Horrible shaking!

[paddbear0000]

Over the last 2-3 days, I have been shaking gradually more and more. Today, I'm shaking horribly and having muscle spasms like crazy. Plus, I feel the desperate need to sleep, but can't. Any ideas?   

Oh yeah, and my mouth is so dry, I can't even swallow. Drinking is not helping.

[skyedogrocks]

Right before Rob started dialysis, his hand would shake and he wouldn't be able to stop them.  It was bad!  More and more it looks like you will need to start dialysis.  That sucks, but hopefully you will feel a lot better once you do. 

[paul.karen]

It sounds like your time is very near.
I wish you the best in this new chapter.....

I am sure/hope  being here has made you as ready as you can be to take the next step..

[paddbear0000]

Definitely. Every doctor and nurse that I see keeps telling me I sure know a lot about ckd, dialysis, transplants, etc. All thanks to IHD!   

[Sunny]

Any new meds recently started that might be causing this?
If not, then tell your nephrologist about it to see if there is anything to be done about it. I have had hand tremors and feet cramps too along with tingling in my feet and calves.
Neph told me to try vicodin when this happens (usually at night when I'm trying to sleep) and it does seem to help. Hope the doctors can help.

[pelagia]

my husband had the cramps and the shaking before he started dialysis.

[Lucinda]

I still find it amazing that some of us have hardly any symptoms when it is time to start but some people like poor paddbear have so many symptoms when her levels are still reasonably low.  I am sorry you are getting so many symptoms paddbear, doesn't seem fair to me when my levels are so much higher and I have no symptoms much at all.  When is your next appointment with you neph?  I am thinking maybe you should bring it forward if it isn't for a while.  xx

[kidney4traci]

Oh dear, I missed this.  I hope you are feeling better today??  Praying for you.  What do the neph's say?  I too had really bad cramps when I finally went to the dr.  That was when they gave me the news...  so I must say that at least you fell better once the toxins have a way out.  Bless you - update please...

[paddbear0000]

I still have the tremors, some days are bad, some barely noticeable. I don't have cramps, but rather spasms. Muscles in my feet, legs, hands or arms will twitch suddenly and I may involuntary kick or drop something. Those too can vary from minimal to bad, depending on the day. All of my kidney failure symptoms come and go like that.

[G-Ma]

I am sorry you are having all these symptoms.  It's really unusual how this crazy disease affects us all.

[Chris]

Paddbear, just keep track of sugar more closely when you travel just incase some symptoms are hard to disyinguish between hypoand hyper glycemiic attacks.

Sorry to hear more symptoms are occuring and wish you the best.

[paddbear0000]

Oh, I do. I have a test kit in my purse tat goes everywhere with me. But best of all, I will be getting one of those Continuous Glucose Monitoring insulin pumps from MiniMed this week. I'm so excited!      I'll probably start pissing people off around me though, because it's going to keep alarming every time I start going high or low. My husband's gonna love it when he's trying to sleep!

[Chris]

If I remember right, the sound can be lowered, I'm not sure if they put on the vibrate mode yet. I haven't been to the last 2 diabetes fairs due to being sick. Hopefully get to go this year to get updated again.

[paddbear0000]

Why? You're not diabetic anymore! They'll have more, and with even more advanced stuff!

[Chris]

Because when my pancreas fails, I want to know my options ahead of time. I want to be better informed than I was when I was 7 years old. So I like to keep up to date on whats out there.

[paddbear0000]

Ah. I've never been to one. They never come around where I've lived.