Hi,
I have posted previously on the subject in relating the symptoms and action we have taken in dad's case. He ahd SEVERE cramps at the time he decided to go to a doctor to find out what's wrong... Since diagn of ALS, we had to think for ourselves and devise a plan of action. We did: clean-up body system via good healthy (ALS healthy, if there is such a thing) diet, strict regiment of antioxidants (with main emphasis on CoQ10 at 800mg) and NO calcium supplements at all. By tracing back his general history of body/muscle reaction to food and phisycal activity, we think that improper calcium processing was causing all the severe cramps. Bcause there is natural supply of calcium in the foods eaten, he has been taking trace mineral supplements - magnsium, zinc, copper and manganese. DRINKING LOTS OF WATER! Paying good attention to liver detoxing - via teas and milk thistle. A month after the start of the regiment, cramps have disappeared. Now, 5-6 mos later, the only time he may have an occasional cramp would be AFTER HARD PHYSICAL WORK with not enough food and water taken (he just can not overcome the old habit of working within reason, if he starts working, it has to be 16 hrs at the time with no thought of self). If you have a doctor, then have him run calcium test, to see how is your system working with it. Take the guessing out of it. If you have elevated calcium, then your muscles are being flooded with calcium, can not properly process it and it turns on the cells and kills them. Hence, cramps, nerve damage. That is one possibility - but a very important one, as it is considered one of the major ALS risk factors.