Inner thigh cramps that make me pass out

I have had thigh cramps a few years now. They used to wake me up from sleep. They were horrible I would yell and jump up and massage and would cycle on and off for maybe 10 minutes.I found just keeping hydrated helps. Two nights ago I got the worst one yet and hopped up screaming. I finally blacked out from the pain and hit my head on the footbboard of my bed.My husband woke me up and I had and have a huge goosegg on my head.I am still hurting 3 days later, I am 66, am I ok?LOL

I had my 1st inter thigh camp last night 4/27/17 I thought I was gonna pee on myself, I tried walking it off when I could finally roll out of bed, was horrible. I get calf cramps from time to time or a hard time sleeping, so I keep magnesium oil in my table. Hubs suggested that, I didn't think it would work but it still hurt so bad I grabbed it. Normally it's 2 DROPS per leg (will make you run for toilet) I doused it and rubbed it in good and kept hobbling as best I could it took about 3 min to work.

I thought it was nuts never heard of inter thigh cramps. Somehow I'm glad I'm not alone.

I will try this for sure. I have had several of them now, passed out w/the first one, so discussed it w/my doctor during my annual physical. She told me to massage the area firmly which has really helped too, and to drink more Gatorade for hydration. thanks again.

I take quinine pills and they go not help me :)

I've had them 10 years myself. I've done everything dietary for years. Hydration 120 oz. of water every day. magnesium, potassium, calcium plus. Not only supplements but totally changed my diet to actually eat foods that aid what might be missing to cause them. Daily walking and yoga. Nothing worked. My doctor took my blood levels regularly and it was alway good. I had the test for arteriole sclerosis to check circulation.. all good. Finally after 2 different neurologists I found one who guessed I had a pinched nerve most likely in my groin. He began giving me steroid shots and PT for the last year I had relief!! It was awesome, but those shots won't work forever. That's just a temporary fix of symptoms. I'm going to need to deal with it (surgery). I can't sleep laying horizontally lately and it sucks! Anyway. Think about the possibility it's a pinched nerve.

Goodness me....i thought I was the only one.

These cramps are debilitating. I scream out too. Like I am being murdered. I can't help it. Mine started on a race but only about 6 miles I up a mountain. With icy cold blasting my legs and I appropriate leg wear so at that point I thought...well what the heck do you expect. Then it happened BIG STYLE during a road marathon...mile 15 o wards and cared my way round and got carried across the finiah line into the medic tent. Since then I has come on during the night or when I am relaxing usually when my legs are bent and it come out of the blue usually.

Oh my...it is the worst pain. I have ever known.

There seems to be no pattern except I will have exercised that day. It started improving but recently has fired up again.

I now have to dig really hard into the muscle to even get a grip on the pain then get something frozen. But then afterwards I find something warm more soothing. Equally, I have had it in a warm bath.

I too worry that I will get it when I am old and pass out from the pain.

Going to increase sodium and potassium and magnesium and see what happens.

Thanks for sharing.

Add to your water Himalayan salt. You need potassium and magnesium (not calcium). Himalayan salt will give you this. Make sure your food are high in potassium as well.

Thank you for all the posts. I just experienced the terrible thigh pain and almost passing out about an hour ago. I will try some of the remedies e. g. placing heat on the thigh, etc. Lucky me I have only experienced this once. Hope all of you are much better by now!!

The other day at work I was sitting down for about 3 hours then got a sharp cramp in my thigh. Instantly stood up to stretch it out but it went for longer than normal. I got a into a cold sweat and lost 90% of my vision and pretty much passed out. Ambo came and had low blood pressure about 15 mins after. Then it was normal about 30mins after. I had just started taking magnesium supplements and multivitamins so maybe I had too much magnesium going through my body.

I've had the same cramp that goes from the knee to the inner thigh . The pain was beyond belief and 3 times I passed out from it- once for so long the ambulance was called. Thought to be possibly dehydration and anaemia . Have been on quinine tablets at night for over a year now and no recurrance. Try that

Try MUSTARD. This week I had inner thigh cramps in both legs plus the outside of my calfs. I dropped to the floor (The last time I had these cramps, I passed out, cut my chin, woke up in s pool of blood). Managed to drag myself to my store of mustard packets, 2 packets and relief. Doctors and ERs don.t deem to know about this.

I've been getting theses for years. The only thing that seem to help was learning to sleep with your legs straight. Due to I've notice that it only occurred when I slept with my knees bent.

I am glad to know that it is not just happening to me. I haven't found a cure yet nor a solution. I hope this Pickle juuce help

How's is your back? My GP thinks it's mine and I agreed. I only get them when my L3-L4 is swollen.

Relieved to have found this board - if only to hook up with fellow sufferers. I have had leg cramps for years, including those some very disturbing inner thigh cramps, but seemed to have gained control over them with a general improvement in diet. Just recently, however, I went on an extended vacation to visit family in the UK. My diet went to pot as I was staying with family members, and didn't want to burden them with my diet restrictions. I also drank far less water than I usually drink at home. These are the only explanations I can think of for what I am about to describe. I was enjoying a night out with an old friend and a couple of family members. After an excellent main course, we began to peruse the dessert menu. I suddenly experienced severe pain and cramping in my right inner thigh at the back, swiftly followed by the same thing in the left thigh. I tried to get up, and could barely walk, but made it outside of the restaurant. The pain was so bad I started to go dizzy and couldn't stand properly. I remember gripping on to a drain pipe and calling for help. I had never experienced anything like this. THe next thing I knew, a man was bending over me, asking me if I needed help. I had passed out. Someone called for an ambulance, and I spend the next four hours in the Emergency Room where I had blood tests, X-rays and was treated by the kindest of strangers (all for free, I might add. I will NEVER knock the British National Health Service!). Apart from being hypothermic when I was first brought in, nothing else was deemed to be amiss. I was judged to have had a vasovagal episode due to the severity of the pain. Now I am nervous about what set it off and if/when it might happen again. But I am certainly returning to a better diet once I am home. I have found that taking apple cider vinegar every day prevented leg cramps before my trip, so hopefully getting back into the habit of taking it every day, along with cutting out sugar & wheat and upping the water intake will protect me.