spastic tremors

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For about six months now I've been getting increasingly regular, and

sometimes violent, chest spasms. Think Joe Cocker at Woodstock and that's how I

get when they're really bad.

I take CoQ10 to keep them under control, but the dose must increase or they

return. I'm up to 600mg per day and will up to 750 soon. 1200mg/day seems to be

the max indicated.

Someone posted that Cymbalta caused tremors like this, and I found some web

evidence regarding it, so I stopped taking cymbalta. The tremors stopped (and my

mind cleared up, and I have more energy) for a bit, but have now returned.

Today I had a violent set of spasms in the doctors office. Actually, I let them

happen so he could see them. His eyes got wide and he was in the referral book

before he went to the next patient.

It doesn't seem like one of the CMT checklist of common symptoms. Does

anyone else have anything like this going on?

Thanks. O

BTW, I've had these for about 15 years, but until the last year, they were just

a quick jerk every six months or so. I was working in a corporate america

dilbertville and when they'd happen, I'd think I needed a vacation. Until I got

one on a beach in Hawaii. Then I didn't know what to think, but at once every

six months, I wasn't too concerned.

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Ask your doc about Symmetrel. It has many uses, I have been taking it

for tremors for about a year, and it works well. Safe and no side

effects for me. Just keeps tremors under control. I had the spacisty in my

teens, somewhere along the line that just left (or maybe the Valium and Tequila

took care of that!), but ever since my sophomore year in college, I've had

tremors. Have tried Elavil (Amitriptyline - which worked well for a long time,

Ativan (works but has 'dependency' factor, Inderal (made my heart race) and

Primidone (which gave me awful ataxia) I like the Symmetrel the best.

If you want to go 'natural' there is an amino Isoleucine can help (so I've

researched, but not tried) shop around on prices. Food sources of Isoleucine It

is present in almonds, cashews, chicken, eggs, fish, lentils, liver, meat etc.

Gretchen