Incredible muscle weakness

MamaV, your symptoms are something that I too have had for a while. These last two weeks have been specially bad. I too feel like holding the cell phone takes a herculean effort. In addition, when I make an effort (like opening a jar), it feels as if my muscles, tendons and bones are going to fall apart from the effort of trying to pull/twist.

I am sorry that I don't have an answer for you but I will monitor your post to see what others have to say about this debilitating issue.

I have weakness along with stiffness and pain. Sometimes I find myself "babying" the areas that are weak/sore/stiff as it feels like I'm doing damage - it's hard for me to judge how much is enough but not too much...like Astro said - it's a fine line.

I think just persevering with treatment and keep moving the body is all we can do. It will get better... just gotta be patient.

I was going to take my daughter's bike to a parking lot for her to ride tomorrow, but I'm certain I can't lift her bike in & out of the trunk. Good thing I didn't tell her of those plans yet!

I just wish we all knew WHY we feel the way we do, WHAT makes things change, and HOW to feel better.

So sorry about those sx—they were one of my first and most prominent. I had trouble—holding my cell phone, as someone mentioned. No way could I take a shower—could not lift my arms above my head or massage shampoo into my hair. Forget doing any housework or drive. My fingers also ached and I couldn't type either. Add that to the joint pain and I was completely ineffectual!

I think the muscle pain and heaviness are common sx of "fibromyalgia" (which is simply a name given to the sx, not an answer of what causes the sx—but hey, big pharma could make money on developing something for the sx—who cares if there is a REASON for the sx)… docs started dx people w/ fibro and everyone stopped wondering why… and every day more damage is being done to our bodies.

Luckily, we all know it's lyme & co.

So, a fibro Rx might help with the pain. I haven't ever taken it but I think a few people on this forum are taking it with some success.

I was like some of the other posters here—once I started taking herbs for lyme, bart and babs, the muscle pain and heaviness started to fade about 2 months into the treatment. Now, it is intermittent—and brought on by overdoing it. My threshold is very narrow—I'll be fine with a small amount of activity or exercise but if I push it past that threshold I crash and my arms and legs and fingers hurt for days…

-p

You're probably right MamaV. I think your immune system can get overwhelmed w/out the meds to help out. Are you detoxing like a madwoman? That can help… Are you off abx entirely? Or just taking a break to deal w/ c. diff?

-p

The muscle weakness can also be from a yeast overgrowth. Make sure that isn't your problem.

Although I don't have an answer for you, I was recently taking DGL licorice for stomach issues. One of the "side effects" of it was that within a few days, I was able to carry normal loads without any issues. My hands and feet were not as tired as they always feel. I hadn't noticed it until my wife mentioned it when I carried groceries from the car (about 5-6 bags at once), something that would have seemed impossible a few weeks back.

I was even going to post it here saying that I had found a solution for the chronic fatigue. However, in the last week my health took a step backwards on my most of my Lyme symptoms and the fatigue is one of those symptoms that came back. Perhaps you may want to try the licorice and see if you get the same results that I did.

Healing98, I've never tried DGL licorice. I'll find some!

Well, now this is a new world for me. I probably have 65% of the possible symptoms of candida. Sheesh. Not very nice at all.

I remember years ago before I knew I had Lyme, I read about the saliva test for candida. I never did a saliva test that didn't seem positive for candida. Have you? Is it possible to NOT have it eventually?

achievinggrace said...
You can try the saliva test.

www.nationalcandidacenter.com/candida-self-exams/

If you have candida I think you will need a longer course than just one diflucan.

I use a homeopathic remedy called AZO yeast as well as herbal cures such as Pau D'Arco, Grapefruit seed extract, Caprylic acid and oil of oregano.

When I am feeling muscle weakness I just assume it's candida and treat for it.