I've never had any but since I started treatment in January I do. I feel compelled to shut my eyes really tight and then open them really wide many times in a row. I sniff and snort and make weird mouth movements.
But my brother has Asperger's and he has done all this since he was a very young child. I don't feel like I have a 'hint' of Asperger's because I've never been like this until now. Plus my social skills are great, and I know a whole lot about Asperger's because I'm a special ed teacher with a specialty in Autism. So I know that I don't have it because I know how they are.
So could it be the Lyme? It's very hard to control.
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Posted by racer (Member # 30438) on :
Definitely - neurological Lyme can cause tics. I've had eye rolling, mouth twitches, winks, nose scrunch etc. Usually, I kind of know I am going to do it somehow and it feels like it is relieving some sort of muscle tension (very subtle feeling).
Do you have any other symptoms? I think there are other neurological disorders which cause tics.
racer
Posted by canaanbites (Member # 32852) on :
Yes absolutely Lyme related. I got infected at the age of 12, and I started having facial tics soon after. I know exactly what you mean. They are almost impossible to stop and I remember being worried that kids would see me doing funny things with my face in school.
I have much less of this now, and I don't even think anyone would notice so maybe they're even gone...
Posted by jackie51 (Member # 14233) on :
I use to have a tic in one of my eyes. Try magnesium supplements.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Absolutely.
Posted by jenniferk32 (Member # 30718) on :
Racer- I have a zillion lyme symptoms, probably 90% of the known symptoms. The most severe symptoms are neurological and psychiatric.
The weird thing though is that I've had lyme since 2000, when I remember having the EM rash and having no clue what it was. I just got diagnosed and started treatment in January and now I have the tics.
Although I have had the compulsive urge to clear my throat for years, so maybe the lyme die-off and the resulting inflammation is just making tics exponentially worse.
I don't know....hopefully they'll go away once I'm a lot better.
Lyme Disease causes magnesium deficiency, as the bacteria use up the magnesium in our muscle and nerve cells.
Posted by momintexas (Member # 23391) on :
My son also had bad facial tics (hard blinking, mouth stretching, nose scrunching, throat clearing, eye rolling, wincing, and a shoulder shrug).
Magnesium did help a little - but didn't stop them.
I know of others that magnesium made a huge difference for.