Morning Leg cramps.

Any suggestions from morning leg cramps? Thank you.

I've never really figured out the electrolyte balance formula yet, I can't distinguish what I need as far as too much or too little phosphorus sodium magnesium calcium etc.
Every time I read one piece of advice that says oh you need lots of potassium then I'll read something else that says no take it easy on the potassium because your kidneys are under duress and you'll be retaining too much potassium everything's so contradictory.

i would agree with Paul B - magnesium low in almost everyone - especially in the chronically ill - potassium next

but i would also say don't forget sodium - it doesn't automatically come up - because if, like mots of the western world, you eat a standard western diet you get lots of sodium by default as its in pretty much all processed food - so the default assumption is you probably get enough/too much.

however many here are on restrictive diets - or are told to avoid all salt by primary care physicians - or cut out all processed food themselves for health reasons - and then you can be inadvertently low/ deficient

exercise / sweating / sauna/ baths will also increase your need for salt

also ketogenic diets dramatically increase the salt intake needed - so you may need to consciously add more salt/sodium - in which case use a good quality sea salt -

salt was the biggest one for me - had to increase my intake on keto to 3 large pinches of sea salt with each meal and that stopped the cramps - unless i had a very long hot bath and that could be enough to trigger one the next day

so that's the reason there is no one answer for all - as it depends on circumstances

if you really think its an issue for you - you can also make a chart of all the food you eat - look up their sodium, magnesium and potassium content - and get a pretty good idea if your intake is in the ball park / reasonable ratios