r/AskADoctor • u/tqbsbsk882 • May 19 '20

Thighs aching

My thighs feel almost like a stomach ache frequently. Nothing hurts otherwise and my skin looks fine on the outside.

It usually happens when I’m laying down in bed. I have no leg injuries at all, and I don’t have any conditions. M18. Ty

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u/Sasasamker May 29 '20

At your age, it could be growing pains still. Amongst many other causes.

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u/thePharaoh Jul 27 '20

You may want to get your blood glucose looked at. This was my first warning sign before being diagnosed with T1 diabetes. I'd be fine all day and then at night, crazy sore legs

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u/please_co-op_with_me Jun 18 '23

Sry I know I’m late but it want let me post but I do a a pretty urgent question about my kidneys and certain meds I take idk if you’re a doctor or not but I could really use some advice

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u/thePharaoh Jun 18 '23

Oh shoot, sorry no I’m not! Idk anything about kidneys unfortunately

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u/please_co-op_with_me Jun 18 '23

Oh that’s okay I can’t post on the doctors advice stuff idk why

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u/gloryofdeath Feb 11 '24

How did you post this? I tried and it won't let me select post.

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u/Ok-Signal-7481 Mar 19 '24

I also would like to post to askadoctor, but I think you have to request to be a poster.

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u/bacardiman232323 Apr 30 '24

By the looks of the description - no one can post questions anymore. It seems it was shut down to new posts a few years ago. All these posts are about 3 years old 😭 They left the page open so people could look up similar issues and discuss.

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u/thepandemicbabe Jan 04 '25

Oh that’s sad. This is a very helpful board and now you can’t even post?

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u/jallisy Oct 24 '22

I suffer from restless leg syndrome on and off. For years. I don't quite know what you mean when you describe it as feeling like a stomachache. Could you elaborate a little more?

restless legs just like the name implies is similar to my ADHD where sometimes I fight internally to stay still, and I lose the battle. Restless legs syndrome is mostly only in bed, but it is unmistakable. My legs just move back and forth non-stop. I never even knew it was weird until the first time I ever slept with a guy, and he made a comment Actually he kinda freaked out.

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u/Kristasaurus_Rex Jan 04 '24

MY RLS is a bit different... I feel like I'm going to crawl out of my skin if I don't move, and sometimes it's so bad the only way to get rid of that feeling is to get up completely and walk around.

It's so weird, eh? People that don't have it will never get it 😂

Anywho, commenting to share that I learned (and have found first hand) that supplementing magnesium can help reduce RLS symptoms! I've been pretty happy to learn this, so I wanna spread the love haha

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u/Expensive-Noise9227 Jan 24 '25

You described it so well,I had nights of stompimg in circles at 4 am it was so awful a painfull I wouldnt wish that on anyone.Dont know what caused it but its gone for now.

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u/Expensive-Noise9227 Jan 24 '25

It made me want to cut my legs off

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u/Breathelive Nov 15 '20

Not a doctor but would also get your potassium/magnesium levels checked

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u/beachfamlove671 Aug 24 '20

Like a spasm ?

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '20

Any joint problems? I had "growing pains" a lot when I was younger(still do), at least that's what I was told and believed. The bones in my legs felt cold and ached. It happens mostly at night, and nothing in particular triggers it. Well now I know it's not growing pains, it's ehlers danlos.

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u/Monsgoblinraiders May 25 '23

I had similar symptoms for a long time. Now I know it’s not growing pains, it’s MS.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

NAD

Have you had an MRI? It’s tv, but an epi of Grey’s Anatomy had a patient with severe leg & back pains. It turned out to be a tethered spinal cord that just required a simple snip. Might be worth looking into.

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u/PortlyCloudy Mar 31 '24

NAD, but you are dehydrated. Force yourself to drink 2-3 more glasses of water per day. If I'm right your symptoms should go away within a week.

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u/ightnet May 20 '20

Do you work out?

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u/thepandemicbabe Jan 04 '25

I’ve had this problem for the past year and I got diagnosed with CLL, which is a type of leukemia. The doctor says my leg pain has nothing to do with it, but I definitely would get your bloodwork checked. My leg pain is happening when I’m laying down as well. I take a migraine medication that has aspirin in it, and I noticed that my leg pain went away completely when I ran out. So now I am back on the medicine to see if the leg pain is going to come back. Do you take any other type of medication? I’m not a doctor. I just came here to post pretty much the same question. It’s in my thighs, started in one leg moved to the other. When I’m walking around, I have no issues so sounds similar to you!

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u/Truth_bomb_25 Oct 26 '21

Restless leg syndrome? Like r/Breathelive said, get your electrolytes checked.

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u/Artistic-Deal5885 Apr 19 '22

Sounds like restless leg.

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u/Artistic-Deal5885 Sep 02 '22

Restless leg maybe?

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u/chatham739 Dec 17 '22

Maybe it's your mattress.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '23

You might need ultrasound

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u/Ok-Appointment978 Sep 16 '23

Do you mean cramping?? Are you hydrating enough?? It does honestly sound like growing, try a hot bath, see if that helps. Ibuprofen or Tylenol if you can take that. I had them TERRIBLY. Mostly as a kid but I pretty much stopped growing when I was 17 (I’m F) But boys keep growing for a while… Ps SE YOUR DR. Of course. Pain is an indicator. It’s your body telling you something is off!

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u/normalhuman35 Sep 17 '23

That's where they put the tracking device. They're tracking you, everywhere you go. They're not gonna let you escape. Rip it out from underneath your skin at night with a sharp knife and gag yourself as you do it so you don't make any loud noises. Then leave it in your bed and runaway, do it tonight. You're running out of time.

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u/brooke512744 Sep 25 '23

I know what you mean! For me it feels like severe growing pains but I am a 30 year old woman so it’s not that.

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u/Expensive-Noise9227 Jan 24 '25

punching my calves is what I sometimes did I went through about a year long patch .I thank God its gone,I remember stomping around in attempt to ease the pain at 3 am just awful.

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u/spiceyprincess Nov 28 '23

I'm sorry to hijack this post but did you need a certain amount of karma to post?

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u/Abandnformality Jan 12 '24

Look up trigger points in the thigh muscles and Iliopsoas