Has anyone taken Skelaxin 800 mg? If so, how does it make you feel? Is it as good as Soma?

I have tried damn near every muscle relaxant known to man. I have chronic arthritis and narrowing in my neck and my muscles are always tight. Skelaxin, prescribed to me 3 or 4 times, has never done a thing. I have tried on an empty stomach, with food, 1600MG, etc... to no avail. Soma is the only thing that works, but it is very spotty when it does. I am not sure what the controlling factor is making it work sometimes and not with others as I have experimented with food and without and neither had any effect. It seems to want to work, when it wants to work. With Soma, I have to take 2 350MG Tablets to feel any effect. It seems Percocet really compliments Soma, but again... not all of the time. It is nice to have some relief, but it isnt always a constant as these medications seem to have varying degrees of usefulness.

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I have tried everything and very few products seem to give me the relief I am looking for. Muscle tightness seems constant for me, probably due to the nerves being pinched in my neck. I guess one day I will find a good one-two punch for relief, but it has been a long and very windy road getting to where I am today.