Like you, I also get aching in my legs when I sit in the recliner or lie in bed. It keeps me from going to sleep, but doesn't wake me up. Like you, I don't have the pain when I'm walking around or sitting in a regular chair. If I can't go to sleep, I have to get back up and walk around a bit to help it. I have HNPP (Hereditary Neuropathy with Pressure Palsies). My neurologist told me it's the pressure palsies part causing this. The nerves can't take pressure on them. I thought PP just caused numbness, tingling and dead leg/arm temporarily, but she said it can cause the pain too. I don't have a solution, but haven't noticed some days, weeks or months are better than others so hopefully you'll have some better times too. I get a lot of shooting/stabbing pains, toe in a vice feeling, etc. that also mostly happen in the recliner and lying down at night. That seemed like typical neuropathy to me. I also get restless leg syndrome at night in the recliner or bed. I hope someone will offer a solution to the aching here. I've tried pillows -- nope. I've tried stretching my legs in bed and that actually makes my RLS worse. As long as I'm awake at night the aching gets worse and worse, but oddly enough, when I wake up in the morning it's gone. Best of luck to you.

Have you tried compression socks during the day?

Maybe 24/7 was too much. Maybe just wear them during the day and see what happens. I'm not liking these "Golden Years"!

Golden is correct. At this age it is filling all the doctors pockets with "gold" from all of the office visits and tests.

Hey! Thanks for the reply. It looks worth a try. In the mornings I do leg, knee, hip, and ankle stretches. I follow up with a "Stick Roller" and roll the hell out of my legs to ease up the tenderness from the night before. I drink more than my share of water a day because I've had kidney stones twice in last ten years. And yes.....I think I know what child birth feels like completely now. LOL Yes I've took all kinds of suppliments for 30-90 days each but most I never had a ounce of difference. I have a 4 knob liberating back massager so I'll try it before I go to bed and when I get up the first time to walk which is 1:30 -3:00 AM. I'll give results a later time, Thanks!!

Forgot to say no noise and you can turn it up or down and it has a timer too
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I was having huge problems with feet and legs up to the knees, pain and tingling especially at bedtime. Tried a lot of remedies nothing helped. I noticed it would be worse if my feet got cold, like when I would walk on concrete barefoot. I have found if I keep my feet warm all the time, during the day I seldom go bare foot, at night socks on my feet until the bed is warm, an extra little blanket over the bottom of my bed. In the winter I have a heating blanket but I only use it to warm the bed before bedtime. Since I started making sure my feet stay warm, I seldom have those issues, if I do I can look back on the day and realize, Yep I ran out to the garbage can barefoot or I got brave and walked in the wet grass, it's always something dumb I did. Good Luck I know how hard this is, it kept me awake for hours before I figured it out.

Hello @911deanos and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You will notice I have moved your post into an existing discussion on the same topic, which you can find here:
- Nocturnal Leg Cramps - Help!: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/nocturnal-leg-cramps-help/

Have you seen a neurologist recently?

I have the same. It began durning chemo. I used to sleep really well. Its discouraging.