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tina58520
tina58520

Hi, everyone over the last 3 months or so I have been getting more and more muscle twitches.  I know this can be a common symptom, does anyone else get these.  My G.P. has prescribed Baclofen, does anyone else take this and does it work, or do you know of anything better.

Many thanks in advance

Tina

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  • bronwyn97278
    bronwyn97278 tina58520

    Posted

    hi Tina;  no I havn't tried Baclofen, but would be very interested to know if it does help, as I now take Valium and magnesium....but if one less tab can work, then yes, let me know.  Thanks.   bron
    • tina58520
      tina58520 bronwyn97278

      Posted

      Hi Bronwyn,

      I will keep you posted, but after only a few days my twitches do not seem so bad, so fingers crossed.  Tx

    • bronwyn97278
      bronwyn97278 tina58520

      Posted

      Thankyou for that...sounds promising...if it continues to improve; I am going to see if available in Austalia, and if so, will ask for same...Bron
  • Ravenwood
    Ravenwood tina58520

    Posted

    Oh, yeah, I twitch.  I twitch especially in bed prior to going to sleep.  It is mostly in my arms and legs.  I don't take anything for it.  Sometimes the twitching wakes me up from sleep, but I just flip over and go back to sleep.  I don't think my twitching is nearly as bad as yours.  I would consider twitching a minor problem in my life compared to some of the other things this disease has given me.  I hope you find something that will work for you so that you feel better.
    • tina58520
      tina58520 Ravenwood

      Posted

      Thanks Ravenwood.  Know what you mean twitching is minor compared to other things this horrible disease can give you.  It only started really bad a few months ago and as I don't sleep well anyway it has become an issue.  The baclofen seems to be working though, so fingers crossed. Tx
    • georgeGG
      georgeGG tina58520

      Posted

      The bad part of twitching is the chronically broken sleep of both wife and self. My wife still remembers the years of twitching with abhorrence. I hardly remember anything from those years although twitching is one of the things I do remember. They were not the sweet little movements you see in babies but quite gross jerks.
  • caroline271
    caroline271 tina58520

    Posted

    Hi Tina, I too have muscle twitches, mainly on my right side. They aren't minor and very noticeable. I also feel that thT my muscles are vibrating, which i don't like at all. I take diazepam if I can't sleep because of the twitching or buzzing muscles. I do take magnesium too and vitamin B5
  • mary60449
    mary60449 tina58520

    Posted

    Hi is anyone still interested in posting about this? I just found this thread and I've just been diagnosed. It would be great to start this back up. Thanx!

    • caitlin39841
      caitlin39841 mary60449

      Posted

      Hi Mary

      Just got your post through re twitching. For some strange reason I only get the odd message through these days. Anyhow, on the thread of twitching, yes, I've persistent twitching. I explained it to someone as like an orchestra playing on my muscles.  The twitching starts on my upper arms and continue down my arm untill they finish on my fingers only to stary all over again.  My friend once asked why my arm was twitching like an orchestra..........I explained it was one of the monor symptoms of my condition.................

    • caitlin39841
      caitlin39841 mary60449

      Posted

      Yes, Mary, I have both Fibromyalgia & ME, and a whole lot of other related inflammatory conditions.  The Joys of ME.

      c.

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