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Posted 9/28/2014 2:21 PM (GMT 0)
My twitching is getting worse! I used to have random twitching but it was getting better, now my toe and various muscles do it all the time! It will be a week on Tuesday. I did take a diflucan Monday night for a yeast infection. Could that have something to do with it?
Posted 9/28/2014 3:10 PM (GMT 0)
This is by far my worst symptom.i have it everywhere all day long. Maybe a herx for you. Have you taken any magnuseim?
Posted 9/28/2014 3:20 PM (GMT 0)
Hi LMFD, I take a magnesium/calcium supplement daily. Hopefully it's a herx and will pass. Are you taking abx?
Posted 9/28/2014 4:05 PM (GMT 0)
Yea I'm on bactrim ds x2 daily and doxy 100x 2 daily for now. Maybe adding zithro soon. Bee on this regiment for about 2 months. Doxy since June.
Posted 9/28/2014 4:06 PM (GMT 0)
Does the mag help you?
Posted 9/28/2014 7:19 PM (GMT 0)
I have been taking it for a few months and I think it does help some. But lately it hasn't been doing the trick, the twitching is pretty dominant.
Posted 9/28/2014 9:49 PM (GMT 0)
Large amounts of magnesium ended this for me.
Posted 9/28/2014 9:57 PM (GMT 0)
My twitching was one of my first symptoms....and actually subsided somewhat with time even before I was diagnosed and started treatment for lyme.
It was almost gone....but the past couple weeks, it has come back - mildly though - not all muscles all day like before.

Don't know why, I've been taking abx since beg. of July.

I take Cal/Mag plus extra mag glycinate.
Posted 9/28/2014 10:18 PM (GMT 0)
It's possible that your magnesium needs has raised - you might try just slowly raising your dose to see what happens. If you begin to get diarrhea, lower the dose back down and wait for it to subside and try raising the dosage slower. If that seems to be the dose that you can tolerate, then it's likely from the Neruo Lyme or Bart and Lyme together.
Posted 9/29/2014 4:20 AM (GMT 0)
What kind of magnesium should I get? I have the liquid stuff in my closet. But how do I dose that.
Posted 9/29/2014 6:10 AM (GMT 0)
I was told magnesium glycinate is the best.
Posted 9/29/2014 1:33 PM (GMT 0)
Where can I get that? Cvs and Walmart doest seem to have it.
Posted 9/29/2014 4:02 PM (GMT 0)
I take the dreaded magnesium oxide to help keep my bowels moving, and my doctor has me taking magnesium arginate as well. So I'm thinking it's up to what your doctor believes in to be honest. My doc wanted me to stop the magnesium oxide, saying that it doesn't get absorbed, but my bowels shut down if I don't use it, sooooo.....
My doc knows that I now take both kinds though.
Posted 9/29/2014 10:32 PM (GMT 0)
Where can I get glycate?
Posted 9/30/2014 12:15 AM (GMT 0)
The only brand I could find in my city is Naka - magnesium bisglycinate.

I asked the Dr. if the bisglycinate was okay...and he said it was. Both glycinate and bisglycinate are good.
It is not supposed to affect the bowels.

It could be a Canadian company, though.
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