Guest guest Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 > > Bee, > For some reason I can not answer via my/your message. > > I have no thyroid issues. > I do eat some yogurt and lots of butter, but no tea, veggies (cooked or > raw), and no grains. My diet is pretty much coconut oil, butter, eggs, > meats ( beef, pork and chicken), and some cheese now and then plus > all the recommended supplements, although I have increased the CA and > Mag (in ratio). > > The cramps are getting more frequent and more sever as time goes on. > This is not retracing as I have never had this happen in the past, except > for about a month ago. +++Hi Lois, Yogurt and cheese are not on this program, so that can be the reason you are getting muscle cramps. First, cut them out completely, only take the amount of cal/mag I recommend; then allow 5 days for your body to adjust itself and see if you still have cramps. All the best, Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Hi Bee, Can a lot of emotional stress cause your body to need more magnesium? I have recently started having charlie horse cramps in my calves again. Nothing has changed with my supplements. I am currently taking the Now magnesium citrate tabs, 200 mg. I take 1 1/2 tabs in am and 1 tab in evening. Thank you! Leesa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Hi, I'll increase the magnesium to 600. I do have bone broths usually no more than 2x/week. No other dairy other than butter. Maybe I've been having too much in the leafy green department. I don't drink a lot of tea, so I don't think that is the problem. Leesa > > > > Hi Bee, > > Can a lot of emotional stress cause your body to need more magnesium? I have recently started having charlie horse cramps in my calves again. Nothing has changed with my supplements. I am currently taking the Now magnesium citrate tabs, 200 mg. I take 1 1/2 tabs in am and 1 tab in evening. > > +++Hi Leesa, > > You are only taking 500 mg of magnesium per day, and you need 600 mg total of magnesium and calcium citrate, taken in divided doses and together with meals. > > First, take the correct amounts and see if you have cramps after 3 days. > > Also ensure you aren't having a lot of tea or anything that is diuretic, which makes your body lose water along with minerals, i.e. lots of baking soda, lots of greens or green leafy vegetables, caffeine, etc. > > If you are having any dairy products other than butter it will also cause calcium to magnesium imbalances. > > Are you having a lot of bone broth or sardines? > > Bee > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 As I was reading your email, I thought hmm maybe it is nerve pain rather than muscle cramps. Then when I saw the diagnosis of neuropathy it made me say 'yes nervepain'. I have neuropathy in my right leg/foot from nerve damage from a ill-fitting wheelchair years ago. I got sharp pains in my foot. Lyrica has done wonders for it. If I forget to take it, my foot will surely remind me. Some people can not tolerate Lyrica and do better with Neurotin. I hope you find relief.  Lori (49, sma II) From: SiouxiQ <siouxi_q@...> Subject: muscle cramps Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 9:25 PM  Hi everyone, I recently found this group and have been commenting but this is my first post here so let me introduce myself. I'm a 43 year old woman living in sunny Miami, except when it's pouring cats and dogs, then it's wet Miami. :-) SMA 2. Spent much of my childhood doing what the doctors said until I came to the conclusion they were not living with the consequences of those decisions and I was. That changed things. A lot. In good ways. I'm very proactive with my health, committed to healthy nutrition, acupuncture and meditation for stress and pain management. *shrugs* It works for me. Anyways, a few years ago I started having severe muscle cramps in my foot. 'Severe' means waking up from a dead sleep at 3am gasping in pain because it hurt that much. No joke. To complicate matters, I began to notice some lingering numbness after the cramp passed. I tried hydrating, eating bananas for the potassium and more recently club soda for the quinine. Results? Minimal. And I'm not sure if I should be doing this weekly, daily or monthly for any benefit. Plus, we all know adding more fluids to the diet is complicated with limited access to bathrooms and too much quinine can have adverse affects so, yeah, caution. My doctor called it Peripheral Neuropathy and said most are idiopathic, having no idea what the cause is or how to fix it. The tests seem very invasive and not worth the payoff. So, here I am, asking if any of you have experienced this or found a solution. I've always had normal sensation and this is a little disturbing to have constant pins and needles on a part of my foot. And the foot cramps are tremendously painful. Any thoughts are welcome. Thanks. Susie aka Siouxi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Yeah, that's how it started for me, it's progressed to painful cramps. Very painful. I'm relieved and disturbed to know this isn't just me. Maybe it's connected to the SMA or a side effect of limited mobility. > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I recently found this group and have been commenting but this is my first post here so let me introduce myself. I'm a 43 year old woman living in sunny Miami, except when it's pouring cats and dogs, then it's wet Miami. :-) SMA 2. > > > > Spent much of my childhood doing what the doctors said until I came to the conclusion they were not living with the consequences of those decisions and I was. That changed things. A lot. In good ways. I'm very proactive with my health, committed to healthy nutrition, acupuncture and meditation for stress and pain management. *shrugs* It works for me. > > > > Anyways, a few years ago I started having severe muscle cramps in my foot. 'Severe' means waking up from a dead sleep at 3am gasping in pain because it hurt that much. No joke. To complicate matters, I began to notice some lingering numbness after the cramp passed. > > > > I tried hydrating, eating bananas for the potassium and more recently club soda for the quinine. Results? Minimal. And I'm not sure if I should be doing this weekly, daily or monthly for any benefit. Plus, we all know adding more fluids to the diet is complicated with limited access to bathrooms and too much quinine can have adverse affects so, yeah, caution. > > > > My doctor called it Peripheral Neuropathy and said most are idiopathic, having no idea what the cause is or how to fix it. The tests seem very invasive and not worth the payoff. > > > > So, here I am, asking if any of you have experienced this or found a solution. I've always had normal sensation and this is a little disturbing to have constant pins and needles on a part of my foot. And the foot cramps are tremendously painful. > > > > Any thoughts are welcome. Thanks. > > Susie aka Siouxi > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Hi a. :-) > > From: SiouxiQ <siouxi_q@...> > Subject: muscle cramps > > Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 9:25 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I recently found this group and have been commenting but this is my first post here so let me introduce myself. I'm a 43 year old woman living in sunny Miami, except when it's pouring cats and dogs, then it's wet Miami. :-) SMA 2. > > > > Spent much of my childhood doing what the doctors said until I came to the conclusion they were not living with the consequences of those decisions and I was. That changed things. A lot. In good ways. I'm very proactive with my health, committed to healthy nutrition, acupuncture and meditation for stress and pain management. *shrugs* It works for me. > > > > Anyways, a few years ago I started having severe muscle cramps in my foot. 'Severe' means waking up from a dead sleep at 3am gasping in pain because it hurt that much. No joke. To complicate matters, I began to notice some lingering numbness after the cramp passed. > > > > I tried hydrating, eating bananas for the potassium and more recently club soda for the quinine. Results? Minimal. And I'm not sure if I should be doing this weekly, daily or monthly for any benefit. Plus, we all know adding more fluids to the diet is complicated with limited access to bathrooms and too much quinine can have adverse affects so, yeah, caution. > > > > My doctor called it Peripheral Neuropathy and said most are idiopathic, having no idea what the cause is or how to fix it. The tests seem very invasive and not worth the payoff. > > > > So, here I am, asking if any of you have experienced this or found a solution. I've always had normal sensation and this is a little disturbing to have constant pins and needles on a part of my foot. And the foot cramps are tremendously painful. > > > > Any thoughts are welcome. Thanks. > > Susie aka Siouxi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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