy but they will not consider one unless cancer is in the picture for fear of creating a fistula or a massive infection. My CD is moderate to severe.  So....when I had my second period of the month, bleeding like a stuck hog...not to mention it came two days early on my Humira day and it was raining...I also have Fibro...I thought I was going to die!   Oh yeah...and when I thought it couldn't get worst...I began to flare! Ladies, let me tell you Nulev works wonders for the curse!  I also can only tolerate pharmacy grade tylenol?! So most of the OTC products for the curse are not an option for me either.  LOVE MY NULEV!!!!!!!!!