over the last couple of weeks I seem to accumalated more symptoms. Something which is worrying me is Im having many more muscle spasms which last a long time but also many of my joints keep literally locking. Like if I carry something my fingers will literally lock in that position and the only way I can get them back is to pull them with my other hand, if I bend over my back locks and my legs and toes are continually going into spasms and locking. Does anyone else get this. I feel like I need oiling or one everything is just going to lock up altogether. Im beginning to wonder if I have some other disease. Any ideas? Thanks guys. Tracy

Hi Tracy interesting you should say this. Yes, I have been having some strange stuff happen (since my stupid cigarette smoking binge).

I can find that my jaw will lock up to where I cannot click it back out and I have to spend all day with my mouth unable to open past about an 2 inches. I could hardly brush my teeth.

Then it seems ok by the next day again. I have also had a weird thing happen to where my feet will start to go into some kind of spasm (or curl up) on their own almost. It is obviously cramps. But they actually move and do this on their own while I am in bed. And I will wake from the pain and try and stretch them back out to stop this. I have to rub them and wait till this passes.

Have also been getting muscle spasms/ eye tics as well. So I believe for me it's been the chemical/metal toxicity. Because I know it does get into the nerves and causes havoc, not to mention gut/liver and the rest. So it's been a hellish time. Is if it wasn't bad already and now this.

So I think these things do migrate into your nerves/joints and let us not forget the fact they can get into the brain (the control centre), so what happens in one area of the body can actually be related to toxicity in the brain itself, and vice versa. Very hard to know what is happening. I can only take guesses.

HiBex, Tracy, I have also had spasms in my feet which can also be very painful. It seemed to kick off when I changed my diet quite radically i.e. low carb high protein my feet would almost go into a cramp like state but instead of going away quite quickly they would stay in a spasm for ages. I discovered if you changed your diet a lot - especially for more protein and less carbs you can get a build up of uric acid which can cause this pain - like gout - I did go to the doctor and the test for this was clear, but as this all fitted in with when I changed my diet I am convinced that this kicked of my foot pain.

As a side note I have read many times of a much higher amount of younger people getting gout like symptoms when following a high protein diet like Atkins say so this does seem to follow my experience <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

lizbet.

lizbet, are you eating lots and lots of veg? This is crucial for health on a low-carb diet and it's where Atkins goes wrong. Veg and fruit are also the best sources of vitamins and minerals.

Regards,
Linda.

Well oddly enough for me, the stiff joint problems (jaw) and cramping in the feet only occured after I had been cheating on my diet! So normally I do not get this as such with the diet I am on (high protein and fat and low carb).

I am glad I dont. I dont fancy getting gout! But so far I'm ok in that area unless I cheat of course. So I do think that sugar and other foods are far more of an issue. I find they dehydrate me to the point I cannot stop drinking. I mean it's unreal, like the dry horrors. Someone suggested that it could be the candida from cheating becaue they give off alcohols...interesting thought.

Yes I agree, I think the Adkins diet is good but missing out on the vegetables. But i certainly have to stay away from the high carbs like fruit and high carb veg liike potatoes. If i dont, I'm back to square one trying to remedy the relapse.