Leg Cramps Gone

[fin_676]

I think i did get a wee bit of sun on my legs at times
i have had to put all my swiss army knives away in a dark place as i get a shudder every time i see one

Brian

 

[ckphir0]

Yep I get cramps every single night. I sit, stand against the wall, etc and stretch while watching TV. I used to take some Vit E years ago. But the Doc told me they found that it caused minor internal bleeding so now I just take the Omega fish oil. Might try a little again just to see. I might be willing to bleed a little to be shed of the cramps.

Glider is right though about taking too many Vitamins, especially Vit A and Vit D since it is stored in your liver. There are variables invovled. Alcohol consumption does flush some of the stored A out of the liver. There are other variables but one should be aware of them before taking too many. You would have to eat large portions liver or even larger portions of carrots every day though to overdose natually. The doc told me that a moderate dosage of Omega 3 would be a safe level of Vit A if I did not eat a lot of liver.


You are absolutely correct in all of that. In fact we had to take a Quinine pill everyday in Nam to prevent Malaria. I don't remember it bothering me much in Nam but I did try the Quinine based leg relaxers a few yrs ago and they made me dizzy. Just made me feel uncomfortable. Might be from an inner ear problem I have from an auto accident yrs ago. I was hit pretty hard and would be dizzy and would pass out from it for a few months afterwards. They did brain scans but said there was no fluid on the brain. They said many times when a person suffers a brutal hit like that it knocks debri (as they called it ) loose in the inner ear and causes dizzyness and loss of balance. I had to take pills for awhile just to be able to go back to work.

Anyhow thanks for the info, the Vit E might help me and the Quinine could very well help someone else.

Potasium tablets work also. (learned this from my contruction days)

 

[R_W_B]

Potasium tablets work also. (learned this from my contruction days)

Bought some at Walmart yesterday. Tried one last night after doing some excersize with my weights. Prolly my imagination but I did not seem to cramp as bad last night. I also read about potassium on the net. Said to take pill supplements sparingly since an overdose could stop your heart. No kidding that's what it said. So I will prolly just take one pill a day (it's a small 81mg) and eat more bananas. It also said if you eat a lot of salt you need to eat more potassium. Also said hard exersize and prolonged sweating causes an increased need for potassium. Anyhow just thought I would share that.

 

[HDDon]

For those of you looking for another source of potassium here is a list of other ediables with approx. the same calorie and potassium counts as bananas.
Banana-105 calories--425mg potassium
1/2 potato-80 calories
5 whole apricots-80 calories
1 cup cubed cantaloupe-55 calories
1 full stalk broccoli-50 calories
1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes-35 calories