)Hoping the best for you.Cindy
) With the meds I'm on, one glass of wine or a beer renders me unconscious, so I usually have one right before the weekly staff meeting and save my lucid moments for the family. . . . 
Good to see you back to your old self.Mark) We all understand how you feel and what you're going through HugeTwitch4. I'm sure that if you leave the researching and diagnosing to your neurologist, it will really help you a lot. After a few months of twitching at any age you're pretty much home free according to the experts.) ) Yes, even a month ago, this would have set my mind to wandering into dark territory again but my concern is more general now that we all avoid the need to suck up information from any and all sources, regardless of its validity or usefulness. That is key to your own journey through this; BFS brings enough bewildering (and disconcerting) symptoms with it that it doesn't need an "assist" from random bits of information we tend to pick up. I know you're at the start of this and some six long months ago, I, like you, sought information everywhere. That was, in a word, BAD. All that will do is deepen the fear as we see ourselves in every snippet, every article, every breathless "report." It also leads to the destructive practice of self-diagnosis (or it did for me); people self-test their strength, measure their arms and legs to see if one is smaller (and thus atrophied) than the other, imagine their pulse is a non-stop twitch and on and on. "Studies" like the one you mentioned feed the flames.DON'T search the internet and lurk at those other sites and above all, keep your perspective. Isolated bits of info--like twitches in folks over the age of 45 are "more suspect," will deepen the mental hole you may be in. This site is, however, a life-saver. I wish you the best in dealing with this physically and mentally--we're all in this together. But limit your searches (or stop them, actually), see and BELIEVE your docs and move on. Don't do what I did and convince yourself, despite common sense and all the "real" evidence that your life is in danger. Thanks for your note and hang in there. Twitches are, by themselves, indicative of nothing--certainly not ALS.All the best,Mark
Just kidding. I agree and concur with everything Sir_Trouserz and Mark has said...and if I missed anyone than I Agree w/ you too!!! Bfs is a cycle. You will have your UPS and you will have your DOWNS! My doctors told me the internet was FULL of misinformation when it came to certain diseases. All lets see 4? of my docs have told me the internet is the worse place to get information from b/c most of it has not been reviewed medically and the cases are done on very little study. Take Sir_Trouserzs word and Marks word. Go see your doctor. Then after you do.......and you hear your ok. Run w/ that. PLEASE I beg of you dont keep digging on here- You won't find anything. I learned the hard way. I got the all clear about 4 x's if not more. Then I'd come home and want t trump my doctors knowledge. Big mistake. All that makes me do is look crazy lol 
You sound like a typical bfs'er to me and you've had this long enough "off and on" to worry about anything- as it was said to me. Als dont stop and reset itself. Its not how it works.Take Care. Have a good weekend- DONT RESEARCH! Please. Stick to this site. If you want..Go to the Advanced search on the TOP RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS PAGE...type in the letters NEURO SAID and look at all those posts. Most are return neuro visits. They are great. You will see that you are fine.X Lovely ) Sean B.