Leg pain - only at night

[Jamie126]

I've been having left leg pain - only at night.  The pain is dull, nagging pain throughout my entire leg that doesn't go away with a massage or moving around.  This pain has been bothering me after I had a baby.  However, before I was pregnant, my legs falls asleep while I'm asleep.  When I get up in the middle of the night to use the restroom, I would fall flat on my face.  

I'm not sure if these two correlated, but thought I should mention it.

Any info would be appreciated!

[hllwngrl]

I have the exact same thing. Finally going to see a doctor next week. I can never get a good nights sleep because I'm not a back sleeper, so trying to sleep on my back is horribly uncomfortable. I end up going on my side all night long only to wake up with extreme pain until I end up sleeping on my back again. The pain is gone as soon as I get up and walk around. So weird.

[alwhurst]

I have the exact same problem. When side sleeping, I wake with a wicked hip-to-knee ache that disappears within minutes of standing or lying on my back with my knees bent and elevated. I cannot sleep well on my back, so I'm totally miserable. Is your problem better? If so, what did you do to get it to improve?

[lcarroll]

I have had my right Calf aching for 15 years and have had Nerve Blocks and Cortisone Injections in my spine with no result and am at my wits end with this pain that is only when I am sitting or lying down I can't sleep of a night and have spent so much money on test and procedures. Please if anyone can help me I would be so thankful. Help needed !

[anotherutahmom]

I take fish oil capsules, evening primrose oil capsule and vitamin e. The fish oil works better than a pain pill, if I remember to take it every day it will usually keep the pain at bay. It will take about 2 weeks to get it built up- and works so very well good luck to you!

[Kmn111]

It's now August of 2014 and the same pain wakes me nightly. I have been going twice a month for thereputic massage and most of all that has helped me MANAGE the anxiety that comes with the pain. I would imagine what horrible things must be wrong with me and am so much better at at least now being able to somehow fall back into sleep, even if it is only for a short time. I am still committed to no medications but do fear this will be my life forever. The therapist feels there is good reason to believe it will stop at some point, but for now the calmer me still wishes it would just GO AWAY.

[Potsandpans]

've been having pains in my upper right leg for quite a while now. It's on the right side of my right leg close to my knee. It hurts only at night, and only when I lay down. Can anyone help?

[GUGO]

Thats exactly where my pain is! It's  dull and aches badly only at night.  I have no idea what it is. Only on the right leg behind the knee and slightly above it.

[jtolson]

I have the same pain and gone through every test imaginable.  I've been taking gabapentin which has helped minimize the pain and acupuncture on my spleen channel also provides some relief.  Recommend both as temporary solutions.  

[Lazio1982]

I have been waking up from PAIN and numbness in my left thigh. I take Xanax to sleep and the pain is so had , that I am jolted out of a deep sleep bc of it. Both thighs down to above the knee are somewhat numb throughout the day, but only some tolerable shooting pains occur. But, at night is when I will wake up to pain (9-10) mainly in my left thigh. Feels like needles, burning, and numbness to a Max degree of severity. I was in car accidents and had recent MRI, they say I have 2 bulges, 2 tears, and a protrusion that's pushing on a nerve. That's what the Docs contribute this pain to. But, the accidents were 5+ years ago, and this new condition of awaking at night to this severe thigh pain  started about 3 months ago. It's more frequent now, and had now happened. 4 nights in a row this week :( please help me and offer some insight to this debilitating problem.

                                      Thank you very much,
                                           Matt S

[Kidzrgrat]

Every night when I lay in bed I have a deep cramping in the back of my calf. It is so uncomfortable that I can't ignore it and ask my husband to rub it. It does not provide lasting comfort and the pain persists until I finally doze off. Every morning I wake without it and have no pain all day until I lay in bed again and the cycle repeats.