Re: Neurontin and Nightime Leg Pain

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CairnMom@...

Subject: Re: Neurontin

I read this post and it rang a bell for me. Please let me know when you

find out what may be causing this leg pain at night. I have similar pain

and do not know what may be causing it.

I have FMS/CFS and possibly Osteoarthritis (just had X rays because I do

have so much pain, the doctor's are trying to figure out other

possibilities to cause it).

During the day and night I am aways in pain, even with the strong pain

meds, but I am experiencing a new additional pain, but only at night. It

feels like a twisting nerve pain of some kind.

This night pain is like a severe long lasting shooting pain from my lower

back down the back of my leg to my knee (on the right side only) I feel

like it actually ends in my knee cap, and I have touched my knee cap

during the pain and it even hurts to touch. It is so strange. Also, pain

like nails are being pounded into the sides of my hips. The pain takes

your breath away, it is awful.

Does anyone else have pains like these at night only? I can not figure

out why it only occurs at night. If anyone else experiences pain like

this, please let me know what you think it may be caused from.

Also, I have severe jerking when I rest. It is like my whole body jerks

off and on... my legs, an arm...the jerking is so strong it will move my

body. I was wondering if medication could cause this...but then why

would it only happen when I am at rest or my eyes or closed?

Gees, I need help!

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Hi All,

I have restless leg syndrome. It seems to me (IMO) that the symptoms

you are describing are the same. Most people don't realize that RLS

can be painful also. If you want to find out more go to,

www.rls.org . They have the info on symptoms and ways to alleviate

them.

Hope this helps someone.

Take care,

in Mass.

[Guest guest]

I have had these exact same pains before being diagnosed

with fibro/myofacial pain; I still have all of them from

time to time; one thing I have learned; never let a muscle

get COLD.

I use moist heat with a thermaphore heating pad, but am

also on Oxycontin and Soma now. The hip pain is a burning

sensation with me, and the pain down the leg to the kneecap

is exactly what I had, diagnosed as sciatica; it was treated

with a trigger point injection just below the buttock; hurt

like hell, but the injection was three yrs. ago, and I

seldom have that leg pain now... just a thought.........

I suspect the hip ache could be myofascial or fibro; my doc

said both, but after more trigger point injections in lower

back area, I seldom have this anymore.

Do, be sure this is not an arthritis, though... if a moist

heat pad keeping the area warm helps, it may be what I

have...

It was almost always worse at nite while trying to rest;

my theory is because I was guarding the area all day, it

spasmed at nite; doc agreed; all 10 of them!

Fibro and mps can cause some nasty spasms in places

you never knew you had... moist heat has been a saviour;

I even take heating pad to office visits on bad days......

Water exercise in water more than 86 degrees may help to smooth

out the spasms; it did for me. Even the bathtub was a

help, but be sure someone is there to help you; a spasm

getting in or out can cause a nasty fall....

AS FOR THE JERKING at nite, this seems typical for many

with restless leg syndrome; a part of fibro, as far as I am

concerned. Muscle relaxers like Flexeril, soma, and others

may help...KAT