cramps that burn and seem to be in my bones

[weehill]

Can someone make any suggestions? For the last 3-4 weeks I've started getting very strange cramps. They first came in the middle of the night and woke me up with terrible pain in one of my feet, it radiated from the bottom center of my foot all the way to my ankle. It burned like fire and felt like my bones were breaking. Nothing helped. I tried standing on it with pressure, rubbing it, flexing it. The pain was unberable. I was about to wake my husband to take me to the the hospital when the pain suddenly started to become milder. This happened several more times during the night. Then several nights in a row. Then it started happening to my other foot. NOW it is happening to both of my hands an part of my right arm, and has happened to the left side of my neck. So far the pain in my hands, arm and neck havent been terrible, just bothersome. Thanks in advance for any advice!

[RobinN]

Have you considered taking Magnesium? It helps muscles relax. It also is an anticonvulsant. My daughter takes 1000 mg per her neurologist.

However when she was taking meds, Lamictal made her muscles and bones ache. So it could be a side effect.

[loveslight57]

I would look into the side effects of each and also how they interact with each other.

[weehill]

I am taking effexor XR, 75 mg, once daily. Other than that, I take a multi-vitamin, extra vit-c, citri-cal calcium, vit-b, omegas, glucosamine and condritin, and an herbal remedy for ovairian cysts called DonQui. I sometimes also take white willow bark for pain, either in capsul form or as a hot tea beverage.

[loveslight57]

What medicines are you taking?