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I get cramps at night starting in one leg then get cramps in other leg as same time.They hurt so bad

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Chameleon52
Chameleon52

They can happen Anywhere from toes to tendons in foot too upper thigh anywhere. Right this min!!

Somebody please tell me what i can do. They last so long I get scared they won't stop.

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  • anne07663
    anne07663 Chameleon52

    Posted

    Try taking magneism
    • Chameleon52
      Chameleon52 anne07663

      Posted

      I am willing to try anything thanks for the advice. I honestly thought I was the only person that got cramps like this and I hate it
    • beau45588
      beau45588 Chameleon52

      Posted

      I know the feweling-I almost woke my husband and wanted to go to hospital. They wouldn't stop and wanted to cry. Finally walking around helped them go away, but it took a long time. That was last week, none since. Drink more water.
  • sheila36860
    sheila36860 Chameleon52

    Posted

    Hi Chameleon,

    as you will see from the various posts nobody really has an answer to these cramps. Some people say Magnesium helps them but not everyone, at the moment I've been given a course of five vitamin B12 injections and am keeping my fingers crossed! 

    Good luck with finding something for yours.

     

    Sheila

     

    • Chameleon52
      Chameleon52 sheila36860

      Posted

      Thann you, Sheila. This has been going on do long and Im so glad I joined. If my msg replies sometimes dont make sense it is because my keyboard has a mind of its own and changes good words to different words with nothing in common
  • Buckeyes
    Buckeyes Chameleon52

    Posted

    I was getting horrible cramps at night!  Went to doctor and had magnesium and potassium checked.  They came out okay.  Told m to stretch before bed and to drink a 1/2 cup of tonic water 45 minutes before bed.  The stretching consisted of putting my foot up on a door or wall and bending my foot leaning in so the calf muscles stretched.  Do each foot alternating holding about 10-15 seconds and repeat 10 times.  I have no problems now.  Although I also had steroid injections in my back and don't know if it was the stretching or the injections?  Nothing to lose doing the stretches.  I would have your magnesium and potassium checked though.

    good luck!  They are really painful!

    keep us posted!

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