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To all with cramped toes Lithium carbonate is a prescription drug commonly prescribed for bipolar depression. It can be a tricky med if the lithium level gets too high. I've cc'd Charlie Meyer, he's likely familiar with it from a psychiatric viewpoint. Cheers, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Orr" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, Janua ry 20, 2000 5:07 PM Subject: Re: cramping muscles and curling toes > Where does one get lithium carbonate? That sounds like a dream come true. > Anne > [log in to unmask] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: William Harshaw <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 12:57 PM > Subject: Re: cramping muscles and curling toes > > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > > ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01BF634D.A633AFA0 > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > mARY, > > > > ON THE MATTER OF CURLING TOES, Tony LANG, MY NEUROLOGIST PRESCRIBED = > > LITHIUM CARBONATE. iT WORKED LIKE A CHARM. NO MORE CURLING TOES! > > > > cHEERS, > > > > BILL > > ----- Original Message -----=20 > > From: Mary Whitelaw=20 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 10:58 AM > > Subject: Re: cramping muscles and curling toes > > > > > > Hi, my name is Mary and I just signed up yesterday, so I am not quite = > > sure how this works: > > > > I have had PD for over 20 years and I am 53 years old now. Curling = > > toes is one of the most painful experiences I have encountered. However = > > I have learned a few tricks that help: > > > > 1. Take Vitamine E > > > > 2. Do muscle stretching exercises every day. For calf muscles, sit = > > in a chair and raise both legs until knees are flat. Push out with = > > your heels and pull your toes back towards you. Hold it (count to 10) = > > and you should feel a nice pull (stretch) in your calf muscles. Release = > > and repeat about 10 times. > > > > 3. Standing up, holding the back of sturdy chair if necessary, bare = > > or sock feet: raise up on your toes, lower and rock back on your heels. = > > Repeat this about 10 times. > > > > 4. When your toes DO curl try massaging calf muscles, raise you legs = > > up and focus on releasing the toes or try to place your feet on the wall = > > or piece of furniture and push against it with your toes. > > > > I have found the above helpful. I still have toe curls but they are = > > few and further between and not nearly so severe. > > > > Hope this helps > > Mary > > > > ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01BF634D.A633AFA0 > > Content-Type: text/html; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > > <HTML><HEAD> > > <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = > > http-equiv=3DContent-Type> > > <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> > > <STYLE></STYLE> > > </HEAD> > > <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> > > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>mARY,</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>ON THE MATTER OF CURLING TOES, Tony LANG, MY = > > NEUROLOGIST=20 > > PRESCRIBED LITHIUM CARBONATE. iT WORKED LIKE A CHARM. NO = > > MORE=20 > > CURLING TOES!</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>cHEERS,</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>BILL</FONT></DIV> > > <BLOCKQUOTE=20 > > style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = > > 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> > > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> > > <DIV=20 > > style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = > > black"><B>From:</B>=20 > > <A href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]" = > > [log in to unmask]>Mary=20 > > Whitelaw</A> </DIV> > > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 > > href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]"=20 > > = > > [log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]</A> = > > </DIV> > > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 20, = > > 2000 10:58=20 > > AM</DIV> > > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: cramping muscles = > > and curling=20 > > toes</DIV> > > <DIV><BR></DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi, my name is Mary and I just signed up = > > yesterday, so I am=20 > > not quite sure how this works:</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I have had PD for over 20 years and I am 53 years = > > old=20 > > now. Curling toes is one of the most painful experiences I have=20 > > encountered. However I have learned a few tricks that = > > help:</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>1. Take Vitamine E</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>2. Do muscle stretching exercises every = > > day. For=20 > > calf muscles, sit in a chair and raise both legs until knees are = > > flat. =20 > > Push out with your heels and pull your toes back towards=20 > > you. Hold it (count to 10) and you should feel a nice pull = > > (stretch) in=20 > > your calf muscles. Release and repeat about 10 = > > times.</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>3. Standing up, holding the back of sturdy = > > chair if=20 > > necessary, bare or sock feet: raise up on your toes, lower and = > > rock back=20 > > on your heels. Repeat this about 10 times.</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>4. When your toes DO curl try massaging calf = > > > > muscles, raise you legs up and focus on releasing the toes or = > > try to=20 > > place your feet on the wall or piece of furniture and push against it = > > with=20 > > your toes.</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I have found the above helpful. I still have = > > toe curls=20 > > but they are few and further between and not nearly so = > > severe.</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hope this helps</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Mary</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> > > > > ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01BF634D.A633AFA0-- >