Recent content by BuzzLightyear

1 month ago, I finished several books on low carbohydrate dieting. I have successfully used these diets in the springtime for the last 20 years to lose winter acquired weight. During the 80's and early 90's I participated in the low fat diet rage. Terrible experience. No energy and low testerone...

I do not see a need for a neuro consult. You may try backing off the xanax---which can cause fascicultions. Probably not, but worth the try. Sounds like BFS.

I have the same symptoms. Hands and arms fall asleep at night, and I experience arm parathesias every day. No weakness. I can vary the signs by changing positions. My left arm is more pronounced than my right regarding these symtoms. Yes, it very well may be cervicogenic nerve entrapment. I was...

I have the same symptoms. Hands and arms fall asleep at night, and I experience arm parathesias every day. No weakness. I can vary the signs by changing positions. My left arm is more pronounced than my right regarding these symtoms. Yes, it very well may be cervicogenic nerve entrapment. I was...

I check in every 2 or 3 months. Closing in on 2.5 years since symptom onset including constant fasciculations, buzzing, vibrating, finger tremors, jerks, you name it, everywhere, I've had it (including during sleep and felt by my wife). I have not had a fasciculation free day in the entire 2...

I know this subject very well. Gag reflex varies greatly between people and is only tangentially related to swallow, and in fact is essentially the exact opposite of swallowing. It is still frequently used by the uninformed, but not useful as a general measure of swallow function: although it...

If the symptoms were ALS related you would have severe speech difficulties 6 months after you first perceived the problem. Never underestimate the effects of stress and its impact on voice and speech production. ALS does not discriminate between particular speech sounds.

No. It's nothing to worry about. I am very familiar with bulbar onset ALS. That is not a symptom. Bulbar onset is very aggressive and characterized by rapid progressive weakness. Clinical weakness (not perceived) is the key. Trust me on this. Your tongue tremor/twitching is annoying. That is all.

Nothing in the body is completely isolated from anything else. Our body is a system of parts that work together in harmony. If something is out of balance, it affects everything else upstream or downstream. An important aspect to our health that is often ignored by conventional medical...

Closing in on 2 years for me. I twitch, buzz, ripple, cramp, and vibrate (and sometime jerk) 24/7, even in my sleep----yes-- she updates me. I will say that the first 2-6 months were the hardest for me. I twitched everywhere, and I mean everywhere from my feet to my scalp unrelentingly. I think...

I've not posted in 4 or 5 months. I know exactly what you're talking about. I can't hold any muscle in a contracted static position without a tremor, and yes its most noticeable in my fingers, mandible, quads, and right tricep. But in a larger sense--function is not affected. No clinical...

No. I can't see how they would affect fasciculations other than the specific muscle group you are targeting which of course would result in a sustained or pulsed contraction. The electric stimulus would most likely reduce the fasciculation in that particular muscle while in real time...

Good post. I concur 100% with what you've been told. As a speech pathologist with 25 years of experience in a large hospital based rehab facility I have personally referred around 8-10 patients with symptoms of bulbar ALS that were later confirmed, the most recent being 3 weeks ago--and my...

I've been on a fairly strict ketogenic diet for several months averaging 20-30 grams of carbs per day. This pretty well eliminates all grains, etc. I do eat limited dairy products--ultra pasturized low carb milk (Hood), 4 or 5 ounces of cheese a day, and heavy cream in coffee. I may try...

In retrospect,I think I was having early symptoms with random twitches, for several years. 1 year ago the heavy twitches, buzzing, then a couple months later rippling (myokemia) muscles, shakes and jerks set in. One of the most interesting was the firing of my stapedius muscle in my middle ear...