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LDN causing Dystonia or neck jerking?

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A neurologist recently thought that I had a motor tic in the back of my neck that keeps me jerking my head forward. After readingn some research I think maybe I have some form of dystonia. I seem to jerk it very hard to the point in the middle of the day it's just hurting and I do it every day. Anyways, after reading about dystonia, I read certain medications that block dopamine can cause it. My question is, I take low dose Naltrexone which does that in the middle of the night while I'm sleeping. I cannot find anything linking the two but I can't help but wonder if this is what causing it. This only developed the past couple of years and I'm 44.

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Have you had your vit B12 and folate tested?

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jbicondoa in reply to greygoose

Not my folate. I take a bcomplex almost every day.

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greygoose in reply to jbicondoa

A B complex might not be giving you enough B12. Depends what your results was when it was tested. So, what was your result?

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Here is my test from last June. I have had this problem for a couple of years now.

B12 - 715 / range 232-1245

Folate - >20.0 / range >=4.0

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OK, so that's good then. :)

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