Spasams in arms and legs
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Spasams in arms and legs
| Sat, 08-14-2004 - 11:07pm |
Hi:
I'm still awaiting my endo appt... I am so looking forward to it; I only hope she has better input than my PCP has given me! Anyway, in the meantime my muscle spasams in my arms and legs have gotten much worse, and I realized recently that these didn't appear until after I was diagnosed and put on Levothroid. Is it a side effect? It is annoying because my muscles are sometimes sore when I get up in the morning because they've been spasaming all through the night. It doesn't seem to fit with restless leg syndrome because I don't really need to move around & my limbs don't jerk--- it's just little spasams in random muscles all up and down my arms and legs...
Have you heard of a dietary change I can make that might help or anything else?
Once again, I'm so greatful for this board!!
--Dee.
I'm still awaiting my endo appt... I am so looking forward to it; I only hope she has better input than my PCP has given me! Anyway, in the meantime my muscle spasams in my arms and legs have gotten much worse, and I realized recently that these didn't appear until after I was diagnosed and put on Levothroid. Is it a side effect? It is annoying because my muscles are sometimes sore when I get up in the morning because they've been spasaming all through the night. It doesn't seem to fit with restless leg syndrome because I don't really need to move around & my limbs don't jerk--- it's just little spasams in random muscles all up and down my arms and legs...
Have you heard of a dietary change I can make that might help or anything else?
Once again, I'm so greatful for this board!!
--Dee.

Hi Dee,
I'm just guessing here since I'm not on Levothroid, but if the spasms started after you began taking the med, it may be a side effect or you might be having some type of allergic reaction.
Thanks for your reply; my appointment is on the 26th... I have told my PCP about the spasams, but he isn't very impressed (not saying much, I'd have to be tapdancing naked in a science fiction movie to impress him)...LOL
I do hope that my Endo will take it under advisement. Another med might just be in order.
I'll post after my Endo appt...
Dee.
Thank you so much,
Michelle
Thanks for letting me know, it really has me thinking now!!
(Let me know what your doc says)
Dee
I finally got a call back from my PCP about the spasams (I'd left a message with the nurse around the same time I wrote this post... I'd talked to him about it before, but I wanted him to know it was worse). And, well, the call was actually from the Med. Assistant who said, "it's not related to your hypothyroid or medication." And THEN asked me to describe the spasams: he said, "they're muscle cramps, right?" And I said no, they're like little jumpy spasams in individual muscles up and down my legs and arms... you can actually see them if you watch my legs long enough. So then he says, "OH, Oh, I see... well, does Dr. Y know about this?"!
LOL!
AAAAGH!
:-o
At least I'm seeing the endo tomorrow... I'm thinking she might be more tuned in to the whole thing.
Dee.