Muscle twitching not stopping, what to do?

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I’ve been to the doctor and they all said that the muscle twitching isn’t harmful and can be “normal”. They suggested that I may be dehydrated, stressed or lacking certain vitamins. I did blood work and everything came back well. I do have to say that I am in fact stressed but I’m trying to manage it.
This twitching has been happening for almost 15 years, and it happens in all parts of my body. Even though it’s not painful, it’s really annoying. I often get distracted from my tasks and have to stop because of it. Example: when my hands and fingers twitch I have to stop writing.
I am not dehydrated, my blood work states that I’m not vitamin deficient. I admit that I tend to get stressed sometimes and have trouble sleeping once in a while. Do you think once I improve on that the twitching will stop? Literally as I’m writing this my thighs, neck and scalp are twitching!

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Blood work does not show levels of magnesium because that mineral is so important and is in the skeleton. Regardless of whether you are deficient or not, it will always show as about 0.9% in the blood. It's also one of the minerals closely associated with twitching or muscle spasms when deficient. Your diet is probably high in calcium too, and despite your blood work, I bet your vitamin D levels aren't that great either. Most Doctors know nothing about nutrition and are only there to push drugs so why would you expect them to know what's wrong? Vitamin D will only truly benefit you if you are supplementing small amounts daily, otherwise it gets bound up in the cells losing some of the benefits you get from 'free' vitamin D in the body that can turn on / off genes.

it's likely that if you got your magnesium levels up, along with vitamin D3, K2 and boron that twitching would go away. Magnesium oil spray and lotion can help, although some studies suggest hairy bodies absorb it better. It's still worth a try. I use the supplement Mega Mag liquid but beware, it can cause a laxative effect.

Musclegaragefitness · Accepted Answer

It is best to seek the advice of a medical professional for a proper evaluation and direction if muscle twitching persists and does not stop.

petitedollbabee · Accepted Answer

That doesn’t sound normal, or sound like something that’s a result of something as simple as not drinking enough water or being stressed. Blood results don’t tell you everything. I think you should get more testing done if this has been going on for so long.. that’s concerning.

In_Trance · Answer

It's not normal. This is a vitamin deficiency

Anonymous · Answer

Have you tried a heating pad?

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