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Paula, I replied to Tom about his cramping. A liquid Calcium /Mag . solution really helps with this kind of cramping. But Pain is a different animal. If it is a burning almost hot sensation and super sensitive to the touch , it could be the inflamed nerve that goes over the iliac crest in the pelvis and runs down the leg. This neuritis pain is excrutiating. I take Gabapentine( Neuronton) to help me live with my pain. I take 900mg three times a day for the pain. It is a fairly nontoxic , hard to overdo drug and usually under prescribed. I had to borrow a new PDR to research it and get the correct level for my body weight. The doc started me out at 200mg a day and then boosted me up to 2700mg when I showed him the page in the PDR. My doc and I get along great by the way. You may need to have the source of your pain checked out in case you have this "fun" problem. I hope this info helps and hopefully its just low blood Calcium which should respond with supplementation. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Shook" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:16 PM Subject: Re: muscle pain/waking up 20 min. > Tom, > This is Paula from PA, 49, dx at age 37. I've had such pain in my > thighs for the last three days that I dread going to bed. I toss and turn, > get 20 min of sleep until the pain wakes me up. When it got to be every 10 > min, I got the Ibuprofen out - took 4 - got 3 hrs sleep. Ibuprofen seems to > help me more than any other drug. I'm trying the liquid sinemet tomorrow > a.m.. Stay tuned/Paula > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom McCreary" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 12:51 PM > Subject: muscle contraction robbing sleep. > > > > Its been 4 days now w/o sleep. I am not doing well. AS i begin to fall > asleep the constricting or contracting of primarily my thigh muscles begin. > Occurring every 20+/- secs ad lasting for as many as 5 secs. This will go > on all night for until i take my first dose of Symetryl and Comtan. This > could be controlling the contractions during the day......... The sensation > is identical to that offered by the "tinge" device used by Chiropractors,. > It electronically causes a muscle to contract and then relax to reduce > soreness. Have any of you had a similar problem and what'd u do? > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > Thanks Tom > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn