Hi all new to this site, glad to have found it, my question is , does magnesium help with twiches from fibromyalgia? Just started having this in left foot, especially at night, what type magnesium is best?
Every few mounths i seem to get another new symptom, i use trazadone for sleeping, especially for this twiching thats going on now for about 4 weeks,
I am gonna get this checked out my neurologist soon, my doctor told me ro taje gabapentin but it doesnt seem to be helping, maybe a muscle relaxer can help? Any help would be appreciated, thanks
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Can’t comment on the foot twitching, but magnesium is cited as potentially helpful to people with fibro more generally.
You can use:
- Epsom salts in your bath
- A magnesium spray (there is one on sale at Lloyds Pharmacy right now)
- Magnesium body butter or gel
There is a particular brand that you can PM for details of if interested. I’m not entirely sure if it helps to be totally honest, but it’s worth a try for sure x
I used overviews of the types of Mg like this one healthline.com/nutrition/ma... decide to use Mg malate (nr. 5 here), which seems the one most recommended for fibro & CFS, and is without laxative effect, a basic requirement for anything I take. I still take it now and then, altho a 3-month stint didn't help me.
B-vitamins and gentle clever physiotherapy (myosfacial release, rolfing, osteopathy, acupressure) might be other things to try.
Don't know if you've looked for muscle twitching - again I find healthline helpful for this: healthline.com/health/muscl..., incl. causes, diagnosis, treatment & prevention.
From several sites I've had a look at I'd try to cope with it rather than taking meds, until the neuro's had a look at you... depending of course on how much of a nuisance it is. (I don't take meds for my focal seizures for instance.)
I take magnesium tablets 250 mcg. every other day and it seems to help with the muscle tightness. I also soak my feet in Epsom salts and very warm, ok really almost hot water. This might help your twitches. I only just started gabapentin for numbness but I prefer a muscle relaxer, it helps a lot. I take Flexeril at night. Hugs.
I found taking a magnesium/calcium tablet at bedtime an enormous help. Even the oxide forms which are technically not as absorbable were effective. They both relax muscles and work together.
I wondered about having a word with your local pharmacist, I find mine very helpful and perhaps recommend something to help, I hope not too long to wait for your appointment and get some helpful answers from neurologist x
Yep, I didn't say it, but I've also spent about 400€ on supps, altho my bloods were normal before and after, and nothing made any difference to my symptoms. Except getting my wife to inject me 5mg of B12 every 2 weeks for a while, made my blood levels of it rocket, but didn't make a difference to my symptoms. Repeated last week, as I still have some and am so tired & exhausted the last 2 weeks so I thought I'd take all the rest of the supps I have. Didn't change a thing.But who knows, YMMV, and I don't have foot twitching itself - however pain stabs in fingers and toes every now and then and other strange stuff like that (usually twist-stretching, arnica cream and heat pads help with that).
I am interested to know how bad the foot twitching gets. Well over a year ago I started with a horrible, incessant extremely painful nerve pain going through mid foot to my toes. Had all sorts of tests (not a Morton's Neuroma) and no pinched nerve in my spine to make it sciatica. Physiotherapy, Choropractor, MRI, Ultrasound, Shock Therapy Treatment, Foot Exercises. Nothing helped or showed what was causing it.
At one stage I would have meltdowns as the pain was torture and I would stamp my foot and cry. The pain is worst when relaxing so lying in bed I don't know how to ease it.
I have (to my despair) been put onto mild doses of both Pregablin (Lyrica) and Duloxetine (Yelate) and the pain is not quite as excrutiating but is constant and throbbing, and makes my toes twitch and my foot curl all the time.
Do you only get it at night?
I live in South Africa and the nearest Neurologist is three hours' away and I do not have medical cover. I have been on Vit D3(5000), Omega 3s and Probiotics for ages. Is there anyone who has had similar extreme nerve pain in the foot? I can't seem to get any answers as to why it is happening....it must be a very compromised and angry nerve. I would welcome any comments
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