back pain from epidural

by alissa
(illinois)

i had an epidural with my first son, a few days later i was having slurred speech and my upper body was shaking. i went to the hospital and they couldn't find out why i did that. i had an epidural with my second child and the day i came home i did the same thing. i went to the hospital and the doctor told me that it was from the epidural and he said that it was dystonia. i didn't stop having muscle spasms for until 2 months later. my youngest son is 5yrs old now and when i stand for a short period of time my back hurts pretty bad. as soon as i lay down my back will have non stop muscle spasms. i have to lay on a heating pad most part of the night. if i'm lucky the next day it might be better. i wish i had never had an epidural. my back hurts all the time and it makes it hard to get things done.