Grand Magnate
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,642
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Grand Magnate
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,642
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Calcium and Mag helped my cramps. We have a great magnesium thread in the vitamin forum thansk to MrsD
The other thing that helped surprisingly was salt. 2 years before all my health problems I cut out all salt from my diet. And i needed that salt for my adrenals were weak from too much steroids from epidural injections and prednisone for my TOS. And weak from too much pain and stress from too high of cortisol levels which depleted them. And inthe thryoid and I was a mess and the muscle spasms were unbearable sometimes.
So with a docs help I started back on some salt. Apparently when the sodium and potassium balance is out of whack (ie your electrolytes if can contribute). My sodium was very low and potassium high. And those gatorades are not helpful to correct this. I mixed a little sea salt with warm water in the mornings and drank it. After a while along with the mag and calcium my elctrolytes have balanced.
Please dont take or up your salt without talking to your doctor because it can make you hypertensive especially if you have heart problems already.
Just a tip not for everyone, hope it helps. There are some good websites out there on adrenal fatigue that gave me some good tips on balancing my electrolytes to help the muscle spasms.
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