GI Disorder and Internal Shaking

Honestly, I only figured it out by chance. I’d never had acid reflux or anything, but during a particularly bad flare, I suddenly developed it. I tried elevating my head/torso and sleeping on a certain side as a lot of the acid reflux guides suggested and….BOOM. It was legitimately insane how quickly the tremors stopped once I got my body position just right — within 5 minutes or so (you may have to play around with the right position - you basically don’t want acid to be able to flow upwards at all). I started taking meds for acid reflux after that bc it seemed like a clear sign that acid was the culprit, and I’m almost back to normal (I don’t even need to sleep that way anymore). Not saying this is what everyone else has, but if even one person has what I do, I want to help - the last five months were BRUTAL.

Oh, thank you for this. I did seem to get some relief sleeping on two pillows, which did seem to help, but I am going to try an over the counter acid reducer and see if it helps.

Make sure you also sleep on your left side while elevated! It’s most effective that way. Good luck!!!

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I have been suffering from intestinal issues for almost 6 years now as well. Along with it came the food intolerances, digestive problems and alike. I had very fluffy stool and so on. All doctors kept telling me that everything (my lab results) is fine so I started to look into alternative medicines. I started a herbal treatment with my TCM practitioner for these conditions and my situation improved and got worse at the same time. All of a sudden I had this internal shaking and also all my vitamins (D, B12,) and ferritin (iron) came down very low. It has been really concerning to me and no one knew where this was coming from. My TCM practitioner, however, kept telling me the past six months, that I would need to do a parasite cleanse if the symptoms continue to be this "off" ,i.e. improving and worsening at the same time (like new ones adding and others being relieved) but I didn't believe him as I could hardly imagine to have a parasite infection in the intestine. So I started researching for symptoms and, long story short, most of my symptoms were part of this list, especially the GI problems, but also fatigue, itchiness etc. So I did more research and found out that there is hardly anything known about parasites but there are about 200k of them which can infect humans as well. So in the end I agreed to do the parasite cleanse. They put me on two antibiotics and my situation improved tremendously! The internal vibrations / shaking (my biggest concern) is almost completely gone and I am sure that it will entirely disappear once I have finished the treatment. I would recommend anybody to look into this subject, research on the internet (Dr. Klinghardt is apparently a well-know practitioner in the area of parasites) and also check Instagram as there is recently a lot more from (TCM) or alternative medicine practitioners arising with this topics. There are a wide range of antibiotics available and most likely, if you have every travelled to a developing country or even live in one, chances are you got infected by eating from a contaminated platter.

I have had some relief from internal shaking at night by adjusting my diet to the popular "gluten belly" diet. For the last month, I've confined all eating to the first 1/3 of the day -- 8 hours until about 1-2 p.m. then no eating -- just drinking green tea the rest of the day. Celiac and "itis" symptoms are quite relieved. The last 16 hours of the day are supposed to be reserved from eating in order to "rest" your colon - and it seems to do that. Incidental relief from shaking. I tried the "diet" to lose weight -- haven't lost an ounce - disappointed about that -- but shaking got a lot better!

Hello everyone, after I had nissen fundoplication surgery, I have weird symptoms and one of the is feeling the shaking internally, I just don't know what to do 🥺

Your posting is very interesting. What is a "TCM" practitioner and how can I locate a good one?

Hi @florence80,
Good question, I need to adjust my post to add this information: TCM stands for Traditional Chinese Medicine about which I have a very high opinion. The traditional TCM consists of 5 pillars of which mostly the acupunture is widely known, but to which I don't respond very well. Therefore, I chose to go with the "Chinese herbs" treatment, which is basically tee or herbal "pills" in a compressed, natural form. The TCM practitioner noted that my reaction to these herbs was beyond normal (way too responsive and too strong) and they know that this usually happens when there is a parasite infection inside, as they somehow seem to feed on the herbs. You can search for Dr. Doane (a famous US TCM practitioner) on parasites or for an article on "empirical anti-parasitc treatment in returning travellers with persistent abdominal symptoms" in the Journal of Travel Medicine. My doctor says they treat those parasite infections only empirically as the stool tests frequently come back false negatively. So many people who have been told they are ok, were in fact not. I can also definitely confirm your observation that gluten-free and healthy eating helps a lot, as those parasites feed on all the crab we eat so you may also want to check for an alkaline nutrition. I am a little more down the road with the antibiotics now and can definitely confirm that the shaking is gone, it is merely a slight tingling that is left once in a while and I still have some more to go so the antibiotics really do a great job and I am so grateful for this actually easy treatment but a little upset that research, knowledge and especially diagnosis is hardly available. I am not sure where you're based, but I went on google and searched for a good TCM practitioner by checking for a 5 star rating, read the comments and then tested it kinesiologically whether he is the right fit for me. Kinesiology is always very reliable to me and I test most important things with my Osteopath, too. That test confirmed that (at least for me) the internal shaking was related to the parasite infection and even my TCM practitioner has never heard of it so far. And with regards to your remark about not being able to lose weight. I read on a German site on "parasite infection symptoms" from an alternative practitioner that the inability to lose / gain weight can also be a symptom of a parasite infection.

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Thank you, thank you, Nicely! I am printing your responses to my question and will try to follow through!!! I have a feeling that you are "on to" something and I must check this out. My own tremor returned just last night so now I'm in a rush. Blessings to you - and thank you for patiently answering my ignorance! I'll post when I have more info. Stay well !. @florence80.

Hi @florence80,
I wish you all the best and hope you find the answer for your issues. I would love to get an update on what you did and what the outcome was. I am glad the post helped! 🙂