Hey 2J, random medical-y question you may or may not be able to answer. Occasionally I get these muscle spasm things that affect my throat. It kind of feels like a charley horse. It lasts maybe thirty seconds and i can breathe ok when it happens but it's scary.
I tend to have it happen a few times a week, then it'll vanish for months. I think I also tend to get charley horses at the same period of time but I haven't really correlated the two. Does that make any sense at all?
It just sort of freaks me out and I've never found an explanation... I'm probably not taking my vitamins enough.
I'm sorry Jen! I'm just now seeing this!
Sounds like electrolyte deficiency. Potassium, likely. Eat moor nanners. :-)
They had to put me on electrolytes when I was about your age...I was also having leg cramps and neck cramps. At one point, my neck got a spasm in it that was so awful that it felt like my head was going to turn clear 'round like in The Exorcist! My folks had to rush me to the ER!
They put me on potassium and gave me some GOOOOOOOD valium!
Mmmmm! Valium! I believe it was the first time in my life I ever keyed totally down. Heh heh!
Anyway, you should definitely take your vitamins, but make sure you're getting your enough potassium and calcium too.