Facial twitching/Bell’s palsy

Hey all, so I have had muscle twitches since about a month into being sick. At one point on the doxy they seemed to have went away for about a week or two but they’ve mostly been there for the last 6 months.

Before treating with doxy, I had some facial numbness and tingling that would almost happen right beside my lip. It wasn’t until about a month into treating doxy that I began having muscle spasms/twitches in my eye.. particularly if I were to lean my head back and look down, my left eye lid would go insane. Slowly but surely over the last few weeks it’s slowly moved away from my eye and it is now in my ear????(same ear I have had a trrrible ring in since I got sick) The top part of my ear, feels like it is twitching at a thousand miles an hour and the left side of my face (same side) feels tight and weak... could I be getting Bell’s palsy? I’ve read that actual Bell’s palsy is pretty rare with Lyme, lyme weakens the facial muscles but hardly ever causes the total paralysis that someone with Bell’s palsy would experience.. like I said, it’s seemed like the numbness and tingling started on my right side beside my lip, few weeks after that it hit my left eye, now it’s over on my ear... so strange. Does anyone else have this?

Oh yeah, twitching was a big one for me. eye/eyelid, face, inner ear, legs, torso, tongue. I believe twitching to be very common with these infections.

Even though the twitching is mega annoying, I have learned that it is nice having an objective measurable symptom to signify a flare or relapse. It serves me a warning sign that maybe I am not getting enough rest, or eating too much bad food.

99% of my twitching resolved along with most of my other symptoms with antibiotics.

huh???? your LLMD is recommending that? Are you sure its an LLMD?

Missouri said...
huh???? your LLMD is recommending that? Are you sure its an LLMD?

I think it’s one of the NP - the J clinic has most (all?) patients do a few weeks/months on stabilizing meds.
This is to prepare you for the protocols to come.
If you have sleep issues...or mental health ... etc - he wants to build up the foundation so the meds down the road are effective AND you can handle them.
If you’re already in a lot of pain - it’s most likely going to ramp up when you go deeper into the protocols.

He’s trying to help his patients not hinder them... if that makes sense.

I will post my experiences (I’m still not taking pain pills)

I don’t have much twitching, but I have had numbness in all kinds of places plus a wide range of other bizarre sensations. Never had the classic Bell’s palsy though.