Recent content by TwilightTwilight

We get an organic brand in bags, in bulk from our food co-op. It's not too expensive, esp. when compared to coffee. The fact that a known side effect of many pesticides is fasiculations makes me believe that it's wise to minimize consumption of them. I'm also interested in sunlight, vitamin D...

I am taking supplements. Most multivitamins don't contain enough of each individual vitamin/mineral. The data about green tea just keep getting better and better. Green tea may fight cancer and heart disease. There is new evidence that tea also boosts interferon activity, thus fighting infection.

Green tea has about half the caffeine in it that coffee does, but I *suspect* that coffee has a lot of psychoactive ingredients in it besides caffeine. Don't know if this is scientifically valid, but just based on antecdotal info. My wife is apparently addicted to decaf, for example. How can you...

I was drinking way too much coffee...maybe 6 cups a day. I'm down to about 2 or 3 cups of green tea. I had fasciculations for about 2 or 3 months prior to taking the supplements. After about 3 weeks on the supplements my twitches are pretty much gone. I also think that sun may be a factor. Sun...

My fasiculations are completely gone since I posted last. This is what I've been doing: Switched from coffee to green tea. Take 400 iu of Vitamin E in morning, 400 at night. Take calcium/magnisium/copper supplment in divided doses, morning and night. Take B complex vitamin in divided doses...

You gauge interest for a meeting on a site called It was profiled in the New York Times last week, it's legit.

I get the buzzing myself a bit --- and I've seen it listed as a symptom of BFS. I've been taking vitamin E, b complex & calcium/magnisium in divided doses morning and night and it seems to have made a difference. You'll be fine. No worries...

I would definitely try Zoloft if I were you. Trying it doesn't mean you'll be on it for life. You may like it, you may not. I've used it myself during deeply challenging periods of my life and it helped me get out of a rut at least twice. I'm not on it now and feel no need to be on it now...