Struggling with BFS Worries

Hey again. Ahhh this is soooo tiring and aggrivating- I cant seem to shake that this twitching is from BFS and not somethin such as ALS! I am sooo tired of my hubby laughing at me b/c I think the absolute worst of things. For those whom havent read my previous post...I am a 28 yr old female ...5 months pregnant. I first experienced twitching about 1 and 1/2 years ago. IT started after I had missed a few doses of Lexapro and my body went into shock. My bp sky rocketed and blood sugar dropped. I got twitches after that in my legs and arms a bit..Mainly in thighs. However, to my knowledge it went away- after a few days. however..about 5 months or so after that..I remember going to my doctor with cold and I remember mentioning to him I was having twitches. I guess it started up again. He brushed it off. Again I had started Lexapro. Well...After swapping meds..I think the twitches disappeared. I don't RECALL having them again...til just recently. Say 6 days ago. Ironically enough I am back on LEXAPRO b/c I had prenatal depression @ the beginning of pregnancy. I was taken off klonapins as well while pregnant that I had been on a VERY LONG TIME.Ok lemme sum this up. Saturday I realized I was twitching HEAD TO TOE all over...every few seconds in different locations. I also had a wierd buzzy feeling in my belly. Well here it is THURSDAY and its STILL GOING. Its DRIVNG ME INSANE with every twitch I think ALS. I also find I am tense. I find at times I am tensed up and I have to remind myeslf to relax my muscles.To my knowledge I am not weak. Rubbery legs maybe, but heck I am pregnant. I also find when i stand and move around the twitches stop. I just CANT shake this ALS thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have that "WHAT IF" in my head. I just need some reassurance from someone..please.

Hi Pregnantnhappy,Be rest assured you don't have ALS. Your twitches stop when you move. This is BFS. With ALS you keep twitching even when your moving.Maria

Trust us when we say that there is nothing wrong with you. Worrying about ALS on the basis of twitches alone is like worrying about a brain tumor on the basis of a headache. ALS does not present the way you are describing. It does not come and go, it does not bounce all around your body at random times, and it MUST be associated with true objective weakness in order to be ALS. A muscle twitch isn't just an arbitrary thing that can be associated with either BFS or ALS. In ALS, twitches are a part of a process, process of muscle death that is progressive and continuous. As someone who has gotten caught up into the whole anxiety hypochondria thing my BEST advice to you would be to just KNOW that nothing is wrong with you, even if you twitch for the rest of your life and to not look into this any further; go don't on the Internet, don't read other sites, just listen to the facts and those are if there is no muscle weakness or atrophy, twitches are irrelevant in terms of ALS.Your fine!

Speaking as a fellow hypochondriac, I know that it's difficult to look at things objectively when they involve you.From an outsider's perspective though, what you described does not sound like anything more than anxiety. It's definitely not ALS.Think about the changes in general that your body is going through while being pregnant... It's a wonder many more benign things than twitching doesn't occur!