muscle cramps - Menopause Message Board

LINSCYCLIST · 05-25-2006, 04:21 PM

I feel like I am forever posting on here with something new but I guess that is the ups and downs of peri menopause.

I have started to get occasional muscle cramps in my legs and I have read they can be associated with lower oestrogen. Does anyone else experience this? I only started to get them recently and normally just after my period when I am feeling at my worst.

thanks
Linda
I am getting close to experiencing all the 35 signs of peri - but thank goodness not all at the same time!!

deinee · 05-25-2006, 06:01 PM

Hi Linda,
Don't feel bad about posting with new conditions, I swear I've had them all too! I get cramps in my feet alot. Mainly my toes. I have to walk the cramp out. It will start for no reason. I thought for months maybe it was the shoes I was wearing, but then I saw other posts about cramps and figured it was probably another peri thing. Can you believe how many body functions our hormones control? Take care, Ann

Hopefully · 05-25-2006, 08:33 PM

Oh, yes I've been dealing with body aches, joint aches, and muscles aches for almost a year. Right now I'm experiencing body aches that feel like when I have the flu. It's not a constant aching, but just enough to keep me wondering what's going on with my hormones. Sometimes I feel old when I'm getting up from a sitting position, but then again I'll have period of times where I don't have these aches. In my case I think the 50+ pounds that I've put on are a contributing factor that's why I'm working at shedding these pounds asap

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MommaBee · 05-26-2006, 01:00 AM

I was also experiencing the muscle cramps and asked the doc what I could do for them. He said that I was probably dehydrated and needed some extra potassium. So I bought some Gateraid and started taking a calcium/magnisium supplement and have now pretty much rid myself of them. I have to watch how much potassium I take because of high blood pressure meds.

BobbsMomm · 05-26-2006, 08:02 PM

I've learned something new today. Another peri symptom is muscle cramps. I thought my leg cramps was due to me working as a waitress on the weekends.
Recently I starting the 2nd job & the leg cramps started. I associated the two as being related.

Perhaps they are, but I also think it's the perimenopause thing. <sigh>

Getting old is hell!