dont know why or how but it hurts (only when i walk)

so besides getting a wheelchair, i've also heard that i can drink a shot of white vinegar and it will make it go away, that my body is too acidic or some shit

ps - its not TB

3/2/2009 3:06:20 PM

epic health problems

3/2/2009 3:06:38 PM

yea i have the same problem

my grandpa swears vinegar helps but I've never tried it

go to doc, get some RLS meds

[Edited on March 2, 2009 at 3:07 PM. Reason : also eat a lot of bananas..need more potassium ]

3/2/2009 3:07:13 PM

try getting more potassium

that was one of the first symptoms of my mom having thyroid problems

3/2/2009 3:08:15 PM

Ask MrRedemption for prescription pills

3/2/2009 3:10:15 PM

suicide is the only reasonable solution

3/2/2009 3:10:17 PM

potassium was my first thought saturday, i actually went to HT to buy a loaf of bananas or whatever the hell you call them. and it didnt help

my next appointment isnt for a couple weeks and its no emergency so i guess i'll try the vinegar. just wanted to make sure it wasnt a mean trick

3/2/2009 3:10:56 PM

SOCK ITCH?

3/2/2009 3:23:04 PM

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"loaf of bananas"

I laffed.

3/2/2009 3:24:14 PM

Eat some potassium, K?

3/2/2009 3:24:54 PM

haha yea i thought of the correct word while i was typing it, but i liked it the way it was

3/2/2009 3:25:01 PM

drink some Gatorade and plenty of water as well, dehydration can cause cramping. the vinegar thing sounds like a bunch of hokey pokey

3/2/2009 3:25:36 PM

^i drink 64oz of gatorade every day for the past almost 3 years

Quote :

"Eat some potassium, K?"

how much? i already did the bananas and the multivitamins, i'm not trying to turn into a banana

3/2/2009 3:26:10 PM

magnesium

3/2/2009 3:26:28 PM

^^ I was just trying to make a pun. Get it, POTASSIUM, K?

3/2/2009 3:27:09 PM

although my vitamins only have 3% of the recommended calcium, apparantly.

fuck it im doing vinegar!

^oh i get it now i think. periodic table or something? i only did CH 101 and that was 10 years ago

3/2/2009 3:27:33 PM

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"i drink 64oz of gatorade every day for the past almost 3 years"

well there is your problem

that shit is acidic

you need to just drink plain old water

3/2/2009 3:27:44 PM

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"^oh i get it now i think. periodic table or something? i only did CH 101 and that was 10 years ago"

Yeah. I took CH101 10 years ago too. I also took it 9.5 years ago.

3/2/2009 3:28:49 PM

but but but the doctor told me to drink the gatorade or pedialyte

3/2/2009 3:29:02 PM

someone just tell me to do the vinegar already so i can get the nerve up

3/2/2009 3:29:55 PM

DO IT

3/2/2009 3:30:26 PM

Eat vinegar via BBQ Sammiches maybe? That sounds like a win-win situation.

3/2/2009 3:30:39 PM

Quote :

"DO IT"

thanks, thats all i needed to hear. if i remember, i'll post an update. because you all care

3/2/2009 3:32:27 PM

if your doctor told you to drink a 64 oz gatorade every day you need a new doctor

3/2/2009 3:40:01 PM

Infectious Calf Heat.

Jim Rome and his producer had it for a while.

3/2/2009 3:40:27 PM

Quote :

"if your doctor told you to drink a 64 oz gatorade every day you need a new doctor"

i'll look into it. i just know that a couple years back i ran myself down and had to spend a night in the hospital with the IV fluid bags, they wouldnt let me leave till the 2nd one finished dripping. and they said something about gatorade or pedialyte

the 64oz dosage was a part i kinda did on my own, cause i buy the 32 oz bottles and drink like 2 a day

3/2/2009 3:44:14 PM

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"Infectious Calf Heat."

isnt that related to RLS and all that? cause my legs dont hurt like someone with RLS (i think rls is bs btw, my shrinks waiting room has like 300 books on it)

no pain when i sit and no pain when im trying to sleep. only when i stand. its a lot different than what most people complain about

but ive read enough now to confirm vinegar as a potential remedy. mustard works for my heartburn. so fuck it!!1

3/2/2009 3:47:34 PM

This sounds really strange but on the People's Pharmacy they swear up and down if you sleep with soap under your legs at night that you will not have this problem during the day.

I also have restless leg syndrome but mine comes from my diabetes/fibromyalgia problems.
Restless leg also happens when you are depressed. I guess it has to do with low serotonin. Cymbalta helped me when I used it.

3/2/2009 3:48:27 PM

my mom does the soap under the sheet thing

3/2/2009 3:49:44 PM

i just talked to a family member that gets a lot of similar weird little things like the ones i get. he said that not only did vinegar work for him, but it worked so well that he could actually feel it as it "moved through" his body once it got into his system.

i'm doing it bye

3/2/2009 3:52:37 PM

if you drink vinegar you are going get real nauseous, like REALLY nauseous

i wouldnt do it, drinking vinegar is a very dependable way to cut weight, and its not pretty

^^^that sounds like they are under the persuasion it is some sort of pH causation



[Edited on March 2, 2009 at 3:55 PM. Reason : d]

3/2/2009 3:53:28 PM

i always just assumed most cramps were just dehydration. so i hydrate.

3/2/2009 3:54:30 PM

my roommate believed in the black magic of vinegar--it never cured his retardation though

oh, and the cheapest, easiest way to up your potassium intake is to buy the sodium-free salt for people with hbp and mix it with your table salt

[Edited on March 2, 2009 at 3:59 PM. Reason : &c]

3/2/2009 3:56:50 PM

i mean dude it could be fucking anything. could be a medication, could be your diet, could be congenital, could be from underlying medical problems, could be exposures, etc. etc... the list goes on and on. that's why you see a doctor

and by doctor i don't mean the ER at 3am for something thats been going on for 6 days

the People's Pharmacy....ahahahaha dont fucking get me started on that shit

[Edited on March 2, 2009 at 4:00 PM. Reason : ]

3/2/2009 3:59:13 PM

also blood clots

that happened to someone i knew recently. lots of pain in calves when walking. he had 2 blood clots.

3/2/2009 4:00:05 PM

i dont know bout you but i cant walk around on cramped calves

there aint too much pain when walkin because i hit the fuckin dirt

[Edited on March 2, 2009 at 4:01 PM. Reason : r]

3/2/2009 4:01:06 PM

Quote :

"i mean dude it could be fucking anything. could be a medication, could be your diet, could be congenital, could be from underlying medical problems, could be exposures, etc. etc... the list goes on and on. that's why you see a doctor"

oh i am, my next GP appointment is in like 14 days, and i called the nurse to get on the cancellation bump list. obviously if it gets worse or anything i will go to ER or some specialist

at this point its a mild annoyance. so dont get me wrong, im not trying to skip out on the doc.

^also, thats the thing, its not like the kind of cramp that makes you hop around, the real tight kind. its mild but very sore. like i was saying, an annoyance at this point. if i hit the dirt, i'm on the next flight to the ER ahha

3/2/2009 4:03:00 PM

^^That is what I was thinking. Poor jackleg.

[Edited on March 2, 2009 at 4:04 PM. Reason : arrows]

3/2/2009 4:03:47 PM

yea do somethin bout that mang

3/2/2009 4:05:00 PM

Vinegar is acid...so the "my body is too acidic or something" theory isn't correct

3/2/2009 5:04:54 PM

no vinegar is acidic

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3/2/2009 5:32:42 PM

Quote :

"drink a shot of white vinegar and it will make it go away, that my body is too acidic or some shit"

vinegar is an acid, which would not help make your body less acidic, it would make it more so, if such a thing were possible.

Quote :

"drink a shot of white vinegar and it will make it go away, that my body is too acidic or some shit"

Quote :

"drink some Gatorade and plenty of water as well, "

increase calcium intake as well.

cold compresses on the calf should help, i'm talking ice bags. that will help with 'clots' if that's part of it as well

get a massage?

stretch? both static and dynamic

if none of this helps and it still persists or gets worse then make a GP appointment.

3/2/2009 5:46:04 PM

You gon die

3/2/2009 6:34:37 PM

have any of the people who think they have RLS tried using a body pillow? or just a pillow between the legs?

3/2/2009 7:18:48 PM

Quote :

"have any of the people who think they have RLS tried using a body pillow? or just a pillow between the legs?"

my legs hurt a whole hell of a lot worse when i don't sleep with either a pillow between my legs or a leg over somebody or something like that.. just something to keep my knees separated helps a ton

3/2/2009 7:28:33 PM

yep, it's a nerve/circulation thing. figured it out when i was a little kid.

the soap under the sheets helps b/c you constantly rub your calves against them when you toss and turn.

get a leg massage, it feels good as hell.

[Edited on March 2, 2009 at 7:47 PM. Reason : l]

3/2/2009 7:46:14 PM

have some milk

3/2/2009 8:18:37 PM

dehydration

3/2/2009 8:21:17 PM

eat a banana

problem solved

3/2/2009 8:25:00 PM

set em up

3/2/2009 8:25:27 PM