bad twitching after running

Hey there…

Yes, I have had that for as long as I can remember. Worse, now that I'm in treatment. It was really bad when I would lie down for sleep… Low Dose Naltrexone is very helpful… Have you heard of it? do a search for threads about it.

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I second what Trav said... Nearly everyone with or without lyme has a Mg deficiency to some degree. I take it every night when I get home from the gym.

Stay hydrated. Losing sodium when you run can destabilize the electron gradient and cause action potentials (muscle contraction.) Aluminum is often at play in these situations.

If aluminum is at play here, other symptoms could be anxiety, panic attacks, breathing difficulty, sleeping difficulty where your mind won't stop racing, urinary incontinence/dribbling, dry mouth, dilated or constricted pupils, and sometimes constipation.

Viruses, bacteria, and protozoans have metallothioneins just like we do. They grab polyvalent cations. When we've been sick for a long time with inflammation, we are often deficient of polyvalent cations due to their attachment to polyamines. When I say deficient, I mean the concentration between intra and extracellular cations is skewed. Polyvalent cations are used as substrates to transfer important proteins into and out of the cells. When their concentration decreases, cellular functioning is less efficient and problems occur.

I mention that because with a lack of polyvalent cations, this increases the pathogens chances of grabbing other metals like aluminum, lead, mercury, cadmium, nickel, cesium, and thallium. Once attached to pathogens, our immune system has a much lower chance of being able to destroy that pathogen. So trying to kill a lot of pathogens without addressing the metals is often difficult. The metals can also block the methylation pathway (even with good genetics) and glutathione production is decreased, oxidative stress is increased, acidosis is increased, and the body functions much less efficiently.

Increasing your detoxing ability is paramount. I have had good results with Pectasol-C powder for aluminum elimination. The research states that Pectasol-C has little effect on aluminum urinary excretion, but I feel it is mostly eliminated fecally. I'd read up on it and other metal sequestering products like activated charcoal, chlorella, EDTA, and possibly pinella.

justinj said...
great info!!!! thanks so much. I currently take activated charcoal and cholestyramine for detox.

Taking those agents, you may need copper to crank up your immune response. It would have to be taken a few hours away from those meds, but it could ratchet up your immune response enough to free up some metals.

Copper is something to be careful with. Too much is a bad thing.