Calf Cramping/Stress Magnesium issues???

(San Francisco, CA)

i have been diagnosed as having low vitamin D and in the last 3-4 months my stress has gone through the roof... i caught a cold and when i had it i had calf cramps at night and since then i have still 6 wks later kind of daily calf muscles firing lightly...

LEG CRAMPS AND MAGNESIUM

by Lillian B Herzberg
(SAN DIEGO)

I HAVE SEVERE LEG CRAMPS AT NIGHT. I HAVE INCREASED MY MAGNESIUM INTAKE TO 800MG. CRAMPS COME LESS OFTEN BUT WHEN THEY COME THEY ARE SEVERE,

HOW MUCH INTAKE OF MAGNESIUM IS PROPER.

Potassium, Magnesium and Muscle Cramps

I find your website very helpful as I have written before about having a Vitamin D deficiency. I have gotten my vitamin D levels up to normal range in the last 6 months from 26 to 78. Great news right? I was diagnosed with Crohn's when I was 15 years old and am now 34.

I understand that a lot of my vitamin deficiency issues are caused by this. I have started taking Calcium, Vitamin D, Magnesium, Omega's, and a good multi vitamin on top of it all, because I know I do not get adequate nutrition due to not being able to eat much. My problem is that I've had this cramp in my calf muscle for over a year now. Some days are better than others, but on some days, I find it hard to even walk or go up stairs. My SED and C-reactive protiens are 14 times the normal limit as of 3 weeks ago, and I have been placed on prednisone AGAIN. Each time I get off the steroid, my inflammation levels skyrocket again, and it's like a huge cycle over and over. I'm tired of my calf hurting, so I decided to buy a Potassium supplement to see if this will help.

Although I am taking the Magnesium, I am still not getting relief of this muscle cramp. The whole reason my doctor even did the Vitamin D test in the first place was because of my complaints of the calf muscle cramp.

She told me that that once I got my vitamin D levels to normal range, it would not hurt anymore. (Yeah right!) I have been reading through your website for a long time now, and have kind of started taking my own supplements based on what I have read here. My question now is, based on your website, I know the RDA for a lot of these supplements are way too low. Can you tell me how much potassium I should be taking?

Magnesium Deficiency and Leg Cramps from Running...

by Rick
(Canada)

I am always getting leg cramps just after I start my run. Am I running on empty in other words am I low in magnesium? For most runners a leg cramp usually comes on near the end of a long run but me me it's the opposite. The cramp will come on very quickly and leave me limping.

The tightness and pain will last for a week and when I try to run again I may feel the start of another cramp. The Muscle Cramp is mainly on my left calf only. I have been epileptic for the past 35 years and am currently on Tegretol and Lamictal.

I started taking magnesium oxite 3 months ago approx 3 months ago. I am on 1000 mg twice a day along with Vit C,B,E,D, and calcium.


What suggestions can you give me.

Thanks.

Click here to read or post comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Muscle Cramps.