Thyroid and leg cramps
Common Questions and Answers about Thyroid and leg cramps
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What is the connection between Hashimoto's and leg cramps. Is there a way to quiet the cramping?
Hi,
Sorry to hear, your aching. I am hyperthyroid and ache, all over daily, mostly my left shoulder/arm. Pain meds do not seem to help at all. But what does help, is just laying down and relaxing, when the aches get intense.
Hope you feel better. Good luck to you !
On my own, I began cutting my synthroid in half and taking it twice daily and that helped with the heart palpitations and the exhaustion, but not the toe cramps, toe twitching, and feet and ankle stiffness (as if someone were squeezing my ankle).
In March of 2009, I began taking Armour Thyroid (.30 mg). The problem is that my feet cramp so bad that I can't perform my daily activities and have to postpone things like washing, grocery shopping, theater, classes, etc.
Thyroid conditions can contribute to muscle cramps. Are you taking an anti-thyroid medication? If so, what medication and dosage and how long have you been taking it?
Magnesium and/or potassium deficiencies can also contribute.
Magnesium deficiency is one of the most prevalent causes of muscle cramps and studies show that many/most of us are deficient. You can ask your doctor to order magnesium testing - you need the RBC magnesium test - for the most accurate result.
ve been getting these lower leg foot and toe cramps while I sleep. Sometimes I can do an opposite stretch while still in bed and that will make the cramp go away and other times I have to get up and walk around the bedroom. The toe cramps are the worst. My big toe will spread away from the other toes and then go back toward my shins and I have to use my hand to push it back to position. I'll cramp in my shins, around my ankles, calves.
Talk with your doctor. My philosophy is treat the cause--that being the hyperthyroidism-- and the pain and cramps will resolve as they did for me. Best wishes for a gradual recovery--this can be a slow process so be patient with yourself. Having said that though--make sure your doctor knows how you are feeling and if he doesn't let him know soon.
About 6 months ago, almost nightly I began having recurring painful feet, or leg cramps, for which my doctor prescribed 100 MG of Gabapentin daily at bedtime. It hasn't helped and also, the warning sheet for side effects was scary. When I got my annual bloodwork done in May, my FREE T4 was high at 1.21. My doctor lowered my Synthroid dosage from 75 to 50 MCG.
I got leg cramps and foot cramps and disturbed sleep when my meds were too low. It was amazing how fast the cramps came back when the last stoopid endo lowered my meds because my TSH was too low to suit him ( he thought I shouldn't be on meds at all) ! Seems like both your FREE's are too low, doesn't it ? Now that I've increased my thyroid meds again, the leg cramps are gone and the foot cramps are almost gone.
75 the next. i did this for 60 days and felt pretty good, i had leg cramps but not as severe as now. i am back up to .75 because of my lab test showing me to have very high numbers. its pretty much just my right leg cramping , you can actually see the muscle tighten up starting at my lower calve and climb right up yo my knee. my foot contorts and stays like that for a few minutes , its unbelievably painful. what should i change, I'm willing to do anything .
This started all at once, in all extremities at once. I do have some muscles cramps in the arch of my feet and the calf of the leg that had the hip replacement. Not often.
Blood work normal for Thyroid TSH 1.4, Vitamin K & calcium, not anemic.
I went to a Neurologist who ordered a Brain MRI with and without contrast. The MRI was negative or normal. He told me it was Carpal Tunnel and to do stretching. Not returning to him.
I now have painful pins and needles everywhere.
My main problem is fatigue, leg cramps and feet burning.Sometimes i can feel some water is running through inside my legs, but its just a feeling no pain.
And my feet are having tingling feelings.While laying on bed I can sometimes feel twitching of nerves like a heart beat in both legs.
I can walk normally but if I stand for a minute or two, my feet start burning.And while sitting feeling of warm shots keep on flickering from one feet to another. And a mild feeling of tincling in my feet.
I have been losing weight. I have 2 thyroid nodules and high thyroid antibodies 317. My TSH and T4 are within normal range. I have had thyroiditis for many years and would go through bouts of fatigue and palpitations etc, but this new issue with the muscle pain is awful. I had a test for blood clots but that was negative. I am going for a thyroid scan and uptake for my nodules. Anyone experience unbearable muscle pain? I don't know if its related but just wonder.
I get calf cramps (partially from a thyroid condition). I was looking here and thingking of posting, but I see no one has abswered your question.
So I dont know how to eliminate calf cramps, but have learned how to manage it better. You need to work out knots before stretching. I use a tool called Thera Cain to do this. Then stretch against a wall. I have found that tight hamstrings can pull on the calf muscles as well (muscle tightness spreads).
I'm getting terrible cramps at night in my leg. Last night it was in my thigh and I couldn't walk or move it was so pain full. That was the fist for having a cramp in my thigh. I was ready to call 911 I just couldn't move the pain was that bad.
I also put on weight with each increase in my medication. I'm not hungry and haven't increased my eating. I can go all day without being hungry.
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