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has anyone else had spasms in the base of thair feet and calves and also mix thair words up and it comes out really funny ( of which my daughter finds very funny anyway 
) ie. ( I may say Tut the Pelevision on " instead of " put the television on " ??
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sukes denise85279
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ImustImust denise85279
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I've always prided myself on my spelling and speech but as the illness has got worse dyslexia has crept slowly in. It's not made better by these automatic spell checkers which take a word that it thinks I was trying to spell and changes it into a word that it has just made up.
There is a condition which I have called Restless leg syndrome which happens mainly when laying down in bed. Could this be what you mean?
denise85279 ImustImust
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hiya Imustimust , yes i get restless leg too ( where i have to move my legs all over the bed the entire night and keep having to strech em out ect.
not good ... N o i mean a propper ( spasm ) like cramp in my calve and sole of my foot at times especially in my foot /feet when i m walking .
bronwyn97278 denise85279
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Hi Denise; yes many of us get the Cramps in legs/toes/feet as well as the restless legs syndrome...one of the worst times for cramping for me is if I am squatting on my legs, and then my toes and calf muscles go into severe cramp, and take quite a while to release (try putting hot compresses on same to help release) ....and yes they are very painful on top of all the other pain areas that come with Fibro...the only answer for me is to increase by at least one Magnesium tabs for the cramps, and a Good soak of feet in a magnesium bath/tub. To aid in the legs syndrome, I wear TED stockings (support stockings/Tubigrip) when I go to bed at night....these help the circulation of my legs, and do stop the restlegs/pain of cramping.
?As for the speech problems, that too is something that happens to us; and yes NOT all the time, but when it does, there are many times that I have said the most Pathetic and Inappropriate things(eg.....when one of my son-in-laws was talking about older women being raped....my contribution was "well there's nothing better than being raped!"....you can imagine how Everyone at the table just LOOKED and that was the end of That conversation).........and am still very embarrassed....hence just try to keep my mouth shut in these times, now.
?So I guess, the answer is Yes to both, and hope this reassures you, and gives you some ideas on how to help yourself.(especially with the cramps)
denise85279 bronwyn97278
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currychic denise85279
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Oopsy_day denise85279
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Dear Denise,
Yes the fibro brain sounds like it has struck. I find it very hard these days to find words. Like you I used to be very good English wise but it really does knock my confidence as I am in mid discussion and am completely lost for the simplest of words which I have used for days. I find I am describing things and people; rather than naming them. Also my spelling is becoming more and more effected
Amanda_Awake denise85279
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8 treble 8 88...so my phone number read 888888...what is that about ??? I just turned and looked at hubby when I felt the overwhelming urge to say another 8 and he told her my proper phone number thankfully!, and that is one of the less stupid things I have said at the doctors..lol
It can be worrying tho, but thankfully my fibro fog lifts sometimes!
Oopsy_day Amanda_Awake
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Oh and BTW in the text that I wrote back to you...I wrote days when I was thinking days so there you go
....sounds like you have a great hubby
Amanda_Awake Oopsy_day
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tduker denise85279
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Yes, I have had occurrences like that but I tend to struggle more with word retrieval. I just simply can not locate the word I want to say. It might even be my own name. As for the muscle spasms, I started having those about 6 months ago. They started in my left eye and progressed to other parts of my body. My GP sent me for an ALS rule out since my grandmother died of ALS. At this point I do not have ALS (course doesn't mean its not in my future but hopefully not). Fibromyalgia comes with some really weird symptoms that pop up on and off without rhyme or reason.
rachel01351 denise85279
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Yes my daughter and co-workers have a little giggle at times from my jibber gabber. Unfortunately I work on the phone so when talking to clients I Kind of pause to see if they are going to say "what". 😅, thankfully most of the time I say it so fast over the phone it's hard to catch.