Front of legs weak

[M-o-ggy]

In the last couple of months I have started having trouble in the morning with the front of my legs. After breakfast the front of my legs would go empty I would compare it to my younger more athletic days when I would occasionally push my muscles to the point of exhaustion

I tried altering what I had for breakfast with no effect Tried going without coffee with no effect Tried halving and then doing without B1 with the result that within days my constipation came back.

I tried my Madapor and the B1 with a drink but no food until mid day and did not have any symptoms worth bothering with so assumed that it was not the effect of the B1

I had a telephone appointment with my specialist this morning and discussed as above. She has recommended that I increase the Madapor in the morning and try to leave a gap of 60-90 minutes before eating and increase the afternoon dose If this doesn’t work she recommends a test of the muscles ( I have forgotten the name of the test) and a further review

Hope this is helpful to others on here.

[TigerShark]

Hi Moggy,

I have similar problems with my legs on a regular basis. But I have observed and analyze like you have is that ythe C/L creates low blood pressure causing extreme fatigue and making it very difficult to function. Furthermore, when I eat breakfast it lowers my blood pressure even more which is called post prandial hypotension. As a solution to the problem, doctors have suggested to drink more water to increase the blood plasma level or blood pressure, as well as add salt to my diet. One doctor even suggested I add licorice extract as a supplement. But it did not work for me. I still struggle with low bread pressure on a regular basis so if you have any new suggestions I am open. I recommend measuring your blood pressure before and after you take the medicine as well as after you eat breakfast this would be a good starting point. I hope this helps. God bless.

[M-o-ggy in reply to TigerShark]

Hi there. Thank you for taking the time to reply. I will certainly follow up on your suggestion.

I wouldn’t say that I feel very tired Just that the front of my legs won’t work. If it is a really bad day I lie down for about an hour and a half

; on a good day I keep plodding on. I generally feel better later in the day and also find that on the better days I can feel better once I have got going and warmed up my muscles.

This evening I have been pruning trees. The first 15 min were a bit difficult but it did get better.

I don’t have any dizzy spells

[park_bear in reply to TigerShark]

Is your blood pressure consistently low or does it fall upon standing? If the latter, it is known as orthostatic hypotension, which can be caused by dopamine agonists. If you are taking one of these you might want to try tapering off, with your doctor's guidance.

If the above does not apply, before attempting any intervention it is a must to have a good blood pressure cuff to monitor the effect of one's interventions. From your comment it appears that you already have this and do this.

Here are some strategies for raising blood pressure:

Simply drinking more water is not a very good solution to raising blood pressure. Your kidneys will excrete it quickly to retain the proper electrolyte levels in the blood plasma. A way to make this work is to drink isotonic saline - 1 quart of water with 8 g of salt added, or 1 L with nine grams of salt added. That will increase your blood volume for longer than just plain water.

To get a blood pressure raising effect from licorice requires a substantial dose – at least 100 milligrams of glycyrrhizic acid. This will require many times that amount of licorice extract because glycyrrhizic acid is only a small proportion of licorice extract. Some versions have the glycyrrhizic acid removed, which would defeat the purpose. If you try this, be aware there are potential adverse effects:

nccih.nih.gov/health/licori...

"Excessive consumption of liquorice (more than 2 mg/kg/day of pure glycyrrhizinic acid, a liquorice component) may result in adverse effects,[6] such as hypokalemia, increased blood pressure, and muscle weakness.[7]"

If you try any of these interventions it is important to check your blood pressure upon retiring for the evening to make sure it is not too high at that time.

Hope that helps.

[M-o-ggy in reply to park_bear]

Thank you. A lot to think about

[TigerShark in reply to park_bear]

Hi Park bear,

Your input is very useful. Thank you. I appreciate it.

[laglag]

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[laglag]

M-o-ggy & @TigerShark. Try drinking Emergen- C for at least 3 weeks & see if you feel better. It helped me & others on this site.

[pdpatient in reply to laglag]

laglag. How does it work?

[laglag in reply to pdpatient]

It has vitamin C, magnesium, electrolytes, as well as other antioxidants that help with giving you a variety of nutrients your body needs. I took it for 3 weeks & it helped horrible pain in my thighs and groin area. That was several years ago and still no pain. I miss a few days once in awhile but if miss several then I can tell. After the 3 weeks I got out of my recliner & I started marching around and my husband said what are you doing? I said, no pain . He was thrilled.

[M-o-ggy]

Thank you for this. I used to take this everyday before I started B1.

[Nivrac77--]

Try Emergen-C cold prevention mix. It has eliminated my leg muscle pain and cramping. Just take in AM or right before bed whichever time is worst for the problem. It works!!!

[M-o-ggy]

Thank you for this. Once I started B1 I found that I didn’t need to take it. Am glad that it works for you.

[gginto]

I find if I do daily stationary/ biking my legs are stronger.. but I get the weak legs too sometimes front sometimes back legs..it's upsetting. I try and just walk through it and eventually the strength returns.

[M-o-ggy]

Thank you. It is very debilitating