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Jerking arms and legs?

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caroline271
caroline271

Does anyone here have strange feelings in their muscles or jerking and twitching muscles? Today I can feel the muscles across my back together with my arms and lower legs pulsating and vibrating. Also since August my muscles have been twitching and jerking. My neuro is puzzled and although I can cope with pain and stiffness I really don't like these feelings.

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  • neilwaud1969
    neilwaud1969 caroline271

    Posted

    Try again as previous was "Moderated"?!?!?

    I am so very totally and madly stressed.

    Just spent 25minutes typing a response only to press the wrong button and loose it all. 

    My twitching or jerking makes my press wrong keys or buttons on the PC and at work. I occasionally drop things, now the latest is my eyes twitching or double-visioning. 

    I know meds should not be discussed so I won't give quantities but I am on the following:

    General Health : Cod Liver Oil - Multivitamins.

    Weight Loss Surgery : Calciumn- Ferrous Furmaeate - Vit B12.

    Irritable Bowel : Peppermint Oil Capsules.

    Hypertension : Candesartan.

    Fibromyalgia : Lyrica - Paracetamol - BuTrans.

    Depression : Mirtazipine.

    HypoThyroid Syndrome : Levothyroxine. 

    Hope I dont lose this whole post. Feel free to reply or email, all help greatly received.

    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 neilwaud1969

      Posted

      have you checked your meds to see if any of them cause tremours jerking , i have the movements you describe but except for very occasionly when i am stressed there not overly bad .i use magneisum oil for my leg jerks and my arms and if my face starts.works a treat for me.

       

    • caroline271
      caroline271 neilwaud1969

      Posted

      Hi Neil, thank you so much for taking time to message again; I sometimes hit the wrong keys too and at work I almost threw a cup of tea in the air! Last night I did take some diazepam to calm things down but usually I try to accept them and funnily enough if I dont have any I miss them in a strange way.
    • sukest
      sukest neilwaud1969

      Posted

      Hi neilwaud I too have twitches and I was told that it's a side effect of Lyrica as is weight gain and I have that as well!! Is it not enough that we have all these awful symptoms without having the b****y awful side effects of the supposed help?!  S xx
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 sukest

      Posted

      if thats the case then why do i have the same jerks and twitching hun . i dont take any meds except supplements. i must admit that they dont sound as bad as  yours , maybe they make the jerks and twitching worse rather than cause them .
    • sukest
      sukest tiswas24537

      Posted

      I have only noticed the twitches in the last  2/3years  about the same length of time I've been on Lyrica  I could have had them before, but if I did they must only have been mild!  
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 sukest

      Posted

      iv had them on and of for years i first noticed my right eye twitching in 91 it continued for several months then stopped . then i got the odd one here and there ,but like you said its only in hindsight that iv remembered looking back eek

      . they have  got more frequent  other the last 10yrs my legs jump something terriable at times and some times i get ones that go thru my whole body from my shoulders down but  i find that rubbing on magneisum oil for several weeks will stop them. ,i keep telling myself to keep it up but sometimes i just want to sleep and cant be bothered .  so as soon as it stops i tend to lasp .until it starts again .

      what a nightmare i am so sick of trying stuff building my hopes up and then bein glet down . magneisum always works . but i wish i could find something that just would put me right  . i am so angry its so unfair .it takes so much away from us .. i am sure all of sufferers would agree.

      on that one.

    • sukest
      sukest tiswas24537

      Posted

      Hi tiswas, that sounds awful mine are minuscule next to yours, if the magnesium oil is working for you to any extent keep trying it after all as you said there's so little that does in fact work for any of us! Hope that you can get some relief.  S xx
    • caroline271
      caroline271 tiswas24537

      Posted

      When the twitching and jerking started I was only taking tramadol which ID been taking for almost 2 years. A few weeks after commencing duloxetine the jerking starting going really crazy so I'm no longer taking that. I have upped the magnesium and stopped my morning coffee, now having water with lemon to see if that will help
    • wendy22970
      wendy22970 tiswas24537

      Posted

      Vitamin B Complex might help, if you haven't already tried them. The B vitamins are all needed for the central nervous system, and if you have a deficiency, then I can see it would affect your nerves in your legs and everywhere else.
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 caroline271

      Posted

      vingers crossed ,our nervous systems are all ready stressed so any stimulus will cause twitching and jerking i suppose good luck
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 sukest

      Posted

      i find it funny sometimes my whole body will jump when a pain shoots thru t i just keep saying ouch ouch ouch b----y hell 
    • caroline271
      caroline271 wendy22970

      Posted

      Yeah I'm taking multi vits, extra Bs, magnesium, flax seed, chia, calcium, vit D and starflower oil.
    • wendy22970
      wendy22970 caroline271

      Posted

      Sounds good Caroline! I have Flaxseeds every day too - it's great stuff!!
    • caroline271
      caroline271 wendy22970

      Posted

      I'm amazed how much omega is in flax. It seems expensive to buy initially especially in milled form but in comparison to omegas in Capsule form it is about 1/40 of the price.
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