This coming Wednesday, I have my first appmt with LLMD...but I'm going nuts waiting. Anxiety, PLUS all this damn muscle twitching. My legs never go a full minute without some twitching, and I frequently get shoulder, arm and even finger twitching, too.
Has anyone here had such persistent twitching? If so, what can I do to lessen it? I've been massaging and stretching the muscles...which might be helping a little. Anything else to do?
If my LLMD gives me antiboitics, will that help lessen these symptoms? Or, am I sentanced to this horrible effect for a long time to come?
Posted by GardenLymer (Member # 6008) on :
Hi Wxrock, and welcome to Lymenet!
B-12 & magneseum are your friends for muscle twitches. Lyme depletes them both & muscle twitches are the main symptom's for depletion of both.
I use the sub-lingual B-12's, 500 mcg's - I take 2 for a total of 1000mcg. Mag. is alttle harder to get enough of - it will cause loose stools at some point - take TBT (to bowle tolerence). You can also take hot baths in epsom salts to absorb alittle more & this will also help w/ muscle aches.
Also - when they get worse when trying to get to sleep, try some sort of heat such as a microwave moist heat thing. If u don't have 1 - u can make 1 w/ a hole-less tube sock & plain old fashioned rice. (Not the instant kind). Fill it, but leave room to make a knot in the end. Smells alittle funny the 1st few times u heat it, but that goes away after u have used it several times. Also a great relief when u have that crunchy neck thing happening. Can't live w/out mine, as something always aches,
Hope this helps - so run out to your 24 hr pharm & get them both, very cheap, wal-mart also has both.
Read as much as you can before your appt - there a lots of links to get u started here on this site.
Hope your twitch free by Monday! Let us know, and feel free to ask anything, someone's always around to help if they can.
Good luck w/ your LLMD appt! Your officially on the road to recovery. (((hug)))
Posted by GiGi (Member # 259) on :
Muscle cramps and twitches can (besides mag deficiency) also be copper deficiency. If mag fails, try homeopathic cuprum met 12X several times a day (could be you have used too much zinc and depleted the copper stores).
Take care.
Posted by EyeBob (Member # 12572) on :
The ABX will help. the mag and B complex will too. That's pretty much a guarentee.
up.
BT
Posted by lymebytes (Member # 11830) on :
Hi, Treatment is what makes symptoms go away. Once you are in treatment you will slowly but surely notice symptoms decreasing. Keep a daily diary, so you can refer to it down the road. This is one thing I am glad I did from day one. I just read mine regarding muscle twitching and I had muscle twitching all over my body, very scary. I have been in treatment just over a year and the muscle twitching is long behind me, it was one of the first symptoms for me to go.
Hope your appointment went well.
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Let us know, and feel free to ask anything, someone's always around to help if they can.