I woke up at 2a yesterday morning in excrutiating pain!!!! I thought it was a charlie horse because it was in my lower calf area but it spread from one leg to another and I started to have pains in both legs at the same time, It did not feel like a typical charlie horse, usually I can just stomp it out an go back ot bed. This was very painful, I cried, I couldnt walk, I couldnt even stand up to stomp it out. It lasted for about 2 whole minutes, It felt like my muscles when twisting up inside my leg. I can handle a regular charlie horse but this was UNREAL..I thought my legs were gonan be paralyzed after this!! I never felt anything quite like that..To this day ( a day later) it still hurts, the very same day this happened it caused me to limp all day and It was hard for me to go up and down stairs or lift my legs very high. Now it still hurts but not as bad as yesterday, I am going to make me a doc. appt ASAP but I want to know could this be more than a charlie horse??? I never experience pain in my legs the day after a charlie horse, ever.
My mom said I could have low potassium....and that may be what caused it........