Recent content by nibdenice

Hi Shae, Sorry to hear about all of your losses. That is a hard thing for anyone to take, especially also since you were taking care of your mom when she was sick until the end for her. You're still mourning, it's clear, and that's okay. As for your sister .... if I can be the least bit...

Hi all, I'm not new here but haven't visited for probably a year. My twitching started a few years ago, "after" my first pregnancy [not during]. I ran around from neuro to neuro and had so many MRI's and a couple of EMG's and nothing showed up. My last flare-up was almost a year ago, and I...

Thanks, Joey. I did get better [mentally] from this before, and I sure do want to get better again. It's just that when I have another new flare-up, it initially scares me again.

My twitching initially started almost 2.5 years ago after I had my first child.

Thanks, Val. I think I got better last time because I went on Prozac for a while and I just wasn't so stressed out and worried anymore. Well, that's what I think, anyway. I should just go back on the darned drug again. However, I gained a few pounds which I think was from taking it, so I...

Hi everyone, Well, I decided to come here tonight instead of the ALS support site. I had been there once before a year or two ago, but never could bring myself to read any of the posts. I was too scared. My twitches went into remission for a while. Then the other day, out of nowhere, I...

Thanks Roger, Gary & Paul, I feel better about it tonight.

Thanks for responding, Paul. It does make sense it's related to my back -- I had this really bad spasm -- felt like a knife in my back -- then my leg gave out. Probably good I go to the neuro anyway. Hope I don't have another ruptured disc -- I had one of those a few years ago and had surgery...

Hi all, Haven't been here in a while. A couple of years ago I was having rather bad twitches, and went through the battery of tests and everything came out okay. My anxiety has heightened lately as a result of a few different stressors hitting at one time. I've noticed an increase, or rather...

Hi Gary, Yeah, I twitched in my left foot for what seemed like a year. It drove me nuts. Even had perceived weakness in that leg & foot, but that all went away. Never had the persistent twitching in my arm like this. Boy, when I think I have this thing figured out and not worried about it...

Hi all, I've been here on & off in the last 2 years with various twitching problems. Had an EMG a couple of months ago which was clear. My right forearm started twitching almost non-stop about 4 days ago. The muscle aches from it, and now it feels weak -- don't know if it's perceived...

Peg, I have twitching all over, but mostly in my left leg -- and buzzing only in the left leg -- and until a few months ago, I had weakness on & off in that leg as well. It's hard to figure all this stuff out -- where it's coming from and why. Just don't want it to get any worse. Kate

Karen, Get the EMG. It was really no big deal; a lot easier than I thought. Not that I'd want to do it every day, but it was really okay. I did have a quasi-one done about 18 months ago, but the doctor at the time just kind of flubbed here & there. He knew I was nervous and just kind of did...

Hi Peg, Well I know for a fact that I have a bulging L5/S1 disc and that it has affected my left leg. So that could account for that buzzing. I will say that the doc who did my test did, at the end, seem in no way concerned. So I wasn't. It's just that I was unnerved [no pun intended] when...

Hi all, I had a long-awaited EMG done last week. Haven't talked to the doc about it yet [I have to make an appt. to see him to talk about it] but the doc that did it said that everything looked normal, except when we got to the end and he put this needle into my left thigh muscle. The muscle...