Fasciculations
 

Been having these twitches in the muscles, mainly on the left side of the body. I asked my NS if I were heading to ALS and he did not give a definite yes or no. He did check the tongue for fasciculations and did not see any. He told me that would probably be a sign for ALS.

My NL told me that it was nerve endings not functioning well. Looking this up I did find an explanation of bengnine muscle fasciculation. Still do not know if there is a way to control these or if anything can be done. Any light on the subject? Thanks

Daivd

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

BFS was one of my earlier symptoms of B12 deficiency, and went away with treatment of 1000mcg methylcobalamin B12 daily. Although it was one of my longer lasting symptoms...it began improving within weeks.
http://jccglutenfree.googlepages.com...ciencysymptoms

Learning never stops, no matter how old one thinks they are. Thank you for the information and leads.

I have been suffering quite a few lows in the past several months. My PCP and I are working on this. Checking more often, changing snack habits-times, reducing the insulin. One morning I was doing some chores, stopped to check the blood and the reading was 23, did not even feel it coming. Talk about carb stuffing!!

The magnesium is interesting. I have been taking mag for control of the epileptic seizures since the prescribed med was not working. But in reading your mag post, I am taking the wrong one, it is listed as magnesium oxide on the bottle, did not know the difference. OK, now it is time to find the correct one and give it a go. I am taking the sublingual B12 tabs. I had a reaction to the shots. Come to find out I am alergic to the extra stuff that comes with the B12 injections.

Thanks again for your information, appreciate it so much.

Peace,
David

have you lost weight? if so perhaps your insulin needs are lower. 2) dont over do that! lol

I'd also recommend you consider Lantus, if you are using the older types like Novolin or Humulin. Lantus gives better coverage for basal activity once a day, with less sudden low's.

Thank you, thank you.

Did loose 20-25 lbs after a surgery in Feb which has not come back, no, not a diet I would recommend to anyone, but did happen.

Because of this my pcp decreased my insulin from a daily 60 to 50 units, the lows are still coming but am avoiding more of these by testing earlier and eating a few more carbs and changed timing of snacking.

And have been on Lantus for about 7 years now. My docs have all recommended my using Novolog for a quicker down in sugars but causes severe lows in me so I do not use it.

But your insights are appreciated, thanks again.

Peace,
David

ah,ha! yes even that much/little wt loss can change things a great deal!
also, make sure you are using the same place for your insulin shots...if you use your thigh, keep it there, if your stomache, keep it there, etc....i know that most persons are taught to "rotate" sites , but there has been some thought in the literature that each place may have different absorbtion rates...so keeping the injections in the same "spots" may help you even out things.....good luck