Night cramps

Milk.

I up my milk intake as soon as that happens.

Grandmotherto8

Footballers drink pickle juice to recover from cramp.

Tennis players do too. I find eating four small pickles every evening and drinking a sip or two of the salty liquid they are in has completely eliminated the cramps I suffered from regularly.

I realise this has been mentioned before but drinking more water can really help. Sometimes, especially in hot weather, we are dehydrated without realising.

They look interesting BlueBelle I'll pop into H&B next time I'm in town.

Please try these they are wonderful I get dreadful cramps in places you can’t bend it out off, like the shin bone, the sides of my legs etc etc. My grandson who does a lot of endurance sports put me on to them. I had no expectations, but they are fantastic and the cramp starts to go almost immediately.
I get them from H and B high street I m sure there are other outlets, they are a couple of pound if that, I ll put a pic up they come in orange or lemon flavour
I can’t praise them enough I no longer trot round the bedroom, crying in pain trying to bend my legs in all sorts of directions.

I was on a daily high dose of quinine and still getting cramps got one of those revive vibrating plates and haven't taken meds for over two years. Get an occasional cramp and then use the vibrating plate again for a couple of days and it stops again.

I've suffered from this as well and maybe five years ago, after reading about it here on GN, I started taking magnesium in the evenings. I swear by it now and won't be without it. I take 250mg of Magnesium Lysinate Glycinate & Magnesium Malate which I purchase on Amazon. But when I was dealing with the cramps, I noticed that dehydration, chocolate and even the occasional glass of wine all seemed to make them worse. Good luck.

Potassium and magnesium seems to work the best. But make sure you aren't dehydrated as well.

Fatoldlady

Lots of "old wives tales" about cures for cramp! I often get it, in any and every muscle possible it seems. Calf cramp is easy, out of bed, foot flat on the floor - gone. The absolute worst is the adductor (inner thigh) so very hard to stretch out. I once had cramp in both adductors and fainted from the extreme pain. Even in one it is excruciating. I'm currently trying to make sure I stay well hydrated, and as I sweat loads in the heat, I'm having electrolyte drinks too.

I'm not surprised you fainted - cramp in even your calves is excrutiating. Make yourself stretch out that calf - foot flat to the floor - I had this as a child & Mum told me to do this & it always works, regardless of age (although I get soreness after now which I didn't at 6).
Quinine is probably the best to try - works for the people I know- can be prescribed via a phone to GP so why do you need to see them? Nothing that can be gained in this scenario from an examination.
Mg actually really helps my Restless Legs (which I don't mind personally, being a deep sleeper, but it makes my allergy fatigue / muscle aches much worse when it's persistent).

I had Quinine tablets prescribed by gp for restless legs at night.

It seemed to be worse during the heatwave we’ve just had recently.

Anyway, they worked.
I don’t take them every night. Just occasionally.

I get cramp occasionally and found magnesium helps. But to add to the old wives tales I have also found zinc helps. Can’t remember why I tried it or perhaps it was coincidentall.

I read somewhere to put salt on your tongue when you get cramp and it disappears. I was very sceptical but I tried it and it works! Now my husband and I keep salt on our bedside cabinet all the time.
Give it a try

I stand facing a wall, a couple of feet back from it with one foot by the wall and pointing at it. The other leg is straight out behind me, pointing forward. Then I lean into the wall and hold for around 10 seconds. I change over and repeat for the other leg. This stretches the calf muscles and always gets rid of my cramp.
I do also take magnesium and drink tonic water - which may or may not help!

You have to ger out of bed and move, it releases the tension.

I was getting horrendous cramps in my thighs night after night until I stopped taking a statin tablet. Cramps stopped almost immediately.

Footballers drink pickle juice to recover from cramp.

Electrolytes are a good solution, I recommend Keto Pro and Redmonds. Also you may need more salt, possibly more water and a magnesium cream is handy by the bed side.

Lots of "old wives tales" about cures for cramp! I often get it, in any and every muscle possible it seems. Calf cramp is easy, out of bed, foot flat on the floor - gone. The absolute worst is the adductor (inner thigh) so very hard to stretch out. I once had cramp in both adductors and fainted from the extreme pain. Even in one it is excruciating. I'm currently trying to make sure I stay well hydrated, and as I sweat loads in the heat, I'm having electrolyte drinks too.

I used to get horrendous cramps. Starting taking magnesium and popping just one flavoured electrolyte tablets into my water. Serena to have worked as they have stopped b

Make sure getting both enough fluids and sufficient salt in the course of the day.

And don't be afraid to move if you waken with cramp. Flex and stretch your legs, or better, get out of bed, if you feel you can safely rise to your feet, and walk about for a bit.

Magnesium tablets a couple of hours before bedtime works for me. I take H and B magnesium Bisglycinate 375 mg.

Thank you for posting this. I’m woken once or twice a night with cramp in one or both legs, sometimes from one calf to the toes, sometimes from both groins to both feet, worst night (a few years ago) was severe cramp from my armpit to my toes all on one side. I must have squealed because the dogs started barking and I could t get my breath to call them to be quiet, I headed downstairs to them but fainted on the landing, woke and slid down on my backside, dogs going mad, o crawled to the french door and as I stood to open it for them I fainted again and fell out onto the patio, where the door swung back and bashed me.

I take magnesium glycinate twice a day and have been doubling the bedtime dose. I found magnesium spray did nothing. I’ve tried a bar of soap at the bottom of the bed, and corks under the pillow, increasing salt intake with crisps in the evening, decreasing salt intake, I drink mainly tap water, eat a varied diet.

About 20 years ago I did have quinine sulphate on prescription and even that was not a cure-all, but I stopped it during chemotherapy and never restarted.

I’ll ask my GP if I can take it along with my raft of pain meds and amitriptyline.

Thats a lot to think about!
I must confess, over the years I have reduced the amount of salt we use to the bare minimum, mainly to keep DH alive .
Can I ask, Weirdo do you mean dry mustard powder or the ready mixed in a jar?
A whole teaspoon?
I think I'll risk asking for a doctor's appointment and ask for a blood test, but I fear I'll be fobbed off with a phone call as usual.

I only drink water throughout the day so have some with added magnesium. The cramp attacks are certainly less frequenr but not disappeared. Hope you find a solution Exdancer it is really painful I know.

I know that not everyone can, as a lot of people hate it, but I get a lot of cramps, day and night, because of menopause. Last night I was literally screaming and crying with cramps again, so I always keep a jar of Colman's Mustard on my bedside table.

I eat a 1/4 teaspoon, then use my tongue to rub it on the roof of my mouth, then swallow, and within a couple of minutes the cramps ease; it's because of the turmeric in it.

I refuse point blank to stuff my bed with spuds and soap or anything; drinking more water does nothing for me.... I already guzzle over 4 litres a day as it is ..... and things like bananas do nothing for me either, nor do any type of painkillers, but the mustard is a big help!