legs hurt during sleep...?

Question

recently when i wake up at night, i feel a very bad pain in both my legs, as if i was doing some thing very physical all day (which i dont). and when i totally wake up in the mornings, my legs continue to feel the same for couple of hours. I've been sleeping way more than usual recently, and i dont know why . I used to sleep about 6 hrs per night, now i'm sleeping 8-12 hours per night. And not very often, some times when i'm very very tierd during sleep, as it happened last night, i wake up for a sec and i want to move, but its as if i'm frozen n i want to talk but i cant n i even try but its like i cant move my body . This used to happen once every couple of months when i was sooo tierd, but it happened last night, and the pervious night i had sleept about 11 hours and hadn't done any thing all day. And its not like i put my self to sleep, i just fall sleep n i have very vivid dreams, and last night was all night mares it was horrible. Is there some thing wrong with me??

Answer 1

I agree that you need potassium and calcium. A lot of young people experience what you do: I did when I was a teen.

Good luck!

Answer 2

you are probably having a growth spurt or charlie horses. i had these a couple months ago and i would wake up at 2 with severe pains. i ate a banana every day and started taking calcium tablets. the potassium in the banana helps dissolve the calcium. drink milk and keep doing whatever you are doing.

Answer 3

Try not to worry too much, although I know that what you are experiencing can be pretty frightenig at times.

This link may help to answer some of your questions

http://sleepdisorders.about.com/od/sleepparalysis/Sleep_Paralysis_All_About_Sleep_Paralysis.htm

If it continues or you have further concerns I would advise you to see your doctor, just to check out that there isn't an underlying cause for the problem.

Good luck
A.D.

Answer 4

It might be growing pains. Or if you have a tingly feeling in your legs, you might have Restless Leg Syndrome.