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    Cramps - but Not Those Kind

    Posted by Heatherdawn on Thursday, January 21, 2010 @ 04:26 AM  

    I've been suffering from leg cramps at night - the kind that wake you up and make you feel sore the next day (like I need any more physical issues to make me limp around right now). I know pregnancy increases my odds for getting these, but there's more to this story...

    For quite some time, I've been taking magnesium at night to help keep migraines at bay as it has purported muscle relaxant properties. About one week ago, I ran out of the pills and haven't gotten around to getting more. It's been the last three or four nights that I've been dealing with the cramps...coincidence? Thinking

    I bought a couple of bananas this morning to try to help ward off more cramps tonight, but I'm also ordering another big bottle of magnesium.

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    Reply by Grateful on January 21, 2010 @ 05:49 AM

    Are you taking Calcium with your Magnesium? If you are not, your body cannot absorb the Magnesium. I don't know what the milligrams ratio is, but I know you need some of both to be successful. I thought that it was potassium that was for cramping muscles??


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    Reply by Heatherdawn on January 21, 2010 @ 05:54 AM
    (A reply to comment #1)

    Potassium is the traditional cure, hence, the bananas, but I just think it's a bit coincidental that the cramps are occurring now, only a few days after I stopped the steady supply of magnesium (which relaxes muscle). I do take a lot of calcium, dispersed throughout the day, some of which is taken at night with the magnesium.



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