Random Twitching?

[chris302001]

electrolyte imbalance

eat bannanas and drink sports drinks, then call me in the morning

eat the bananas, forget the sports drink.

If its a dietary deficiency, its probably magnesium or potassium

 

[RachelEFC]

have you taken any meds or supplements?

I take Effexor for anxiety, and BCPs, haven't been taking anything else lately. I usually take my multivitamins, fish oil, calcium, but haven't been in a month or so because my stomach was so screwed up for a while and that seemed to bother me.

 

[RachelEFC]

eat the bananas, forget the sports drink.

If its a dietary deficiency, its probably magnesium or potassium

I was also going towards the direction of magnesium deficiency as well.

 

[chris302001]

It is very common for muscles to twitch involuntarily from fatigue after strenuous exercise

especially if your adding in a new exercise or going way more intense than usual. Your body isnt used to recruiting so many motor units, so there can be some residual neural activity.




Rach, I wouldnt worry now........if stays constant for 4-5 days, then I would start to worry.

 

[Smurfy]

Common Causes:
Benign twitches (not caused by disease or disorders)
Often affecting the eyelids, calf, or thumb
Normal and quite common, often triggered by stress or anxiety
A diet deficiency
Drug overdose (caffeine)
Drug side effect (such as diuretics, corticosteroids and estrogens)
Exercise
Symptoms suggestive of a neurological cause of fasciculations include:

Wasting of muscle
Weakness
Other findings of nerve dysfunction
Neurological illnesses where fasciculations are seen include:

Chronic denervation of muscle due to disk compression of nerve exiting the spinal cord
ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease)
Spinal muscular atrophy
Muscular dystrophy
Myopathy
http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/003296.htm

 

[RachelEFC]

especially if your adding in a new exercise or going way more intense than usual. Your body isnt used to recruiting so many motor units, so there can be some residual neural activity.




Rach, I wouldnt worry now........if stays constant for 4-5 days, then I would start to worry.

It's been a week

 

[Smurfy]

I take Effexor for anxiety, and BCPs, haven't been taking anything else lately. I usually take my multivitamins, fish oil, calcium, but haven't been in a month or so because my stomach was so screwed up for a while and that seemed to bother me.

could be anxiety, especially if you already know you have anxiety

 

[chris302001]

It's been a week

How have you been eating though?

If your on a "cutting" diet (I noticed a few threads back that you said u wanted to lose a few more lbs), then I would totally attribute it to diet.

 

[sardonicone]

Hi guys, I'm hoping you can help me figure this out. For about a week I've been experiencing random muscles twitches throughout my body. It's not normally in one particular area, but would be more often in quads/hams than another place. It is especially annoying, more so when I'm trying to fall asleep, but occurs throughout the day. These twitches are so noticeable, my whole body seems to almost jump at times.

My training hasn't changed much in the past couple of months, though I did recently reintroduce running, and hadn't been doing much cardio for a few months.

It's really starting to scare me. I'm wondering if I have a deficiency in my diet, which definately hasn't been the best lately. I did lose about 10 pounds. Any discussion would be greatly appreciated.

Plausable Causes:

Rickets
ALS
CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrom)
Parkinsons
MS

Various other Muscle/nerve disorders.

What it can also be a sign of:

Low potassium
Stress
Anxiety
Just random odd firings from your nervous system, that in the long run, mean nothing. If you start noticing what you perceive to be increased fatigue or weakness, then I'd worry. Otherwise you're probably fine. Keep in mind it can also turn psycho-symatic, as you start to worry about the symptom, the stress will cause it to increase in frequency.

 

[chris302001]

Plausable Causes:

Rickets
ALS
CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrom)
Parkinsons
MS

Various other Muscle/nerve disorders.

What it can also be a sign of:

Low potassium
Stress
Anxiety
Just random odd firings from your nervous system, that in the long run, mean nothing. If you start noticing what you perceive to be increased fatigue or weakness, then I'd worry. Otherwise you're probably fine. Keep in mind it can also turn psycho-symatic, as you start to worry about the symptom, the stress will cause it to increase in frequency.

Let's think horses before we get excited about zebras.....

Muscle fasiculations arent a very common presenting symptom of any of those diseases.