Nocturnal Leg Cramps - Help!

Ca is calcium, usually oxide. Mg is magnesium, also usually oxide. I use oxides because they absorb slowly without fluctuations in the levels.

Also please try electrolytes. I started drinking Propel at the request of the pain management doctor at my orthopedists. It has reduced my cramps by about 98%.

I have been taking Essential Electrolytes twice daily for years. The help but I still need the supplements I listed.

I've tried everything under the sun but went back to a basic recommendation on Mayo and another medical website. Make sure sheets are loosened at foot of bed so your legs can move around at night. Kind of basic but, if like me, you've tried everything I've seen recommended here, try that. So far it's helped me a little.

Bob,
Calcium and magnesium 1000 milligrams each daily

Thank you so much!
Bob

When I take more than 400 milligrams of magnesium ( which I do nightly ) I spend a lot of my morning in the bathroom - just saying 😊

i started sleeping with a heating pad by my bed, when a cramp woke me up, I’d turn on the heating pad, loosely wrap around my calf, and could go back to sleep.

Don't forget to loosen the bed sheets at night, according to Mayo and others the legs need to move around. So far it's helped me along with the electrolytes, supplements, etc. I've tested every lotion or cream of any repute and none of them work. Quite often these cramps come from the nerves in the lumbar region. I've dealt with them over thirty years and have had many double leg calf cramps hitting at once. Again, sheets being loose is something I generally ignored, tried all the other stuff but after doing that a few nights ago, no issues.

I found something amazing and fast acting, with no residual ache or pain. It’s a Homeopathic medication you can get through Amazon, or on the shelf at Walmart.
Hyland’s “Leg Cramps”
You simply dissolve 2-3 tiny pills under your tongue at the first sign of cramping. That’s it!
I also have Restless Leg Syndrome. Hyland also makes “Restful Legs” to alleviate the symptoms. Same delivery & results!

Calcium, vitamin D , and magnesium should be carefully balanced. Calcium without enough Vitamin D leads to cramps and kidney stones. Excess vitamin D can be toxic. Excess magnesium leads to loose stools and insufficient magnesium leads to constipation. Vitamin D is stored in the liver and thus is slow acting; slow acting calcium and magnesium help reach a steady equilibrium. Some careful experimentation over time is necessary to get the proportions right. Combination pills are distinctly unhelpful as the proportions do not match the need.