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Muscle fascinations in the same spot
I'm not sure why but it feels like someone is tapping my stomach constantly. My eyes and arm/leg twitches once in a while. These days. I haven't felt any twitching in any of those spots but only on my stomach. It literally feels like my organ stomach is twitching. It's been constantly twitching for about a week now and it's starting to get annoying. I was doing some research and thought maybe I have benign fasciculation syndrome, but I'm not sure. Does anyone else have this?
Actually, good dark chocolate is a pretty good source of magnesium .. when I was pregnant with my kiddoes, I wish someone had told me that. My chocolate cravings made me put on a bunch of weight! All along I was magnesium deficient.
Having said that, there are better sources of magnesium ... nuts and seeds, dark greens -- look it up. And if you end up supplementing, don;t use magnesium oxide. There are more available sources.
I'd get tested first though -- the blood test isn't that accurate but if you are deficient with the blood test you are REALLY deficient. A magnesium load test is more accurate. Also make sure you are getting enough calcium -- honestly, I wish I had known when I was your age that a lousy diet would cause so many issues at my age.
Do what you can now :).
Having said that, there are better sources of magnesium ... nuts and seeds, dark greens -- look it up. And if you end up supplementing, don;t use magnesium oxide. There are more available sources.
I'd get tested first though -- the blood test isn't that accurate but if you are deficient with the blood test you are REALLY deficient. A magnesium load test is more accurate. Also make sure you are getting enough calcium -- honestly, I wish I had known when I was your age that a lousy diet would cause so many issues at my age.
Do what you can now :).
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I haven't had large, visible fasciculations in ages -- I do still twitch, especially after exercise, but it's minor and ignorable :).
It might be a good idea to get your magnesium level checked to see if this could be an issue for you.