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Hi all,

I have had many symptoms on and off over the past 3-4 months and the latest is calf tightening/cramp mostly in my right leg. Seems more noticeable at night although it is there most of the day. Feeling similar in my right knee also and now a weird sensation of goose bumps/ pins and needles up my leg. This comes and goes during the day.

Has anyone else experienced this?

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EllieMayNot

Like you, I do get leg cramps but not the goose bump sensation. Extra magnesium helps me with the cramping and I have found that the only oral magnesium that works well for me is an ionic liquid form. Hope you find relief and solid answers.

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Nackapan

Yes I've had both. I think eating more pottassium foods helped. I haven't had it for a while. The only thing that's changed is my vitamin d level is up. I'm eating alot of potatoes as home grown and a gluten at present. Low ferritin ? It is horrible when your legs crawl.

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avock26 in reply to Nackapan

Did you have it in one side more than the other?

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Nackapan in reply to avock26

Right side more

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baboigeorge83

Hi ! I've muscle cramps on my right leg calves early in the morning..... This may be due to the position of the leg while in sleep ! Taking cod-liver oil capsules with the break-fast can help the symptoms - Good luck !

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Nackapan in reply to baboigeorge83

I take omega 3 every other day. Good for the brain too!!

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pitney

I do get leg cramps especially when I stretch during the night and early mornings

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foxglove in reply to pitney

Me Too! I try now to avoid the morning stretch but sometimes do unintentionally and the resultant cramps the pits . If I don't stretch I miss it !1 Cant win ha-ha

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MissOphelia

I get the random goosebumps on one thigh & down my leg it’s so strange. I don’t get cramps but have got weakness and stiffness in both legs that is unbearable.

Really is quite scary!xx

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avock26 in reply to MissOphelia

The random goosebumps are such a weird symptom. The right calf cramp feeling has been fairly constant for the past two weeks 😕

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MissOphelia in reply to avock26

It’s so frightening not knowing what’s going on with your body :(

I really hope it improves soon for you xx

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Nackapan in reply to avock26

Calf cramps can also be hormonal as well as low pottassium and probsbly a host of other things! !

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Emmalee045

I have exactly what you're describing in both of my legs equally. I'm currently lost about how to treat it but I've been referred to a neurologist so hopefully that will point me in the right direction.

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Cb1963

Unfortunately if you don't keep on top of the symptoms and manage your medication and interact with the doctors the list will increase, prepare yourself for a long list, eye twitching, headaches, stomach problems, pins and needles, burning sensations, numbness, a deep rumbling sensation in the chest, high pitched whistling, muscle weakness, depression,you name it, it's a relatively easy to treat, but if you have an unsympathetic doctor it can be a nightmare trying to 'cure' yourself, it's a sly condition and the ailments tend to creep up on you,I'm really struggling with the condition and I'm fed up trying to explain to the doctors that I'm feeling weak and fed up, now awaiting another blood test to confirm how I feel, I know my own body after 55 years, don't get fobbed off, you'll find the good folk on here have plenty of sound advice, even ordering the elixir of life from Germany, I'm on a tight budget and wish I could afford the medication for self injecting purposes, you'll find that the symptoms come in various guises, and some folk will explain their symptoms in different ways, but yes we all understand your language on here, good luck for now.

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HIT123 in reply to Cb1963

Hi Cb

I am in bad shape and for last 4-5 months I had legs weakness and tingling and now its increasing as burning sensation I feets and pins and needles . doctor has done NCV 2 months back and says its almost normal at my age . I feel balance out and whole day drowsy and eyes heaviness and extreme fatigue . I have stopped medicines 3 months back for anxiety . now doctor saying its all anxiety symptoms and wants to put me back on anti depressant . their is some disc bulge in my back at L4-L5 but again doctor saying its not due to this .

I am fed up .

you are from which country and can we talk ?

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jaybirdxNHM

I had bad calf cramps at night in both legs until I started EOD Self injecting. Took approx. 2mths to cease. Hope yours goes soon.

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HIT123

I am in bad shape and for last 4-5 months I had legs weakness and tingling and now its increasing as burning sensation I feets and pins and needles . doctor has done NCV 2 months back and says its almost normal at my age . I feel balance out and whole day drowsy and eyes heaviness and extreme fatigue . I have stopped medicines 3 months back for anxiety . now doctor saying its all anxiety symptoms and wants to put me back on anti depressant . their is some disc bulge in my back at L4-L5 but again doctor saying its not due to this .

I am fed up .

you are from which country and can we talk ?

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avock26 in reply to HIT123

I’m in Australia

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HIT123 in reply to avock26

Can we tall ?

My number is +919717111912

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avock26 in reply to HIT123

Where abouts are you?

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HIT123 in reply to avock26

i am from india .

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