Miriam, I used to get these alot- and occasionally do now if I sleep on my arm during the night.

You know what I reccomend for you- as well as getting your blood sugar tested for diabetes, and detoxing-- and taking magnesium?

Get yourself over to the nearest drugstore and buy some EPSOM SALTS!! Take an Epsom Salts bath (or at least sponge bath and soak your feet in it if you dont have a tub!))

The magnesium from the Epsom Salts does soak into your body and enter your bloodstream very quickly.

Within a half hour you will feel as though you took calming tranquilizers (especially if using two cups in a warm bathtub) and it is an alternative way to absorb magnesium in a magnesium deprived body . As Laura and Russ mentioned before- if you have mercury issues- you are deprived of magnesium and selenium anyway.

I've done these simple baths and now I will never be without Epsom Salts!