Inner thigh cramps that make me pass out

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I too have had these cramps.  Always after eating concentrated amounts of sugar (high fructose corn syrup?). The last episode was after eating the better part of a bag of jelly beans.  I've found forcing down  2 LG glasses of water and deep breathing helps them to dissipate within. 5 min

I totally agree...unless you've had one, you cannot sympathize....they are some of the worst pain I have ever experienced....I have found noting that helps and or what causes them...I hope someone has an answer

My doctor recommended that I drink Tonic water and hopefully this will work although upon reading about quinine I find that it can cause irregular heartbeats which I do get from time to time. The leg cramp is much worse so I will keep drinking it and will let you know what happens.

Tried Tonic water it does not help,only salt and water helps me,have b een on quinine tablets, crampease,slept with a cork under my pillow only the salt works but you still have to wortk through the pain for twenty minutes, and do not stand on a cold floor it b rings it on again....

I experienced this last night in my right leg and then increased to my left leg. I have never experienced pain like this and I am not soft. I have gashed my arm leaving an open wound so you could see in my arm,cut the tip of my finger off in engineering accident  had my nose broken several times, broken ribs, all the breaks through martial arts but none of these compare to the absolute agony I was in to the extent I was nearly passing out, it lasted about 25 to 30mins. My 20 year old son was trying to help stretch it off and I never swear in front of my children, but believe me by near the end of the experience the air was full of foul language.

what had you been doing during the day? eating sugar, dehydrated, sitting still for long periods, legs up just before? lying down when it happened? all questions to consider for future bouts..

I have the same problem, and I believe I have the cause and the solution. The very first time it happened to me, I was sitting in my livingroom chair and then it happened. Pain beyond belief!. I have had kidney stones that I thought was the very worst pain that one could imagine untill I had this muscle cramp or spasm or what ever it is in my inner thigh. The dizzyness, cold sweats, the need to vomit.....I thought I may even die from this horrible experience.  It was in my right thigh that I had had a blodd clot in, so I naturally put the two together. I kept tabs on when I would start to feel that pain begin and what I was doing. I realized that after sitting for a while or driving for a long distance, I would have the synptoms of one coming on a short while later. I would massage the thigh vigorously, trying to push the blood down the leg and it worked! I then realized that when I drove and my leg was bent up and my groin was "crimped" that I would have the symptoms later.So I started driving with the leg placed as strait as possible, and it reallyhelped. I also noticed that when a seat I was sitting in would press against the underside of my thigh, it would begin again a while later.  I other words, the chair, or seat would be slightly sunk in in the middle causing my thigh to have pressure under it,  thena short while later the thigh spasm would begine. So now.................I only sit where my thigh has very little to no pressure inder it, and my leg would have plently of blood flow to it by not crimping my groin area. I am also about 40 lbs over weight, which I believe increases the blood restriction by helping to crimp the groin aea when I sit. As a matter of fact, I just now leaned back to allow the crimp to release which has helped my leg and the feeling that a cramp may happen. In short I believe it is caused by poor blood supply to the muscle, because of being over weight, and / or by sitting in the wrong seat or wrong posture (leaning forward). So far so good. No more cramping. Now time to loose this weight.

i also have had these inner thigh cramps. by far the worst pain i have ever felt. i am 47 years (male) old have been having these cramps for 4 years, on and off. i can go 4or5 months without any and then out of the blue they come back. i will get one and then fight trying not to get another one for the next 2 weeks. don't know why i get them off and on but as i said it's the worst pain i have ever felt along with the most helpless feeling of not being able to get rid of it. i have found one position to help it go away faster. it might work for you and it may not but with this kind of pain anything is worth trying. when the cramp comes i jump out of bed and grab hold of the dresser and with the leg that is cramping act like you are doing the splits (the other leg just bend at the knee or what ever  feels comfortable) extend that leg as far and as straight as you can and point your toes away from you. this helps me get rid of the cramp in a matter of minutes. this might work for some of you. if it works for one of you then great. this is a pain that i wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

I get severe, debilitating thigh cramps if I take a diuretic or sweat heavily during the day.  The pain is intense and feels as if the muscle is about to tear in half.  The cramping almost always start at night, usually if I bend my knee while in bed.  I had blood tests, but was only deficient in Vitamin D.  Now, as soon as I feel the cramp starting, I leap out of bed and throw the shower on.  Okay, I then stand around moaning and occasionally shreiking in pain until the water gets hot.  I aim the now hot shower on my leg until the cramps die away, which generally takes about ten minutes.  I then take at least 3000 mg of Vitamin D, about 300 mg of potassium, and about 3000 mg dose of Calcium with magnesium (the magnesium and Vitamin D are important because your body doesn't really utilize Calcium unless they are present in sufficient amounts).  Taking that mixture of vitamins and minerals seems to help prevent further cramping, but they take several hours to be absorbed, so I put a heating pad on high between my thighs when I climb back into bed.  If I don't, I risk having another cramp session. 

My husband is a physician, so he has been observing my problem for some time.  It has him stymied, but the vitamin/mineral cocktail is his concoction.  Now, if I need to take a diuretic, I take some D, calcium with magnesium, and potassium along with the diuretic, then take more about three hours later, then more just before I go to bed.  If I do that, I generally don't cramp.  If I don't take them, I can count on waking up in agony after a few hours of sleep.

 

I had the exact same situation and couldn't find anything or anyone that could help. And then I weened myself off of Excedrin, which I had been taking for years for chronic headaches, and the inner thigh cramps stopped completely. Now I only take Ibuprofen, which barely takes the edge off my headaches, but haven't had an inner thigh cramp since.

These upper/inner thigh cramps are usually related to an L3 nerve compression. Many occcur at night due to the sleeping position, but may happen during the day when sitting. An MRI of the lumbosacral spine will give a more definitive diagnosis. If possible, sleep on the stomach with two pillows under the pelvic area to open up the vertebral spaces. Good luck!

I agree Don - mine have usually happened when I have been sitting for a period of time (restaurant, supper table, computer) and I feel mine, at least, are related to blood supply to that part of my leg. I too, am so pleased to have found this site (that sounds crazy I know!) as I have had about half a dozen of these and literally feel like I am going to faint - bright lights in my eyes, sweat. Like almost everyone else, I wondered if I was having a heart attack. My last one (last night) followed walking 18 holes of golf and a brisk walk with the dog - too much exercise with too little stretching. I am much more careful about sitting long times. In a restaurant, I will get up every 30 - 45 minutes and walk around. Now I'm going to do more stretching before walking - good luck everyone. Nice to know I'm not alone!

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Don wrote:

I have the same problem, and I believe I have the cause and the solution. The very first time it happened to me, I was sitting in my livingroom chair and then it happened. Pain beyond belief!. I have had kidney stones that I thought was the very worst pain that one could imagine untill I had this muscle cramp or spasm or what ever it is in my inner thigh. The dizzyness, cold sweats, the need to vomit.....I thought I may even die from this horrible experience.  It was in my right thigh that I had had a blodd clot in, so I naturally put the two together. I kept tabs on when I would start to feel that pain begin and what I was doing. I realized that after sitting for a while or driving for a long distance, I would have the synptoms of one coming on a short while later. I would massage the thigh vigorously, trying to push the blood down the leg and it worked! I then realized that when I drove and my leg was bent up and my groin was "crimped" that I would have the symptoms later.So I started driving with the leg placed as strait as possible, and it reallyhelped. I also noticed that when a seat I was sitting in would press against the underside of my thigh, it would begin again a while later.  I other words, the chair, or seat would be slightly sunk in in the middle causing my thigh to have pressure under it,  thena short while later the thigh spasm would begine. So now.................I only sit where my thigh has very little to no pressure inder it, and my leg would have plently of blood flow to it by not crimping my groin area. I am also about 40 lbs over weight, which I believe increases the blood restriction by helping to crimp the groin aea when I sit. As a matter of fact, I just now leaned back to allow the crimp to release which has helped my leg and the feeling that a cramp may happen. In short I believe it is caused by poor blood supply to the muscle, because of being over weight, and / or by sitting in the wrong seat or wrong posture (leaning forward). So far so good. No more cramping. Now time to loose this weight.

I agree Don - mine have usually happened when I have been sitting for a period of time (restaurant, supper table, computer) and I feel mine, at least, are related to blood supply to that part of my leg. I too, am so pleased to have found this site (that sounds crazy I know!) as I have had about half a dozen of these and literally feel like I am going to faint - bright lights in my eyes, sweat. Like almost everyone else, I wondered if I was having a heart attack. My last one (last night) followed walking 18 holes of golf and a brisk walk with the dog - too much exercise with too little stretching. I am much more careful about sitting long times. In a restaurant, I will get up every 30 - 45 minutes and walk around. Now I'm going to do more stretching before walking - good luck everyone. Nice to know I'm not alone!

I agree with the majority of the above two entries. I've observed the same trriggers".
I find LEG CRAMPS brand available at health food stores (and now some supermarkets and pharmacies) to be the ONLY thing that has relieved mine when they start. Often they will ease up within a minute or two. They are the only way to get a small dose of quinine, except for drinking tonic water since docs can no longer prescibe it. Don't waste your money on the Night type as they have the same ingredients and dosages and cost more for 1/2 as many. I take 4 when the cramps strike and they go away quickly.
I am not normally a natural health store frequenter, but I tried this in desperation and am I glad I did!!! (Note I take a little more than they suggest and have never experienced any negative effects. To be sure, check with your doc to be on the safe side. I also use it pretty infrequently,but now carry it whenever traveling, etc. Just in case. Good luck, fellow sufferers!