I can get a neck spasm with my head laying on a pillow. It can be 100X worse if I am in contorted positions like welding, working under my car or painting the house. None of the meds I tried really worked other than temporarily and the Valium actually made it worse after a day or 2. I still have Valium and take one before bed (per prescription) and that seems to work pretty well and I get a better nights sleep. I haven't renewed my Codiene prescription for many months as it hasn't been a necessity - but for a while there I really needed it (I take it like aspirin - only as required -30 pills typically lasts me for 6 months).

I would imagine that when I start putting my WWII, 1942, MB jeep back together, I will need it.

Sometimes I'll have a spasm while I am performing (I am also a musician) and that can be a pain (no pun intended) especially if I'm singing the lead vocal (I also play the bass). But then again, I never thought I would be able to do ANY of those things ever again, so every gig is a gift and I'll live with the pain.

We're all going to have to live with pain eventually anyway.

"Acceptance is the answer to all of my problems today" Paul O. The AA Big Book