Antibiotics causing twitching?

I was taking antibiotics for Lyme for about 2-3 months (Doxycycline and Rifampin and Azithromycin) and during that time I've observed that the twitching used to happen without fail every day. Since I've stopped taking antibiotics, I've seen that the frequency of twitching has gone down drastically, it's not gone away completely but isn't something that happens every day without fail. It might happen or it might not happen.

Since then I've seen that twitching frequency or certainty increases when I take antibiotics for any unrelated reason also. I've also seen some articles on the Internet that antibiotics themselves cause neuropathy as a side effect.

I write this to let others know that if you're taking antibiotics and see daily twitching, the twitching might be from antibiotics themselves.

The twitching is likely because the bacteria is being killed and the toxins are causing inflammation to your nervous system.

Sometimes I get twitching back again when I start my abx pulse.
(Not a side effect of the abx)

It’s probably a herx from the abx. I never had twitching until I started antimicrobial herbs - specifically houttuynia and Sida acuta.

Twitching was a symptom I had before I knew it was lyme and co’s.
It freaked me out - and it along with other symptoms (weakness, tremors, sudden weight loss, muscle atrophy, swallowing issues.. etc) was the reason I was referred to a Neurologist to rule out the “nasty, scary “ diseases. (ALS, MS, Parkinson’s)
I sat in the office waiting to be called in to see the Neurologist praying I had MS or Parkinson’s - and not ALS

Thankfully all three were ruled out...

No amount of magnesium would calm them - BUT treatment did.

Only occasionally they will come back for a few hours.

One of the problems with linking medications with twitching is that the correlation is not all that precise.

So I have seen that I start taking antibiotics and the twitching comes back, it happens each day without fail and at high frequencies. I stop taking antibiotics and the twitching frequency goes down but it still happens just not as regularly as with meds.

Makes it all that more confusing to tease things out.

I had facial twitching (my whole left side would rapidly draw up my cheek and make my left eye squint), and random body muscle twitches in large muscles such as biceps, glutes, thigh. I had all of these at a minor level before treatment. During treatment, esp ramping up doses of herbal antibiotics- the facial twitching would be horrendous, sometimes accompanied by stuttering and full body shaking/inability to walk. My LLMD always took me off immediately and had me detox for a week. She said it was the “dead bugs” dumping into my CNS and causing more severe neuro issues. The more toxic I am, the more these symptoms arise.

I have been taking Ceftin for 14 days one week after my tickbite. I developed tingling after 12 days in my left calf that seems to be spreading. Is this from the Ceftin or is the lyme overpowering it?