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Old 06-17-2009, 09:00 AM
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muscle twitching can happen when your blood sugar is low.
Since you have Type II, I'd test when you are having them.

Sometimes the "low" is not the indicator, but the "fall" from a higher number. So if you fall from 200 to 100, you may test normal but the fall is steep and may trigger twitches.
Hypoglycemia is a common cause of muscle twitching as well.
http://www.diagnose-me.com/cond/C254143.html

Another thing to try is adding magnesium to your diet.
Muscles will twitch when magnesium is low. Diabetics typically lose magnesium thru the urine as part of that disease process.

Here is my magnesium thread to read up on:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=1138
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