muscle cramps

[missybee]

Does anyone get leg muscle cramping that wakes you up at night...also toes locking up?

[Astra7]

I used to get that but magnesium before bed has really helped.

[parkie13 in reply to Astra7]

Magnesium also helps with rigidity.

[Astra7 in reply to parkie13]

Yes it has helped me with that a lot.

[marieboyd]

I do...magnesium has helped also..sometimes my ankle goes rigid also

[parkie13 in reply to marieboyd]

my does too.

[prb167]

magnesium has definitely helped me with the same problem.

[Gussilago]

Magnesium helps. I get my muscle cramps when I been eating red meat. Seafood chicken and vegetables are okey

[Gussilago in reply to Gussilago]

youtu.be/1_DBnv3Sa1k(Not working as expected?)

[stevie3]

As everyone else has said - magnesium!

[la8pv67]

Basically every morning I wake up at 3 - 5 A.M. with stomach pain (like a cramping feeling).

Then I have to get up and sit resting... Normally it helps, but then the front leg muscle + feets + toes starts to cramp and twists inwards for ½ - 2½ hours...

It's quite difficult to walk and balance on the outer edge of the feets with curly toes...

Imagine how difficult it is to sit down and get up again from the toilet in this state...

The worst thing is the intense pain...

I'm also taking Magnesium every morning, but so far in vain...

[Cindy27 in reply to la8pv67]

Try taking your Magnesium at night!

[Itchyjan in reply to la8pv67]

That is called dystonia, can be caused by PD or to much PD meds

[Cbgs in reply to la8pv67]

Ask your dr about Amantadine

[Lynnie1 in reply to la8pv67]

la8pv67 try the magnesium cream or magnesium Oil Spray, works instantly!

[Price69-pat_]

I have the cramps during the night but I was told it was from not drinking enough fluids during the day. I just get up drink some water and get back in bed and go back to sleep and I am fine. I never thought of it being a symptom of PD.

[camper1]

I get this when my medicine wears off, I have started taking mucuna to help symptoms until the next dose of sinemet. Magnesium has helped some of the cramping.

[ruthgt in reply to camper1]

Camper1.sinemat is carbidopa and levodopa mucuna has levodopa , and it meens that you take extra levodopa between your doses of sinemet.

Magnesium helps but there is a different between brands .

We have Magnox 520 which is a complex of magnesium oxide and magnesium oxide monohydrate works the best

[camper1 in reply to ruthgt]

Thanks, I'll try that.

[healthabc]

mag is best absorbed on an empty stomach (or relatively empty). I take mag. theonate morning and evening, 500mg ea... also, epsom salt baths infuse mag. via skin.

[parkie13 in reply to healthabc]

If you make your bath strong enough it even helps with constipation.

[HeartSong]

Magnesium helps me, too. I take magnesium malate by mouth just before I go to bed. My toes will still be curling when I wake up, but there will be no cramps. (Occasionally, I forget to take it. I usually wake up with a cramp in my leg on those mornings.) There is also a magnesium rub that you can apply topically which helps, too.

[laglag]

For pain that I used to have in my thighs & groin for several months a couple of years ago, I started taking Emergen C. It has 1,000 mg. of Vit. C as well as B vitamins, magnesium and electrolytes. After about 3 weeks, my pain went away and hasn't come back. I mix a packet with water & drink it nearly everyday. You can get it at CVS, Walmart, etc. and Amazon also sells it.

[4000Nights]

I used to get night cramps a lot more until someone told me that with PD you lose your sense of thirst and don't drink enough water. Lack of water causes cramps.

Consciously drinking more water helped me.

[Joanne_Joyce]

My problem was solved once I started sleeping in a chair at night. I elevate my legs so my feet don't swell.

[Babowen898]

My hubby had horrible leg cramps, and his toes are always curled. Both are PD symptoms. Like many of you, he takes magnesium at night, takes Emergen C each morning, and his cramps are almost nonexistent. He, too, goes to his recliner when he wakes up during the night.

[Serenity_finaly-1]

I was looking for a clip to best show the pain of waking up with muscle cramps. The screams pretty much capture what happens to me when I wake up with my body cramping.

youtu.be/UyXCCPqfSp8(Not working as expected?)

[Idofotos]

I agree with the Magnesium group, I take a 400mg right before bed. I was also taking a Potassium tablet 99mg, my Neuro nurse didn't seem to like that so I quit, check before starting both but I seem to think that taking the Potassium in morning and Mag. at night kept me cramp free, I still fight foot & toe problems

[missybee]

Thanks so much everyone.....a lot of really good help here....God bless you all...

[zeldaspa2]

Just went thru this with neurologist. Mg can help with cramps, but toe tightening and poor circulation are related to PD. Default reaction to poor nerve signaling is spasms which lead to above symptoms. MD prescribed anti-spasm medicine Tizanidine and all 3 began to improved.