Hypothyroid plus tingling in hands and feet, muscle cramps

I know this is a long shot since this this conversation was 9 years ago...

I too have extreme leg cramps and leg spasms for over 7 months now. They started out at night only. Then they were night and daytime occasionally. Now they are day and night off and on ALL the time. The leg spasms feel like a thunderstorm happening inside of my legs, even when I wake up. Sometime it keeps me up at night. I was very active with pickleball and golf, until the cramps and spasms started. I now have NOT been active for 3 months now and issues seem to only get worse. I have had many cardiac tests and there have not been any significant findings. Most of my blood work is good. However, LDL is 184 and Lipoprotein A is 265. hTSH 4.69.

What other tests can be done to figure out the cause? I feel like what ever this is, is getting worse each month.

Yes. I drink one liquid IV a day, with a lot of water. I’m not deficient in any vitamins and electrolytes look good on paper.

After focusing on the actual spasms… I think they are veins twitching, not muscles. The cramps are usually up the front of the calf and the back of the calf… at the same time.

CT scan on heart issue next. I’ve also been referred to pulmonologist.

Thanks for the recommendation! I will definitely try that brand.

@humormepleez I highly recommend that you have a coronary CT calcium score test done if you haven’t already. It was the only test that showed that I had an 85 percent blocked coronary artery. Also ask your doctor about the injectable cholesterol lowering drug called Repatha. It brought my LDL down from 150 to 50 in just a couple months

This discussion originated nearly 9 years ago and was mainly about hypothyroidism (plus a bit about tingling in hands & feet, muscle cramps). It renewed a couple days ago and now mainly focuses on muscle cramps? For whatever it’s worth I have 2 granddaughters who do cross country and have gotten plagued from time to time with muscle cramps. They have found relief from making sure they warm up before running (gentle stretching etc), staying well hydrated (electrolytes?) and consuming pickles (of all things, especially pickle juice!). The first two things just seem like common sense to me, but the pickle juice was new to me! But, guess what? I tried it and it works, quickly! I keep a big jar of dill babies or petite dills in the fridge. Good thing I love pickles. I’ve found that a few swigs of the juice can even stop muscle cramps on the spot. I classify this as something that can’t hurt, might help and thought I’d pass it on.

@bcalexander60 Great idea! Thank you! Will do!

@cehunt57 Thank you for your response! 🤓 I have tried pickles and pickle juice and unfortunately, it doesn’t help. My Dr. said not to do the sugar free sports drinks. He explained the salt and sugar work together to help the body absorb the electrolytes. On a different note, my chest still aches from time to time. They are sending me in for a CT scan of the heart next.