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Hello I am 18 yrs old and was just recently diagnosed with gerd and right after I started to have muscle spasms and then one night i was laying in bed and was rubbing my foot against the bed and it felt like i was rubbing my foot on glass after that it just been small yet noticable pins and needle pricks along my skin in diffrent places could all of this be anxiety or somthing bad because i dont know please help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1756321 tn?1547095325
Magnesium deficiency is most likely. Symptoms of magnesium deficiency include not feeling like you can get a full breath, GERD/acid reflux, muscle spasms, pins and neddles.  Unfortunately testing may not pick up a magnesium deficiency state as only 1% of magnesium is in the blood. To add, PPI's like omeprazole have the new warning out of magnesium deficiency. I know, ironic but drug companies do not get rich curing the patient! :)

An article on this:

“Six years ago I was diagnosed with GERD. Since then I’ve experienced a cascade of symptoms including arrhythmia, constipation, muscle pain, tightness & cramps, menorrhagia, fatigue, tingling & pin ***** sensations. I have a history of depression, TMJ, neck & upper back muscle pain. I’ve been to many physicians who can’t seem to find anything wrong with me & advised me to take an anti-depressant.

After years of research and trial an error, I began to suspect a magnesium deficiency, but reading the Magnesium Miracle really laid it all out for me. My gastro had already suggested taking magnesium but wasn’t specific about type or dosage.

After reading this book and sorting all that out I also discovered that the FDA had just issued a warning that GERD meds (proton pump inhibitors, PPIs) cause magnesium deficiency! Further research showed that the FDA has warned that PPIs cause bone fractures!

My gastro was very interested in my personal experience and is helping me wean off the PPI.

I have come to the conclusion that it was a magnesium deficiency that caused the TMJ and depression some years ago and ultimately lead to the GERD problem by affecting my pyloric valve and its effectiveness in allowing stomach contents to enter the small intestines.

Taking the PPIs for this issue only exacerbated the already underlying magnesium deficiency causing all the more recent symptoms. After many failed attempts in the past to wean off the PPIs I am finally doing it without any increase in GERD symptoms thanks to magnesium!

Needless to say I have found relief from all my symptoms. This book has saved me from the Catch-22 of modern allopathic medicine and drug treatment that is all too common. I can’t recommend it enough! In fact, I recommend it to anyone who will listen!”

And I thank want to thank Nancy because she made me realize that GERD and gastroparesis (sluggish emptying of the stomach) are both related to magnesium deficiency!"

Medical Mysteries Solved with Magnesium Carolyn Dean MD ND
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620923 tn?1452915648

  Hi....not sure the pins and needle sensation is anxiety, but u will develop anxiety if u continue to think every pain is from something else...try to relax, could be u just had ur foot go to sleep  on u or it is something else....

I would suggest u mention this to ur Dr if it re occurs, but if it only happened one time it may have been nothing more then the way u were laying.

I hope this finds u feeling better : )

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