Recent content by GinniferLynne

Doug, Don't forget to let us know how your neuro appt. goes. We love it when people give us the good news! This is a great site. Lots of support here. Ginny

Hi Doug and welcome! Some welcome, huh? (rather be somewhere else?) Your twitches (or thumpers as I like to call them) sound just like mine, and about every else's here. I've been at this for 15 months now (!) My calves are continuous, but they don't annoy me as much as these thumpers do...

Christy, Hi and welcome (I know you rather not be here), but nonetheless, welcome. To answer your question, I'm not sure (GREAT ANSWER!) Others, though, have had the exact same thing (a lot of others here on the board) I THOUGHT I was told that those are not even considered "fasciculations"...

Hi Fellow "Ginny"! Where in Tennessee (assuming that is what TN stands for) do you reside? I lived in Clarksville at one time. I LOVE Nashville. I, in all my paranoid, anxious, I know-I-have-something-bad moments, would certainly swear that my increase in twitching was absolutely not due to...

Today, for the first time (well, maybe not the first, but it's been a long time), my shoulder blade area and a little higher up than the tricep has been twitching ALL BLOODY DAY! An annoying every 5 second thump, thump, thump, ripple ripple ripple. YUCK! Hope you feel better soon. Ginny

Beth, Don't worry. This is what I call "backsliding" and we all do it! We can be fine for a long time, then some new place will start and the fear begins to slowly creep in. It's good to know that you've been doing okay and nice to see you back! Ginny

I've been twitching and have had brisk reflexes for 3 1/2 years now. My neuro wasn't a bit concerned. Brisk reflexes are common (especially in younger folks) and common for some people all their lives (my GP has a patient in their 70s that he said could kick him across the room) You say both...

Mark, A huge CONGRATULATIONS on your new arrival!!!! :D) Geez, I hope the twitching your wife is experiencing is a brief episode never to return again! Ginny

3 1/2 year twitcher here. Still here and twitching away. Ginny

I've only seen mine do that about once or twice, when I was running "high mileage" or after heavy weight leg lifting. Mine are like an indent here, a minute later, an indent there type thing G.

If it is shin splints, I would have this problem on/off while marathon training. It can take awhile to get better. G.

Be careful trying to get out of a chair with one leg, etc. That is how I blew out my back!!!!! Ginny

Petsounds, You are not at all like Duane was. He had voice issues WAY before he began twitching - and his was so bad that he was seeing a speech therapist (via his doctor). Duane did not have a normal EMG, either. So please stop comparing yourself to Duane, as you are not at all alike. To...

Catherine, Wow. You've had so many terrible things happen recently. I can't even imagine what you have gone through in so short of a time period. Well, you've found the right board for twitches that's for sure (and by the way, welcome :) Your story sounds similar to mine, except my upper...

Yes, actually the last week or so I've been getting what I refer to as "one hitters" (sometimes "two hitters") It'll hit once by my knee, then my elbow, then my leg, etc. Ginny