Are these leg cramps?

[FoggyMoggy]

Hi

I get a feeling like a squeeze just above my leg. I suppose it feels a bit like a 'contraction'. It doesn't really hurt but it affects me if I am walking and interrupts the flow of walking if that makes any sense. It comes intermittently but has been more or less every day for the last ten days.

[Betty67]

I get this when i am tired, or i should say when i have been out of bed for a long time. I have the urge to keep stretching my legs, but that just gives a few minutes relief.

[FoggyMoggy in reply to Betty67]

Thanks Betty. Mine doesn't happen when I get out of bed, so not sure what it is. It is very different than painful foot cramp which I can get rid of my doing stretches

[Betty67 in reply to FoggyMoggy]

No i meant it starts in the evening when i have been out of bed for a while.

[FoggyMoggy in reply to Betty67]

Ah OK. Mine happens when I am walking but it's still happening periodically now. I am sitting down and it is just after 10 pm. I think it's been there on waking too, so not sure what's going on. When I took a tranquilliser on a couple of night it seemed to help a bit the next day.

[Betty67 in reply to FoggyMoggy]

No muscles spasm, electric impulses. Another annoying thing.

[FoggyMoggy in reply to Betty67]

I can imagine. I have had all sorts of weird sensations so have probably had those too! But latest thing is these spasm or whatever they are.

[Keeleybee]

I get this a lot but more when I'm resting and they twitch a lot as well drives me nuts. x

[FoggyMoggy in reply to Keeleybee]

Sorry to hear that Keeleybee. I don't get it just when I'm resting. It's more when I'm moving, or I notice it more then, so don't know what it is. x

[ALKT]

when i have mentioned this symptom to my gp he says it is because of wear and tear in my lower spine. it is difficult to describe properly like you muscle temporarily tenses up effecting your walking. just one more thing to put up with. sorry i cannot be more helpful.

[FoggyMoggy in reply to ALKT]

Thanks ALKT. I need to see my GP about it, I guess.

[TheAuthor]

Hi FoggyMoggy

I am so genuinely sorry to read that you are experiencing this issue, and i sincerely hope that you can find the answers that you are looking for.

I get this problem if I sit still for too long, like when I watch the TV or go on the computer, and it really is unpleasant. I have not been given any medication for this but i will ask my GP if the symptoms persist. I want to genuinely and sincerely wish you all the best of luck.

All my hopes and dreams for you

Ken

[FoggyMoggy in reply to TheAuthor]

Many thanks, Ken. That is most kind. In fact I've got an appointment with my GP on Oct 5th, the earliest one I could get!!