I too wake up with muscle cramps in my legs. Magnesium supplements made it worse, as did calcium, muscle relaxers didn't work. I found that I need to stretch after any exercise and at night in the shower when the warm water is relaxing the muscles, and stretch gently in the jacuzzi as often as possible. Also drink water - it's true that dehydration, even mild dehydration causes muscle cramps. We are all the same but we're also all different. I have to change medications or doses often - they work for awhile, then something else works, then in awhile I can go back to an earlier medicine and it works …
I used to think that allergies were fascinatingly complex - now I think that Neuropathy is complex and interesting. It takes up a lot of time that I would rather spend playing sports and writing and hanging with friends but that's life sometimes. We can either do it and keep doing it, or lay down and go to hospice or look around for something sharp to cut our veins with.

I grew up in Los Angeles, where people believe that the Purpose of Life is Pleasure; we manufacture the entertainment that the whole world buys. My husband grew up in New England where people believe that the Purpose of Life is Duty; you will have some pleasure along the way but anyone who pursues pleasure is shallow. We've been married for 31 years, each of us modified and compromised where necessary and I still ponder this concept of Pleasure and Duty at times.

Peggy