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[Cloudkrista]

Hi I have had my femoston dosage 3months in 1/10 upped to 2/10 but In the last week have been experiencing leg cramps in both legs waking me up but particularly in right lower calf and foot 
Can I expect this to go away in time and should I just persevere? Or could it be something unrelated to hrt? Anybody else experiencing this please

[CLKD]

Granny always told me that cramp is lack of salt in the diet.

 

[jillydoll]

Hi Cloudkrista.

I'm on Femoston conti, and I occasionally get calf cramp. Omg, it hurts like the clappers!
Jumped out of bed, frozen to the spot, trying not to shout out in pain! I'd wake everyone up. 😆 Then when it does go, get back into bed, but one false move, it's back! 😡😡
Absolutely a nightmare. I even had it on my foot and ankle area. 🤷‍♀️ Never had that before.
I think it's a side effect for some reason, I'm sure I've read it somewhere.
It does settle down, I havnt had it now for a while. Although, it's been replaced with restless legs now, which I get quite often, never had that before in my life until now. 🤷‍♀️
Don't know which ones worse than the other tbh. xx

[CLKD]

Cramp goes quite quickly, RLS can last all night  .  Does the HRT make you pee more often which can be a cause of salt loss?  'nurofen' eases RLS for me or lots of bananas ;-)

[jillydoll]

Aww yes, it does last, sometimes well into the next day. I can get up, have breakfast and my legs feel like they're crawling inside. Horrible.

[CLKD]

DH has had cramp a lot in the last few months, in the early mornings he's jumping out of bed trying to be quiet 

Lack of salt can cause cramps. 

[jillydoll]

Haha, yeah, that's the key isn't it. TRYING to be quiet. 🤣😂🤣
It's always a muffled, Aaarrrrrrrr! 🥴😆

Tell you something, no one ever moves as fast as they do when they get cramp. Puts speedy Gonzales to shame! 🤣😂🤣🌪🌪

[CLKD]

Yep.  My feet have ached recently like they are going to cramp ........... DH stretches in his sleep, I'm not good as he leaps out of bed as I'm usually deeply asleep.