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General Discussion => New Members => Topic started by: Cloudkrista on September 08, 2020, 02:23:13 PM

Title: Leg cramps
Post by: Cloudkrista on September 08, 2020, 02:23:13 PM

Hi I have had my femoston dosage 3months in 1/10 upped to 2/10 but In the last week have been experiencing leg cramps in both legs waking me up but particularly in right lower calf and foot 
Can I expect this to go away in time and should I just persevere? Or could it be something unrelated to hrt? Anybody else experiencing this please

Title: Re: Leg cramps
Post by: CLKD on September 08, 2020, 03:28:13 PM

Granny always told me that cramp is lack of salt in the diet.

 :welcomemm:

Title: Re: Leg cramps
Post by: jillydoll on September 11, 2020, 01:14:56 PM

Hi Cloudkrista.

I'm on Femoston conti, and I occasionally get calf cramp. Omg, it hurts like the clappers!
Jumped out of bed, frozen to the spot, trying not to shout out in pain! I'd wake everyone up. 😆 Then when it does go, get back into bed, but one false move, it's back! 😡😡
Absolutely a nightmare. I even had it on my foot and ankle area. 🤷‍♀️ Never had that before.
I think it's a side effect for some reason, I'm sure I've read it somewhere.
It does settle down, I havnt had it now for a while. Although, it's been replaced with restless legs now, which I get quite often, never had that before in my life until now. 🤷‍♀️
Don't know which ones worse than the other tbh. xx

Title: Re: Leg cramps
Post by: CLKD on September 11, 2020, 01:23:54 PM

Cramp goes quite quickly, RLS can last all night  :-\.  Does the HRT make you pee more often which can be a cause of salt loss?  'nurofen' eases RLS for me or lots of bananas ;-)

Title: Re: Leg cramps
Post by: jillydoll on September 11, 2020, 06:42:28 PM

Aww yes, it does last, sometimes well into the next day. I can get up, have breakfast and my legs feel like they're crawling inside. Horrible.

Title: Re: Leg cramps
Post by: CLKD on September 11, 2020, 07:02:21 PM

DH has had cramp a lot in the last few months, in the early mornings he's jumping out of bed trying to be quiet  ::)

Lack of salt can cause cramps. 

Title: Re: Leg cramps
Post by: jillydoll on September 11, 2020, 07:43:36 PM

Haha, yeah, that's the key isn't it. TRYING to be quiet. 🤣😂🤣
It's always a muffled, Aaarrrrrrrr! 🥴😆

Tell you something, no one ever moves as fast as they do when they get cramp. Puts speedy Gonzales to shame! 🤣😂🤣🌪🌪

Title: Re: Leg cramps
Post by: CLKD on September 11, 2020, 07:54:18 PM

Yep.  My feet have ached recently like they are going to cramp ........... DH stretches in his sleep, I'm not good as he leaps out of bed as I'm usually deeply asleep.