Question: I have visible muscle twitching on my right bicep, it is just jumping so everyone can see it. Of course it is scary as this is a primary symptom of ALS, but I do know I have lyme. I was treated for four months, becamse symptom free so stopped treatment and a few years later my muscle twitching is back.
Of course, my head is being played with, is this for sure lyme? I'll go on treatment again soon, just trying to figure out how to go about it.
Sadly, nobody ever seems "cured" and that is disappointing, and so I want to know how to get rid of these symptoms and best go in to "remission".
Does anyone have an idea of what they think is the BEST protocol to induce remission at least?
Are there any people on this board that are on the Marshall protocol?
Posted by Aligondo Bruce (Member # 6219) on :
these muscle twitches are called "fasciculations" and are likely the result of a magnesium and/or calcium deficient state. You might want to try a series of magnesium sulfate IM injections complemented by calcium supplementation and a vitamin D supplement. And have your B12 levels checked.
Posted by hiker53 (Member # 6046) on :
After I started taking magnesium glycinate orally(I am sure other types of magnesium will work, too) and zinc my twitches went away. Hiker
Posted by Mathias (Member # 5298) on :
Fasciculations are caused by many things other than ALS.
Posted by Beverly (Member # 1271) on :
I have the twitching too, gets worse with herxing for me. So far what has helped me the most is staying in treatment for Lyme and Babs.
Good luck to you, Posted by cindy_leigh (Member # 3514) on :
many of us get this. For me, it's one of my first clues that I'm herxing or relapsing. I take oral magnesium. It helps to take calcium too. I've learned to ignore it, pretty much. If it gets really annoying I'll take a muscle relaxer and a warm bath.
Posted by wrotek (Member # 5354) on :
From this what i understand, muscles twitches are caused by 1,25-dihydroxywitamin-D released from infected cells which acts directly on muscles. http://autoimmunityresearch.org/hormones.pdf That`s why muscle twotches are there were infected cell. This is from www.marshallprotocol.com
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