ask: is there any exercise for nerve relaxation i hv hemi ficial spams

Dear Anonymous

Thanks so much for your question and welcome to Empowher!

I am so sorry these spasms are causing such interference in your life - I can imagine how terribly difficult that can be.

Your high blood pressure and headaches are not usually a symptom of your hemifacial spasm, however. Are you taking medication for it? This may be the cause. Please let us know. You may have another underlying condition that needs to be checked into.

We have an extensive page on Hemifacial Spasm that discusses treatments :

"Treatment
Hemifacial spasm is usually a chronic condition. Remission of symptoms, although possible, has only been noted to occur in less than 10% of patients.

Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment options include:

Medication
Treatment with carbamazepine is often used initially, with improvement in symptoms in up to half of patients who are treated.

According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), patients of Asian ancestry who have a certain gene, called HLA-B*1502, and take carbamazepine are at risk for dangerous or even fatal skin reactions. If you are of Asian descent, the FDA recommends that you get tested for this gene before taking carbamazepine. If you have been taking this medication for a few months with no skin reactions, then you are at low risk of developing these reactions. Talk to your doctor before stopping this medication. *

Gabapentin and baclofen may also be beneficial for treating hemifacial spasm in some patients.

Botulinum Toxin Injections
Injecting botulinum toxin (ie, Botox) into the affected muscles can stop eyelid spasm for several months. However, these injections must be repeated, usually several times a year.

Surgery
Microvascular decompression surgery, which repositions the blood vessel away from the nerve, is successful in cases of hemifacial spasm in which the cause is suspected to be a blood vessel compressing the facial nerve."

Please visit our Hemifacial Spasm page here : http://www.empowher.com/media/reference/hemifacial-spasm#definition

One of Empowher's writers has written an article on this very subjective that I think will help you a lot. You can read the article in it's entirety here : http://www.empowher.com/news/herarticle/2010/03/11/hemifacial-spasm-unco...

Have you considered Botox? All surgeries have risks but surgery for your condition is quite successful. Would either of these treatments be an option for you?

when the tic started i visit a doctor.he subcribe one madicine which tablet he gavez me to use its name tagral .its for i think so relaxing ..i use to take it 2 times of a day.. i use to take thz madicine 2 or 3 years regularly but its not efective.. now i conect with hemopathic doctor.. i use to take his madicine but its not effective.. here in pakistan i m afraid to take a risk of surgry.i m v upset.. i dont know either i use to take injection aur use to take surgry ... i cudnt decide yet.. i dont know why thz happend to me...y GOD choose me for thz... i hv headic behind the my ear my right side of d head..spams is on my rite side the face ..its v difiicult to move out.............. i dont know wt to do ........

Hi again Anon

I'm not familiar with the medication tagral although it may be a generic name in your country that is not sold in America.

I would certainly not try to argue someone's religious beliefs with them but I don't think God chose this for you - this condition is caused by the compression of facial nerves and is a facial-and-brain condition.

Why are you afraid of taking this surgery in Pakistan? Can you go elsewhere? Can you try the Botox shots? Using homeopathic methods is a good idea but if they are not effective, you may have to return to more mainstream methods. Since these nerve professions cannot be controlled, exercises may not be of much help.

I understand your hesitancy to look for further treatment but try to talk to a health care professional about your options, at the very least. Explain your fears but let it be known that you cannot live with this. You may be able to find a good homeopathic/mainstream combination that works for you.

Of course this is your decision in the end, but sometimes mainstream medical treatments are what a person really needs, even though we'd all prefer the natural route.

Will you have a think about this and let us know what you decide? Or tell you if you'd like us to help you further?

hi again susan... i m taking hemopathic madication .but its not effective. i hv high blood presure is also.. its about 130/ 95....mostly its same daily... its effective on my hfs??????????
..................... now i m thinking about botox injection..... its hard for me to operate mvd in pakistan..... some ppl here says who r not v educated they says when u got married every thing ll be okey they mean my hfc....... they says its due to stress and tention........??????????????? wt u think?

hi again susan
u askes question that i hv stress about marriage?
susan when my eye tic start its 5 , 6 year before i hv.nt any stress about marriage but now a little bit..not that much which effect on my self.. a bit famly pressure.. but not so much .. i dotn think so its effect on my self..... now i m taking madicine
one iz tenormin 25 mg for high bp
and hilin 100 mg (pregabalin)
and pentoxol-M
THZ IS three madicine which i m talking.
thxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx alot hope u reply soon
saba from pakisan

helo!i m having panic attacks from last 3 years now condition is getting worse.sometimes when i eat food . i feel difficulty in swallowing it,my food canal get blocked and it becomes difficut for me to breathe my doctor has adviesd me. .to take citanew and pentoxol x. . bt i dnt want to take these medicines. .plese guide me what shoul i do. . i am 21 year