should I increase my dose?

[ellarowan]

hello all thankyou for taking the trouble to read this. I began to taper from 20 msg to 1mg. However I have now developed horrible leg cramps in the night that wake me up. Should I go back up to 1.5or 2mgs or should I take more magnesium ? Any ideas ? Many thanks, it’s been a long journey with a severe flair on the way!

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

Hi

A bit difficult to give good advice as there is nothing on your profile/bio…but as you say you have flared a few times, that may be the case again.

If so, I would suggest you try a small increase and see if that helps. At such low doses the difference of 0.5mg really can be of huge significance.

If it doesn’t, then try the magnesium.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Do you mean 2mg?

Half a mg can make a big difference at any stage but if you tried to go from 2 to 1 then that is a 50% change in dose. Do you use a slowed tapering approach of the sort we describe in FAQs? A bit of magnesium never comes amiss.

It would be very helpful if you could tell us about you and your PMR in your profile.