Medication related cramping?

It almost never fails when I am lying down and try to stretch that i get a cramp. Sometimes it’s in my sides, sometimes my legs but it almost certainly is going to happen. I don’t remember having this issue a few years back. Do you think it’s med related? Or could it just be deficiency of some kind?

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Maybe its lack of physical activity and exercise? I get more body problems since being inactive, cramping, pulled muscle, back pain from weight gain, shortness of breath from weight gain, etc

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I get this too. In the morning when I strech. In my legs.

But then I have no more problems during the day.

I’m not sure what causes it. I was checked for b12 deficiency 2 years ago and was fine (because I’m on Metformin). That could cause it.

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I’m on Metformin too but I think this was happening prior to being diagnosed diabetic. It’s been going on for a couple of years now I think.

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Were you more active back then? Less weight?
I stopped Metformin as it gave me stomach pain. The package on it says irritates the stomach.

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Risperidone gives me leg cramps so much so that when I exercise or walk my legs seize up. No other ap has done it to me.

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Am pretty sure I have read APs can cause cramps

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Yes to both. I’m not sure Aziz, this could be part of the problem.

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Are you shaky on risperdal?

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No, not normally. It is only after walking 2km or when I Hiit exercise for 15 minutes. My legs just collapse on me.

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I seem to remember a potassium deficiency can contribute to cramping.

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I heard magnesium

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I used to have the same thing. Eating a banana or potato before bed can help with morning muscle cramps because they are full of magnesium. Or a supplement works too.

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Idk I know it can cause twitching

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Sorry. Potassium. Worked good when I used to get leg cramps in the morning

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I don’t have those problems with Geodon, but Abilify was not kind to me in this department. That and the torrents of drool.

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