Originally Posted by amy-s

I didn't see anyone else mention this one, so I'll jump in with it...

I get the muscle cramps really badly while on met. It starts on about the 3rd day like clockwork... calf cramp in the middle of the night. I'll get them 3-5 times a night, worst that I've ever had in my life! Then, it migrates to other muscles. I start getting them in strange places, like my arm muscles, back, stomach muscles, even my toes and my neck! It usually happens when I'm straining to lift something, pressing on the break pedal to drive (scary thought huh?), or stretching in the morning. It's not like general aches and crampiness. It's like you look down and the muscle has become a rock hard knot that you can't move for several seconds to a minute. Hurts like !#@$!

Apparantly it's kinda common. Here's what my doc told me to do... Take a good quality calcium supplement with magnesium, I get mine from GNC. Plenty of fluids too.

I had always thought that when you get a cramp, it meant you needed potassium and you should eat bananas. Not necessarily!