Cramp

[Jacqui-A]

After a bad day yesterday things can only get better. I have changed my diet to Gluten Free also I am limiting my dairy intake. This morning I have cramp in my calfs, it's not the first time, does anyone else suffer the same? Maridale

[ConfusedAtaxian]

Lots of night cramps. They are a slightly different feel than before Ataxia. I have to stand up to relieve them, they usually wake me up. I

[pinjem in reply to ConfusedAtaxian]

Just a banana every day sorts it out for me, simple. I hope this helps you. Before that magnesium gel, sticky! Bananas contain magnesium.

[ConfusedAtaxian in reply to pinjem]

Will try it, thank you.

[Poweruser]

Yes, me to. I find the secret cure for a persistent cramp that is not easy to dismiss is quinine in the form of tonic water. In fact a guiltless, late afternoon gin & tonic seems to keep it at bay almost permanently.

[FFNick]

All my limbs are trying to cramp. I was on quinine sulphate pills, now on Baclofen pills. Both on prescription. Still cramping but intensity no longer hurts. Could not sleep, now can. Muscles permanently tense until I force them to relax. Baclofen is not addictive but without it muscle cramps would hurt. Ask GP to prescribe Baclofen.

BTW would have to drink gallons of tonic water or quinine tea for the quinine.

Cramp was usually caused by dehydration, but ataxia trumps that.

Also get myoclonus cured by working the errant limb with light exercise.

HTH

[Libra7]

I used to suffer from terrible night cramps. The doctor prescribed quinine tablets but they left a really bad taste in my mouth all day. I then started taking a 350gm magnesium tablet each evening and I am now completely free of cramp. The supplement takes about a month to start working. Having been free from cramp for a year or two I wondered if I could stop taking the magnesium but after two or three weeks the cramps came back with a vengeance! Magnesium tabs started again and after a couple of weeks they again subsided.

[Jacqui-A in reply to Libra7]

Thanks for that, most helpful the magnesium tablets obviously work for you.

[Marz in reply to Jacqui-A]

There are many different types of Magnesium - some better than others - so worth researching the one for you. Better You do a spray which can leave a salty residue but works well 😊

Are you also taking a B Complex

[shakykatie]

I have terrible cramps, hands, feet and legs day and night and they are really painful. When my hands cramp up it can last a couple of hours and I can usually be found hopping around at night with awful leg cramps . I think I might try the magnesium spray that has been mentioned on this forum. I am going to Ataxia clinic at the end of the month so I will ask the nurses for advice.