fibromyalgia and leg cramps

I also experience muscle stiffness and cramping in my right calf and, as of today, also in my left leg and calf. I have been told by my primary care doctor and my neurologist that I have benign fasciculations and not ALS based on bloodwork, physical exams and symptoms. However, I am still concerned because the cramps seem to be getting worse. I even have cramps/fatigue in my upper right arm now, especially in the morning. I am concerned about fibromyalgia now.

Many people with Fibromyalgia may have problems with decreased oxygen flow to the muscles, resulting in lactic acid build-up which leads to pain. Leg cramps and pain can be due to restless leg syndrome common in fibro patients. There may be burning sensations in the leg. Contractions due to pain may cause trapping of nerves and further adding to pain and twitching. Recommended treatment usually involves stretching and exercise to help maintain muscle health.

i drink it at night i have a heated water bed and a heated mattress pad heat makes my legs worse but my bones better so i use muscle massage chiropractic soma 350 mg at night i have mps myofacail pain syndrome so i have a tens machine i hook up on the muscle knotts, vit c b and vit E is helpful i drink glacer ice water with vitamins , i use biofreeze and absorbin jr on my spasms hope something i offer can help, now i found certain shoes makes my leg cramps worse are you a leg crosser?

a year ago i devoloped pain all over my body, specially heels, ankles, gluteous area, sharp burning -like pain when flexing knees, shoulders, numbes and tingling at hands, leg and feet cramps, waking down stairs is painful. my doctor told me i had fibromialgia. (TESTED NEGATIVE TO LUPUS, RHEUMATIOD ARTHRITIS, INFLAMATION,) received treatment with cymbalta and lirica but no help. cortisone steroids relived pain, only. is it possible that the problem started with the b12 deficiency?

It could be standard leg cramps from lack of potassium. My grandmother always got "charlie horses" and bad leg cramps and would eat bananas daily to keep them away. If you are of childbearing age, I'd say take a pregnancy test. That's how I found out I was pregnant the first time. Leg cramps. Not that that is at all what's going on here. Just a thought. A friend of mine used to walk a lot, like miles a day.

I've been trying to get more active lately. taking it slow by walking 5 minutes every hour. i just walked about 5-7 minutes, and while walking i felt a warming sensation in my left calf, it sort of scared me, as i've been worried about blood clots because i sit all day at home because i don't have school or a job, but i do work in an animal shelter on wednesday mornings. But i was worried about a blood clot dislodging, causing the warming sensation. I still am a bit worried about it.

But I got one of those Body pillows (cheap at Wally world) and have been sleeping with one leg under it and the other on top of it and cuddled with it and i think the elevation and seperation has helped! I also had those aches in the car ride for about an hour over the holidays! I tried to sit with my feet in the floorboard and they got sore and then i tried to put my feet up on the dashboard and it was a little better!

I haven't posted in a loooong time. I am still undx'd and when I get frustrated, will sort of grin and bear it fotr a while. I have a question about the numbness/pain/stiffness assoc. with MS. When my symptoms first began (they are predominantly one sided), I was having a lot of numbness and needle stabbing type pain.

Was talking 60mg Cymbalta, doctor said to take 30mg for a week, start Prozac 20mg. I am experiencing severe leg cramps. Is that a side effect of coming off the Cymbalta?

When I sit my left leg goes numb all over including the groin area. When I stand or walk the left leg is weak and the bottom of my foot tingles and is painful. I get random numbness and tingling in my left hand, left side of my scalp and around the eye and lip. I just keep getting told I have this or that but not enough to cause these issues. (osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia) Just this week I have had this weird symptom show up.

I have had the same symptoms and for the past two weeks they at first were trying to rule out MS but now they are trying to confirm a diagnosis. Two days ago because of the pins and needles and restless leg syndrome they gave me a prescription for these symptoms and to me it is a miracle drug. I actually slept through for two nights in a row. The drugs name is Gabapentin. It makes you sleepy so it is taken at bed time. They have me on 300mg capsules and I take 1-2 at bedtime.

I need an answer for severe night time inner thigh cramps. sometimes traveling up and down the leg to the groin area. and down to the foot. usually in the thigh. i have tried using a product called "leg cramps" and it is quinine but it really hasn't helped. it is the worse pain i have ever had .. I have read that others have the same pain and wonder if anyone has found an answer for it.

I would like to know; I just starting having bad leg and foot cramps a couple of days ago. I have not been diagnosed with anything; do have a bulging disk L5-S1 area. Someone said I need Potassium and more water.

for the past 4 years I have been waking up with body stiffness, muscle aches on my legs especialy my legs, and I wake up feeling like someones taking a needle to my big toe and it makes me jerk my leg, I get alot of leg cramps and my big toe and the last three toes on that one same foot goes numb when I stand up or walk alot. I'm only 35 and shouldn't be having this many problems. I just want to know if thyroid problems can cause any type of neuropathy or even fibromyalgia?

m a waitress) my back just kills me (I also have two bulging discs and scoliosis) and I have bad cramps if I lift a bigger tray, the other night the cramps about doubled me over. I don't get cramps unless I've been working or doing a lot of housework. I'm just worried and don't want my job to think I'm just being lazy or whining but I have an extremely high pain tolerance and sometimes these cramps bring tears to my eyes they're so bad.

i have had leg cramps since childhood and now that im the big 60 with 30 years of diagnosed fibromyalgia and chromic fatigue syndrome, my leg cramps are definately worse with chest and neck spasms thrown in. now when i yawn, my neck cramps up. it's especially strange in public when im jerking my head to stop it. whatever symptoms are on the fibro list, i have.

Just wanted to chime in that my mom has chronic leg cramps, and she takes abilify and she used to take seroquel, but the leg pain seems to be chronic and when her leg cramps are really bothering her, it really takes away from her day. The only thing that seems to work is having somebody massage the legs, to get rid of the muscle stiffness... that seems to work better than ibuprofen.

since i have been taking trazodone i have been sleeping better however it seems that i am always angry. i have also been having leg and lower back issues. i have been getting RLS symptoms in my legs and a tightness in my lower back. Do you have any ideas on whats going on and what i can do about it?

When I reach for the door knob,my hand jerks downward . I also have trouble doing small task with my hands.I feel really slow minded too.Does it make your muscle feel like a rubberband is around them? My doctor thinks I have fybromyalgia,also possible ms. he talks more about fybromyalgia. Please let me know if you have similar symptoms.

I recently had my vitamin D checked after having dizziness and problems with balance, I also have weakness in my right arm and leg. How long do you think it will take for these problems to go away? I've seen a neurologist who believes I definitely don't have MS btw. My vitamin D was 6ng/ml!!

I have been on Remeron and Celexa for a couple of months now for my anixety (no panic attacks). I still have leg, hip and low back tighness. Now I'm getting some twitching and twinges (split second cramps). I've been stretching my muscles in Yoga and got a deep tissue massage. She said my back muscle were tight and could be causing them to press on my sciatic nerve which might explain the leg soreness. But then my leg (posterior) are tight and sore deep inside.

Since the beginning of this week i have been experiencing numbness on and off on the right hand side of my body (it comes and goes), head to toe. Face, arm and leg. Keep getting short spells of a sort of numbness/tingle in my throat and tongue and a feeling of tightness in the chest but this does not last long. I've also been waking up with cramps in my forearms and feeling like my arms are asleep in the night, i have to give them a stretch and a shake to get the feeling back.

It started out feeling like my bones were aching then i started to have pain in my left leg , shoulders, neck and back. And paresthesia in my left arm. I went to the emergency room and the doctor and was told it was sciatica and tense muscles probsbly from stress.. after about 3 weeks of this the leg pain and paresthesia went away but i was still having neck and back pain, headaches, muscle twitches . Now i just started having those same symptoms in my rifht side.

It has a low dose of quinine which is suppose to help balance your hydration and prevent leg cramps. I also drink way more water than most people which is weird. Good luck!

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