Ouch, ouch, ouch… those massive ones that clamp on, take your breath away, and make you sob in pain.
The ones that are so bad you say to your spouse, don’t touch that leg, get away from it, or else.
The ones that creep up on you in the middle of the night after you’ve turned onto your side and flexed your big toe, just a minute fraction.
Those, yep, those.
Do you know what causes them? Me neither.
Any clue on how to get rid of them forever? Uh-huh, me either.
I’m searching the web, and it seems not enough fluid in your body can bring them on. Seems lots of things can bring them on. I just want to know how to get RID of it.
Send me some answers. I’m already drinking water, eating bananas, no alcohol, and no/low sugar.
In the "Wilds of Wisconsin & Cornfields of Iowa" 
yes, I have heard
low on potassium : bananas & oranges /orange juice daily
Can be P.A.D.
(((hugs)))
https://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/night-leg-cramps/basics/causes/sym-20050813#:~:text=In%20general%2C%20they're%20likely,to%20cause%20night%20leg%20cramps.
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I may have a breakthrough for you. I had nocturnal leg & foot cramps for over a decade. Being described as a restless sleeper I assumed that stressful dreams caused me to tense the muscles until cramping woke me. Sometimes there were several sleep interruptions.
I’m 91, with diabetes 2, controlled since diagnosis fourteen years ago. Also, I do have peripheral neuropathy and I’m osteopenic. Likewise for myasthenia gravis – largely controlled by medication. I drink wine daily, eat a varied diet, have never had hangups about food, exercise, or for that matter, anything. My cholesterol readings are always below the minimum, but I’ve worn a pacemaker for nearly six years to keep the heart beating regularly.
Although living in the subtropics, since Covid, indoor living and increased age, I started vitamin D3 supplementation – now 3000iu/day. Then, in early December 2022, hoping to avoid the osteopenia developing into osteoporosis I added vitamin K2 – 100micrograms/day.
In January I realised the cramping had disappeared, a happy state that continues to this day. And this in spite of a situation being repeated several times that always preceded the worst bedtime experiences, viz, sitting upright for several hours playing bridge. Even getting up and walkingand/or stretching during play didn’t prevent the cramping. A very lengthy meal with friends and/or relatives, sitting upright, had the same effect.
Other people following my experience have reported similar results after using the vitamin combo regimen. And a study is being done currently in China on a group of elderly people with the problem, using D3/K2.
So, each of us is unique. My anecdote proves nothing, but I’d be surprised should you not find it interesting. And, by the way, I’ve never tried magnesium, only anti-inflammatories.
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Thank you! I will try this.
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