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So on monday I went to a japanese restaurant for lunch and had miso soup, salmon and salad with some sauces. The burning in my legs increased the next day. Didn't think much of it. On wednesday I went to a Thai place and had rice noodles with chicken and sauces. The next day I had *excruciating* burning at work. I have never felt burning like this in my legs before, it was horrible...I went home and the burning only decreased today. My burning has been getting better for the past 2 months and now this happened. There's a few things that coincided with this: went to those asian restaurants which I didn't do it months and stopped drinking my lemon/olive oil drink regularly like I used to. I really didn't believe the MSG (monosodium glutamate) myth until this week...but it definitely seems to have an effect on my paresthesias. Not to mention that all this started after I got a chinese girlfriend. I never ate asian food before.
Anyone have similar experiences?
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randibear
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my husband is allergic to msg.
he gets heart attack symptoms and can't breathe.
i'd bet it was the msg. ask them to leave it out.
or go eat indian curries....i love them....
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My son (13) has seizures whenever he eats anything loaded with MSG.
We avoid it as best we can. (which means avoiding processed food) and aspartame is just as bad.
I could just take him out for a fast food fried chicken and a diet pop right now..... and I would be up all night holding him while he has non-stop seizures.
Nope... we do not eat MSG if we can help it.
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bejoy
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Could it possibly be a herx from curcumin?
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northstar
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Oooooh yesssss!
Same thing happened to me......I "sparked" all night after eating in a Japanese restaurant.
I think it may be MSG, too. Plus sugar.
There were some postings a few years ago about excessive glutamate, brain, lyme, and MSG. That stuff is hidden in a lot of things. Maybe a search could pull it up. There was an interesting link that listed the hidden sources in processed foods.
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I don't think this was a herx, I got chills and fevery the few times I herxed. This seemed like an allergic reaction to MSG and it made my already bad burning absolutely intolerable to the point where I passed out from the pain on the sofa. All my lyme symptoms are gone except this burning pain which makes me miserable.
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I cannot have MSG or Aspartame. Both of them make me sick for 2-5 days. It also seems to make my Lyme symptoms flare up even more so.
Stay away from that stuff. Read labels and stay away from most frozen foods and canned foods.
Hugs, Perplexed
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