Guest guest Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 The first sign of insanity is thumb twitching! Okay, okay... just seemed too good to pass up. I have no clue, but would also be interested in the answer Elle ** Twitching Seems I remember Dee or someone saying that facial twitching was a symptom of low calcium!?!?! What about other body twitching? My thumb will not stop twitching - it is driving me nuts!! hugs, cindy lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Lee, Just curious..... did the twitching start around the time that you started doing a couple miles a day? Maybe there is a correlation? in WA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 > > Seems I remember Dee or someone saying that facial twitching was a > symptom of low calcium!?!?! What about other body twitching? My thumb > will not stop twitching - it is driving me nuts!! > > hugs, cindy lee I hope you had your labs done? A twitching thumb is no substitute for proper labwork and by the time you are twitching you are in deep dung with your calcium! Marta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 lee I haven't heard of twitching thumbs being connected to Calcium...but I hadn't heard about the face twitching or " the claw " until Dee had problems. Calcium has a direct effect on muscle function. Soooooooo....who knows, it most certainly is in the realm of possibilities that lack of calcium is causing the thumb twitch. This is a warning that was stressed at the last support meeting: ****GET YOUR LABS DONE " WHEN " WE SEND THEM TO YOU. Not 6 months later, they are DUE when they are sent to you. If you delay you'll find yourself getting the labs done later and later each year and we won't be catching problems early.**** Having said that, the ONLY way to tell if the thumb twitching is a " sign " of something is to have your labs done. Hugs Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Elle, I just had to call Delano and find out if it could be calcium related. And YES it may be! I have an appointment with a new PCP on Tuesday. My labs will confirm or deny the twitching. In the meantime it is driving me nuts! My thumb goes constantly and my fingers and forearm frequently chime in. I have ordered the cal-100. In the meantime I am upping my calcium intake significantly! Geez, this wasn't even a concern when I got switched. I do not want to have osteoporosis in my 30's!!! I was concerned with protein when I got switched - but felt that I had such a good appetite that it wouldn't be a problem. Praying that it is something else! hugs, cindy lee > The first sign of insanity is thumb twitching! > > Okay, okay... just seemed too good to pass up. I have no clue, but would > also be interested in the answer > > Elle ** > > Twitching > > Seems I remember Dee or someone saying that facial twitching was a > symptom of low calcium!?!?! What about other body twitching? My thumb > will not stop twitching - it is driving me nuts!! > > hugs, cindy lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 I have had a mildly annoying twitch for quite sometime - mostly in my forearm. Blew it off as moving stress. It has just become unbearably annoying. hugs, cindy lee > Lee, > > Just curious..... did the twitching start around the time that you started > doing a couple miles a day? Maybe there is a correlation? > > in WA > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Better that it be calcium than something like Parkinson's. Does it stop when you keep that thumb busy? Please let us all know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 > > Better that it be calcium than something like Parkinson's. Does it > stop when you keep that thumb busy? Please let us all know! LOL! I was thinking the same thing and keeping it to myself since I know too much. So, lee, is it a " pill-rolling tremor " ? Marta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 What do you mean does it stop when I roll a pill? If you mean does it stop when I am using it to hold or move something - no it seems to keep a twitching - just not as big of a twitch. hugs, cindy lee > > > > Better that it be calcium than something like Parkinson's. Does it > > stop when you keep that thumb busy? Please let us all know! > > LOL! I was thinking the same thing and keeping it to myself since I > know too much. > > So, lee, is it a " pill-rolling tremor " ? > > Marta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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