Leg cramps---help or advice beyond what I already do

[karin_sj]

33. Drink more water?

I used to get terrible leg/foot/toe cramps at night. One time, it was so bad that I fell down on my way to the bathroom and started not making sense when trying to talk. So my husband took me to ER. Long story short, they didn't find anything except being dehydrated (and a large tumor on my kidney, but that's another story). All is well now & I had the kidney & tumor removed, but I discovered along the way that dehydration probably caused my cramps and the resulting gibberish (it's a symptom if you're severely dehydrated). And since I started drinking more water (6 cups/day for me), I have not had a single cramp.