It hurts so bad!

[CrazyMom5480]

For the past several years I have been getting cramps in the calf muscle on my left leg.  It's usually just a mild cramp like any other that you would just "walk it off."  The cramping was really bad when I was pregnant.  There were several nights I would be woken up by the pain of the cramping.  My toes would be pointed and I would be unable to flatten out my foot.  A few times my DH would even push against the bottom of my foot trying to help me, and he was unable to get it flat!  He is a lot stronger than me, so that always freaked me out.

When my son was born nearly 4 years ago I had a tubal ligation.  I have always had pretty bad periods, but since then it has gotten worse.  I have tried several different forms of birth control to try to get them under control.  So far nothing has really worked.  I am now taking Sprintec.

Since I started taking Sprintec, the cramps in my leg have gotten very bad again.  In the past week, it has been even worse than when I was pregnant.  I missed work yesterday due to the pain!  I have even taken a few Flexeril (muscle relaxers) to no avail.  The Flexeril were prescribed to me for cramps that I have had in my abdomen, so I thought maybe they would work for my leg.

I've been contemplating calling my doctor to tell him about this.  I tried to look up side effects of Sprintec online.  I found that one of the side effects that should immediately be reported is pain in the calf that could mean there is a blood clot.  As soon as I saw that I had to get away from that page.  I tend to be a bit of a hypochondriac, so I'm trying to clear it from my mind.  I just know that it is not a blood clot.  It is simply a muscle cramp.  I know that it's nothing serious, it just hurts more than I can stand.

In the past few days the cramping has gotten to be more continuous than it has in the past.  It also spreads out from time to time.  It will go as high as my butt cheek, but just the left one.  At times it feels like someone is squeezing my toes.  I'm just trying to put off calling the doctor, because I know he'll just think I'm an idiot.