Severe muscle cramps

[Riyad55]

Can hypothyroidism causes muscle cramps. Can't tolerate any more.please help.more in legs.All recent test values are given in my previous post.

[shaws Administrator]

I have looked at a couple of your past posts and you are seriously undermedicated.

I have copied and pasted your results below so that it makes it easier for members to respond.

TSH-7.48 iu/ml (0.47-5.01)

FT4 - 8.85 pmol/l (9-24)

B12-571 pg/ml (197-866)

S. Folate 6.7 ng/ml (2.7-16.1)

Ferritin-124microgm/l (30-300)

PTH-51.6 pg/ml (10-65 pg/ml)

VIT D-35.1 ng/ml (30-50 ng/ml)

Anti TPO Ab- more than 1300

What action have you taken from your previous question?

Thyroid hormones are a necessity and runs our whole metabolism, from head to toe. Brain and heart need the most.

I suspect your severe muscle cramps are due to seriously low thyroid hormones and Vit D too low, FT4 below range. You have to get an increase in thyroid hormones.

You also have an Autoimmune Thyroid Disease and members have responded to your previous post already and what what action have you taken.

previous post

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

[Riyad55 in reply to shaws]

I increased levo dose . stopped taking vitamin supplement.

[shaws Administrator in reply to Riyad55]

If you only increased recently it will take about six weeks to be absorbed.

[Riyad55 in reply to shaws]

Increased dose 1 months back.

[shaws Administrator in reply to Riyad55]

You will need another blood test in two weeks. I am very sorry you have muscle cramps and I don't know what else to suggest at present. Hopefully, it will go shortly. If not you will have to see your doctor and i'm sure you will have all your vitamins/minerals at optimum as sometimes, if deficient, can also cause symptoms.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Magnesium supplements can help with cramps. Low magnesium is common when hypo and especially if you have low vitamin D.

Essential to get vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 rechecked when Thyroid is retested after dose increase

You are likely to need further increase in dose once body has got use to this one. TSH should be low in range when on correct dose

You have Hashimoto's, it affects gut often leading to gluten intolerance. Suggest you try strictly gluten free diet. It helps stabilise Hashimoto's fluctuations

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[humanbean]

I have found several things which have reduced my own muscle spasms, cramp, twitching and fasciculations.

Ferritin (iron stores) - Your ferritin is below mid-range. Optimising your iron, ferritin and other iron-related results might help. You should probably get more thorough iron tests before supplementing - just going on the basis of a ferritin result isn't really enough. You need to know more. See this link so that you know what to aim at :

rt3-adrenals.org/Iron_test_...

Please be aware that iron is poisonous in overdose, so if you do decide to supplement, you must get regular testing done to be sure you aren't over-shooting your target. If you eat meat, then eating liver once a week may be all you need to do, rather than taking iron supplements. But the choice is yours.

Vitamin B12 : You could supplement B12 to raise it to the top of the range. People can get deficiency symptoms with levels below 500. When taking vitamin B12 supplements it is essential to take a B Complex supplement in addition to the B12.

Magnesium : Low magnesium causes all sorts of muscle problems and lots of people are deficient in it. The body needs magnesium in every cell in the body. When levels are low the body takes magnesium from the body's cells and puts it into the blood. So someone could have good levels in the blood and yet still be deficient, so testing is fairly pointless. To find a good supplement, read these links and choose something that appeals to you :

naturalnews.com/046401_magn...

metabolics.com/blog/the-def...

globalhealingcenter.com/nat...

Please be aware that you need reasonable kidney function before taking magnesium supplements. The maximum dose you need is likely to be around 300 - 400mg magnesium per day. Magnesium supplements may cause sleepiness, so take them in the evening. Also note that some forms of magnesium supplement may cause diarrhoea.

Potassium : The best way of improving potassium levels is to eat potassium-rich foods. You'll find lots of lists of these on the web. But if you want to supplement do it very cautiously - taking too much can cause heart problems. I take potassium supplements which come in 99mg tablets. The maximum dose suggested on the bottle is 4 per day, spread out throughout the day.

[Matilda_1922]

I suffer with muscle cramp for years can get it anywhere but mostly in lower limbs.

I was given quinine sulphate which helps but for some reason it's been taken off my repeat prescription.

I've been told that tonic water helps with cramp. I haven't tried it but I've not had any cramp for a while

[humanbean in reply to Matilda_1922]

You could try some of the suggestions in the post I wrote, just above yours.