Hi, I’m currently on six mg, have been for about six weeks, was hoping to try 5.5, but I’ve had terrible pains in my legs and feet for the past two night.
Should I try splitting my dose to three and three, im currently taking six at four o’clock. Or should I go back to seven?
Many thanks
Are you sure it is the PMR causing the foot and leg pain?
we’ll it might be the spinal stenosis and three herniated disc’s, but I thought they were being controlled by nerve painkillers
Mmm - but you have to bear in mind that your circadian rhythm has really been put through the mill. And that has an effect on all sorts of things, especially pain.
How would that give leg and foot pains during the night
Sorry - brain fart!!! I confused you with someone else. Ignore me ...
Are they muscle cramps causing the pain? That could be a sign of magnesium deficiency. This can show up when we take calcium supplements as calcium kind of takes over, so to restore th balance you might benefit from a magnesium supplement (taken at a time separate from any calcium you may have been prescribed) or a form absorbed through the skin, as in a soak in a bath (or even footbath) in Epsom salts.
Don’t think they’re muscle cramps, more like shooting pains
Oh dear, that does sound more like nerve pain. Can you experiment with different positions? I have quite an arangement of pillows now, which I think basically are to keep my arthritic neck stable at night!
Maybe something to do with position, I’ve been away for a few days, sleeping on my own, hardly any pain, home tonight, I’ll see what happens tonight 🤔
try going down by 1/4mg at a time,I found it’s working for me,I’m just on 5 1/4mg from 5 1/2mg ,
my doctor questioned the accuracy of splitting tablets, but if it’s working for you , why not
Doesn’t have to be exact when tapering, it just needs to be smaller than previous dose, and the differing amount day to day when at 0.5 or 0.25 is minuscule.
As you say, if it works…..
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