Lyme Twitching-Organic Acids Test-High Quinolinate (Quinolinic Acid)

Most everyone with a chronic infection like Lyme will test high for quinolinic acid. It is part of the inflammatory process that occurs over and over in chronic infection.

I've never had twitches or spams all over but decided to recently study it because so many people on this forum have problems with it. Here is what I found and what I would do if I had it as a problem.

When examining mycotoxins, or fungal metabolites that are toxic to humans, it has been shown in research that phenylalanine can block the effects of ochratoxin, one of the mycotoxins. Urinary phenyalanine excretion increases with fungal infections. So in essence, the body increases phenylalanine to protect itself from certain fungal toxins. There are urine tests that test for the mycotoxins, I would have one of those just to rule it out. I would also go on a PKU diet to see if that helped reduce phenylalanine levels. Here is some info on Adult PKU, which in a way is what I think some of us have due to our chronic infections and BH4 production problems. Disregard the supplement information. Maybe I would eat LNAA's as my only source of protein (tryptophan, tyrosine and the branched-chain amino acids.)

/www.meadjohnson.com/pediatrics/us-en/sites/hcp-usa/files/LF873REV-10-05_1.pdf

Our levels of BH4 are constantly being threatened because of our chronic infection and there is an enzymatic link between elevated phenylalanine, decreased BH4, and neopterin. When you combine all of this with the symptoms of not enough BH4, you get twitches and spams as adverse reactions.

I am not diagnosing anyone, I'm just telling what I would try if I had this problem.

If this member is still around... I just want to say I had the tick bite spasms, too. I had them for over a year even with 2 rounds of antibiotics that didn't touch it. I did 1 [ o n e ] UltraViolet Blood Infusion and... GONE. Not one since. I was supposed to do 10 UVBI's but I only had time and money for one being 'on vacation' from bereft, neanderthal midwestern medicine... But it worked like a charm. I understand it's as effective for other issues as well. Very difficult to find a dr or practitioner, but there's a list at the UVBI website if it's still online... Best...

Thanks. Here's the google search. So many came up I just thought I'd post the entire page. You may find someone close. https://www.google.com/?client=safari&channel=mac_bm#channel=mac_bm&q=UltraViolet+Blood+Infusions

Not terribly expensive. And certainly not expensive compared to the great results. Not sure, but I think it was around $100 at the time... but it was quite a few years ago. And the brilliant naturopathic MD that offered them in AZ is no longer practicing...

Vibrations? That's a big ball of worms... Have you heard of The Hum? It makes me zzzzzzz... vibrate all over, especially inside at the core. Just google the Hum, John Dawes UK website. He has redone it but I think you can get there via that google search. Lots of other things make me 'virbate.' I got to be EMF and WIFI hypersensitive after being severely chemically injures. They go hand in hand. the EMFS was calmed down for years until I tried to get help from a dr whose office was in a huge hospital complex. NOT. Now I'm battling EMFS again and there's nothing to do about it but stay away from all that, good luck, and just let it calm down. Stand barefoot in the grass, hug trees, and soak feet in baking soda water. Anyway, just some tips in case you haven't heard of the chemical injury issue yet. Lymers are usually MCS as well...

So, you are the moderator? I just noticed the paragraph under your -p ... name.

I see you are using Pinella. I have found that to be very helpful for clearing my brain. I was going to mention it on FB but forgot. There are many Lyme groups there, as you probably know.

That's very interesting about your 'vibrations.' Maybe it's all the farm chemicals. They travel for miles in the air. I have an article on it. And experience there, too, being in farm country. Just breathing the drift, accidentally of course re: NO prior warning here... starts my body/brain into buzz/vibration mode. Many toxic or otherwise poisonous substances cause that... Can you elaborate on exactly how your body 'vibrates?' [Could come in handy. lol just kidding] And there is a LOT of EMF/WIFI out in the country... Cows are succumbing to it I hear.

If you have 'strong suspicions,' that's your body trying to tell you... you probably know that... I don't need to lecture. And I can take my own advice there, too, so... Maybe when you get away, your body just has a chance to start clearing out? ELF, scalar, microwave, LORAN-C... there's soooo much out there bombarding us all now... even the dopler... I get a crackle in my headphones at regular intervals some nights and I suspect that's what it is... [I write music and I have headphones on quite a bit...]

My tick bite was in 2000, too. In New England... of course... where the tick epidemic was that NO ONE told us about even after more than 6 calls to the resorts/motels we had booked... not a WORD. They let us walk right into that completely clueless. I didn't even know what it was until 6 months later when I saw a segment on Discovery TV about ticks. Wham! I called the dr next day... the bullseye rash was gone by then but.... 17 years later, here we all are now.

The Medical Medium... forget his name... has some 'recipes' in his book. And we worked with a really great practitioner in Sedona, AZ winter before last, Rich Brightheart, and he muscle tested us both for the specific type and what to do and made us up a 'brew' that helped. Anyway... I'm interested in your vibrations, etc., so keep me posted. Thanks.

-i