CPap and Leg Cramps???
CPap and Leg Cramps???
Last night I was in my usual deep sleep since starting Cpap and was startled awake with a horrendous leg cramp in my left calf. The pain was excruciating. Have not had a cramp like that for many years. This is probably silly but can it have anything to do with cpap therapy? I noticed I have been waking up with lower leg stiffness in my leg ankle as well. Not a hypochondriac but just wondering....... Numbers were good......AHI..1.79
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Re: CPap and Leg Cramps???
Most often leg cramps are due to a vitamin deficiency. However with cpap you are laying much stiller in the same position for much longer lengths of time. My hips and neck were very painful and I could hardly move in the morning for the first few weeks until I added some padding to my mattress.
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Re: CPap and Leg Cramps???
Yes, you are right....usually a potassium or calcium deficiency. I do take potassium and I know I'm deficient in magnesium so take that too......I also was having bad shoulder pain because of the deep sleep but that has resolved.......maybe I just need to drink more water and take a multi-vitamin as well! The muscle in my leg actually bunched up into a ball ..........been sore all day.....weird!!!!
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Years ago, when I was doing a lot of running, I had one cramp up on me in bed. It was so bad that it left a big bruise.
I had run eight miles on mountain singletrack that day. It was hot and I did not care to drink an electrolyte replenishment drink.
Watch your electrolytes. If you are very active drinking a lot of water may flush out too many of your electrolytes.
I had run eight miles on mountain singletrack that day. It was hot and I did not care to drink an electrolyte replenishment drink.
Watch your electrolytes. If you are very active drinking a lot of water may flush out too many of your electrolytes.
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Re: CPap and Leg Cramps???
Thanks. I wish that was the problem! I was just doing some reading online.....it may be the additional diuretic (lisinopril) my doctor prescribed a couple of weeks ago. I will check with her.......good blood pressure and great sleep......lol.....seems like there's always something after age 50!!!Sheffey wrote:Years ago, when I was doing a lot of running, I had one cramp up on me in bed. It was so bad that it left a big bruise.
I had run eight miles on mountain singletrack that day. It was hot and I did not care to drink an electrolyte replenishment drink.
Watch your electrolytes. If you are very active drinking a lot of water may flush out too many of your electrolytes.
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Re: CPap and Leg Cramps???
FWIW i have a history, Thank God very infrequent ! generally Quad or Hammy. These attacks are Painfully Crippling & incapacitating ! Usually a sign of dehydration / Salt imbalance . what works instantaneously for me is a good swig of dill pickle or green olive juice. ....Sweet Relief !
Nothing to due with cpap.
Nothing to due with cpap.
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Re: CPap and Leg Cramps???
I don't drink as much water as I should! Pickle or olive juice? Because of the salt?? I found this on line I never heard of:deerslayer wrote:FWIW i have a history, Thank God very infrequent ! generally Quad or Hammy. These attacks are Painfully Crippling & incapacitating ! Usually a sign of dehydration / Salt imbalance . what works instantaneously for me is a good swig of dill pickle or green olive juice. ....Sweet Relief !
Nothing to due with cpap.
http://restoreunity.org/leg_cramps_in_diabetics.htm
Morton's salt substitute? Interesting.........According to the article, it will relieve cramps immediately!
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Re: CPap and Leg Cramps???
Best source of electrolytes you can get: V-8 juice, cold or hot (with sour cream)
also get a vegetable out of the way--nearly painless!
Some folks add a bit of happy juice, too.
also get a vegetable out of the way--nearly painless!
Some folks add a bit of happy juice, too.
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Re: CPap and Leg Cramps???
Kind of gave up the happy juice for the most part.....too much sugar!!!chunkyfrog wrote: Some folks add a bit of happy juice, too.
Re: CPap and Leg Cramps???
My trick for leg cramps is quinnine, found in tonic water. I keep a couple of two liter bottles by my bed. It usually takes almost a bottle, but relief is immediate. When they hit, it usually awakes me from a dead sleep & I jump right out of bed from the pain. Having a remedy close by helps.
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Re: CPap and Leg Cramps???
Wow! thanks, Jen. It's easy to keep tonic water in the bedroom.jencat824 wrote:My trick for leg cramps is quinnine, found in tonic water. I keep a couple of two liter bottles by my bed. It usually takes almost a bottle, but relief is immediate. When they hit, it usually awakes me from a dead sleep & I jump right out of bed from the pain. Having a remedy close by helps.
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Re: CPap and Leg Cramps???
If the cramp happens anyway, the best way to handle it is to stretch the contracted muscle out.
I've crawled out of bed with a knot in my calf, and slowly stretched the muscle out by pulling my toes up and straightening my knee.
Massaging the knot helps too--but prevention is best.
---Bananas, quinine water, or just drinking enough regular water throughout the day.
I've crawled out of bed with a knot in my calf, and slowly stretched the muscle out by pulling my toes up and straightening my knee.
Massaging the knot helps too--but prevention is best.
---Bananas, quinine water, or just drinking enough regular water throughout the day.
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Re: CPap and Leg Cramps???
jaye8898 wrote: Morton's salt substitute? Interesting.........According to the article, it will relieve cramps immediately!
Nothing special about this. It's the potassium in the salt substitute. If your potassium levels are low, the salt substitute may help.
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Re: CPap and Leg Cramps???
One other thing i forgot to mention is ---> if you are taking statins , which are nasty for causing cramps is to take a supplement such as Co Q 10 . i take it twice a day to avoid the daily torture. This remedy was told to me by my Primary Dr. & it has worked !
Also, like others have said staying hydrated is Key & to protect kidneys. ....I rode a couple hundred miles yesterday in 75-80 degree temps. one of us had a breakdown so i went too many hours without eating or drinking enough water & i paid for it later that evening...i will be better prepared next time !
Also, like others have said staying hydrated is Key & to protect kidneys. ....I rode a couple hundred miles yesterday in 75-80 degree temps. one of us had a breakdown so i went too many hours without eating or drinking enough water & i paid for it later that evening...i will be better prepared next time !
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Re: CPap and Leg Cramps???
Did not know that....I do take Simvastatin.. I am impressed with your biking(?). I just started walking today.....nothing impressive but I feel really good about it.....the weather here is beautiful...no rain, sunshine, and in the 70s...do hope it does not get any warmer, though! I tend to look at the 10 day forecast looking forward to the rain coming back.... yes, I'm a little odd! Thank you!deerslayer wrote:One other thing i forgot to mention is ---> if you are taking statins , which are nasty for causing cramps is to take a supplement such as Co Q 10 . i take it twice a day to avoid the daily torture. This remedy was told to me by my Primary Dr. & it has worked !
Also, like others have said staying hydrated is Key & to protect kidneys. ....I rode a couple hundred miles yesterday in 75-80 degree temps. one of us had a breakdown so i went too many hours without eating or drinking enough water & i paid for it later that evening...i will be better prepared next time !