Nerve pain, electric spasms in legs, feet, back, arms etc.
Hi All, over the last two years I have woken a few times to numb hands. The Dr sent me for carpel tunnel testing which came back negative. I thought it maybe circulatory so starting exercising a lot more and things improved. In Feb 2024, I had an awful flu (lid me out flat for a week). Since then I developed electric spasms in my arms, legs, stomach, back etc all over. I had an MrI on my brain and whole spine. These all came back normal/healthy. The Dr then prescribed Ampitriptilyne for nerve pain and to help me sleep as these spasms were keeping me up at night.
I then experienced a very sharp pain in my left neck which radiated down to my shoulder and exterior arm. It lasted at least 10days and I was swimming going to Phisio and a chiro to help with this.
The neck pain still comes and goes so the Dr referred me to the orthopedic Dr for another MrI of my whole spine. This again came back healthy apart from L5/S1 where my disk is protruding and pressing on a nerve. This explains the pain in my right leg and right buttocks which I have had for about a year.
The ampitriptilyne is helping me sleep and the spasms have reduced but I am still getting them at night and sometimes they wake me up despite being on medication.
Anyone have any ideas of what more tests I should push for? Or medication? Or anything else I could do? I am swimming, cycling and doing Pilates to help with symptoms. We are eating mainly plant based diet etc.
Any advice would be appreciated. I am getting very anxious about leaving my daughter without a mother and I really don’t want her to have to care for me. Thank you so much in advance. Best wishes, C.
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Have you tried taking magnesium tissue salts (mag phos)? I have a severe magnesium deficiency and it sounds similar to what you described. Nothing will appear wrong on any tests but magnesium deficiencies cause cramps, spasms, headaches, pain, numbness. Putting a mag phos tablet under your tongue will allow it to absorb into your blood stream and stop spasms and pain. It might be worth asking your doctor’s opinion. My doctors were treating me for epilepsy, until we consulted a different doctor and they fixed the problem immediately with magnesium. This might not be your solution but it could definitely be worth looking into.
have you ever looked into a spinal cord stimulator? It's not for everyone and has to be recommended by your dr. Let me know if you want more info
When I had electric spasms in my feet my doctor prescribed cyclobenzaprine, 5 mg. once a day. That stopped the electric spasms. I still take it as a preventative.
Along with that I take Nerve Control 911 for my PN. experience no symptoms of PN and have no side effects.