disturbedme
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Just wondering what causes muscle twitching, is it neuro-lyme or the actual muscles itself (like maybe spirochetes in the muscles causing them to twitch maybe?).
I've been having muscle twitching in my right thigh, and for a good couple of months I was having constant left eye twitching.
Just curious.
PS - Please no suggestions of magnesium, because I have been taking magnesium for over a year and it doesn't help with my muscle twitching or cramping whatsoever.
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disturbedme
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Anyone know?
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I have no idea. I have the twitching too and would like to learn more about it. It's not so bad now but I think it is getting worse.
I do know that at least at one point I had neurological Lyme. I had Bells Palsy in the early 90's when I was first diagnosed with Lyme.
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AZURE WISH
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I think its the nerves.
I do still get some twitches but mostly tremors (which feel like very rapid fire twtiches that dont stop).
I suspect that the babs is respinsible for my tremors but it is just my gut feeling.
Magnesuim hasnt helped this symptom for me either.
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I think it is a reaction to the toxic loads circulating around our bodies. I seem to get them after cycles of ABX or antifungals.
Currently I just went on Candida diet and taking:
diflucan kyolic extract caprylic acid whole cloves of raw garlic probiotics
This has given me a horrible herx with tons of creepy/crawly type twitches, not the large muscle type flexes. Also drenching night sweats (although could be the weather)
Any thoughts on toxic load/detoxifying?
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ByronSBell 2007
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my muscle twitching has stopped after doubling my magnesium intake
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Carol in PA
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quote:Originally posted by disturbedme: Please no suggestions of magnesium, because I have been taking magnesium for over a year and it doesn't help with my muscle twitching or cramping whatsoever.
Disturbed, which form of magnesium are you taking. Some forms are more difficult to absorb in the gut.
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Mathias
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What are fasciculations? Fasciculations, or fascics are localized twitches of the muscle fibers.
From the On-Line Medical Dictionary:
A small local contraction of muscles, visible through the skin, representing a spontaneous discharge of a number of fibres innervated by a single motor nerve filament.
Magnesium never did anything for me either. I suspect it is either residual infection (I am not 100% better) or the nerves healing or possibly a combination of both.
It was my first symptom and will likely be my last to leave.
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