Involuntary muscle movements/ twitches?

Yes, it's common. Or at least for me it is. Are you taking magnesium?

I get it to, it entertains me sometimes. magnesium doesn't have any effect on it.

Lyme damages the sheath that covers our nerves, so the signals that normally pass along them without any issues are clear and well "understood" when they get to where they are going. When we have Lyme, these signals to our muscles are mixed up, don't get to where they are going and get side tracked due to the damage to the myelin sheath that covers them. Muscle twitches, spasms and even cramps are very normal in Lyme disease.

Fronton - you reminded me of my early days of Lyme. What a nightmare.

I would go to bed -lay on my back - with nerve pain down my left arm, and my body would be vibrating (buzzing), different muscles would be twitching - alternating - my left arm, my right arm, over my left rib, etc, and then my right leg would kick unexpectedly. Plus I had phlegm in my throat, and sleep apnea along with waking with panic. So, when I finally did fall asleep, within two hours i was jolted awake - choking/gagging, gasping for air and in a hot sweat usually a nightmare to go along with it. It got to the point where I would have anxiety as I was getting ready to go to bed, not looking forward to the event.

Isn't amazing when we look back...it just seems surreal, doesn't it. I still shudder about those days...and if I try to talk about them - forget about it - I can't do it without tearing up.

Like I said before, I think I have PTSD from those early days.

Traveler said...
Lyme damages the sheath that covers our nerves, so the signals that normally pass along them without any issues are clear and well "understood" when they get to where they are going. When we have Lyme, these signals to our muscles are mixed up, don't get to where they are going and get side tracked due to the damage to the myelin sheath that covers them. Muscle twitches, spasms and even cramps are very normal in Lyme disease.

Too much oxidative stress and/or insufficient phosphotidylcholine can certainly cause myelin sheath damage, but there are usually many other symptoms that show up well before peripheral spams. In the OP's description, it simply sounds like too many action potentials caused by insufficient membrane stabilization. Magnesium is often the culprit but other divalent cations are also involved in membrane stabilization. Calcium, Copper, and Manganese can play a role as well if they are depleted. And it may not be cation related at all. It could be too much acetylcholinesterase production which is often due to too much Aluminum in the body. It could be a sodium/potassium issue or even a problem with Lithium levels.