I have been chelating with DMSA five days on two days off now for several weeks.
In the last week I have had a sharp increase in the number and intensity of muscle cramps.
Muscle twitching has also been on the rise with the cramping.
Any good advice to help with the twitches and cramping?
Posted by pq (Member # 6886) on :
i never took dmsa, but fwiw:
one probability for muscle cramping is the loss of magnesium.
so far as i read, borreliosis, alone, causes moderate to severe loss of magnesium.
i think bartonella may further contribute to magnesium deficit.
mineral chelators should only worsen most, if not all existing mineral deficits.
twitching and/or cramping are but two of myriad manifestations of a magnesium deficit, and, there are many other causes for these two manifestations, as well.
if i were doing dmsa, and had muscle cramping,after having taken this, i'd stop teh dmsa, take a multi-mineral supp. for 1-2 months with extra magnesium, and resume the dmsa at a later date.
check with your doc about what else to do after stopping the dmsa.
[ 27. November 2006, 05:30 PM: Message edited by: pq ]
Posted by WildCondor (Member # 434) on :
When you do chelation, you are supposed to have a protocol to put the good stuff back in! You get mercury..metals etc. out, but you need magnesium...etc put back in. When I did chelation years ago I always had a mineral drip IV afterwards full of the good stuff. Make sure you are supplementing correctly!!
Posted by GotLyme? (Member # 8485) on :
I have a feeling that the DMSA may be depleting my magnesium and thus causing a worsening of my twitching and cramping.
I stoped the DMSA (oral not IV) a couple days ago and the twitching and cramping has gotten a littly better.
I do supplement with oral vitamins and a once a week IV mineral bag; however, this has not stopped the relentless twitching and at will cramping.
I will see my Dr. in a couple weeks to see what he has to say.
Thanks!
Posted by pq (Member # 6886) on :
correction made my post above.
i meant bartonellosis, not babesiosis that may contribute to a magnesium deficit, to whatever degree. sorry about that.
lyme borreliosis is supposed to be the prime culprit in a magnesium deficit, muscle twitching and cramping being two manifestations; there could be other causes for these as well.
Posted by SForsgren (Member # 7686) on :
I agree that the chelation may be pulling out minerals and mineral supplementation may be appropriate. When I did chelation IVs, they always gave me an IV like a Meyer's cocktail afterwards to replace minerals, etc.