Muscle twitches, restless legs and insomnia?

[Peater]

Another agreement for calcium and thiamine helping with eye twitches

 

[revenant]

It's strange how the muscle twitches and restless legs can be triggered by one night of drinking. I know alcohol can deplete thiamine but I would've thought it takes chronic alcoholism to do that.

 

[Perry Staltic]

Restless legs is serotonin. Try a little cypro. Anything that improves gut health such as cascara should help.

This is what came to my mind. Is OP taking any serotonergic meds/supplements/OTC stuff?

 

[gaze]

It's strange how the muscle twitches and restless legs can be triggered by one night of drinking. I know alcohol can deplete thiamine but I would've thought it takes chronic alcoholism to do that.

it's more likely depleting magnesium, from the constant urination from drinking, although thiamine is probsbly still involved

 

[revenant]

This is what came to my mind. Is OP taking any serotonergic meds/supplements/OTC stuff?

I don't think so.

 

[revenant]

it's more likely depleting magnesium, from the constant urination from drinking, although thiamine is probsbly still involved

I'm also taking 200 mg of magnesium carbonate at the same time as thiamine, but you might be right. The symptoms of a magnesium deficiency sound very similar to thiamine deficiency. Also I read that drinking carbonated sodas can deplete it, and I've started drinking 1-2 cans of coke per day a while ago.

 

[gaze]

I'm also taking 200 mg of magnesium carbonate at the same time as thiamine, but you might be right. The symptoms of a magnesium deficiency sound very similar to thiamine deficiency. Also I read that drinking carbonated sodas can deplete it, and I've started drinking 1-2 cans of coke per day a while ago.

for what it's worth, ray said in hypothyroid people, supplementing magnesium is enough to keep symptoms at bay for about an hour or a day, but the body can't retain it for much longer. Thyroid is the ultimate problem, but of course it's also the hardest thing to solve as i'm sure your aware

 

[Perry Staltic]

Ignore. Double posted somehow. Don't know how to delete.

 

[Perry Staltic]

I don't think so.

Things to check. There may be others

• St John’s Wort, Ginseng, Nutmeg, Yohimbe
• Methylene blue

Serotonin syndrome - WikEM

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[revenant]

Things to check. There may be others

• St John’s Wort, Ginseng, Nutmeg, Yohimbe
• Methylene blue

Serotonin syndrome - WikEM

www.wikem.org

I'm taking methylene blue (0,5-2 mg), but I thought it doesn't increase serotonin at such low doses?

 

[Perry Staltic]

I'm taking methylene blue (0,5-2 mg), but I thought it doesn't increase serotonin at such low doses?

From what I've been reading serotonin toxicity is a pretty complex topic involving synthesis, metabolism, receptors, platelet activation, etc. that can all be affected by different things. Maybe discontinue the methylene blue for a while to see if your symptoms go away.