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Thanks for replying Sir_Trouserz. It's just that I can't see or feel this one except when I press on the area, which just seems bizarre! It's like it's going on deep within the muscle.

I can't find any previous posts on this, but anyway...I noticed that my left elbow seems to be twitching a lot recently just below the joint. It didn't bother me unduly as I thought the twitching was intermittent. However, I've noticed now that whenever I feel my elbow I can feel the twitches...

Twitcher78, I have not experienced that particular twitch myself (YET ;) ), but I have read of lots of people on this board discussing twitching in that area. It seems to be quite a common place to twitch! I do suffer hand twitching almost daily, but for me it's usually on the sides on my...

Hi I had to reply to your post, as I have experienced EXACTLY what you are describing. Infact the flaring nostrils and pulsating nose feeling was one of my first twitching symptoms. It made me wonder what the hell was gong on :unsure: . I used to wonder if it was related to wearing glasses...

My experience is similar to yours. I too saw my GP twice, and was told that everyone twitches and that I was suffering from anxiety. I've never seen a neurologist or had an EMG. A lot of people on here definately feel that anxiety contributes to their twitching, along with stress and lack of...

Hi Ron Thanks for sharing your experiences of CBT. I am due to start CBT in a couple of weeks (I've been waiting 9 months on the NHS!), so it was reassuring to read that it has helped you to control your health anxiety. Did your therapist focus mainly on your fear of ALS / fasics or did they...

Thanks ristinaL91 Yes, it's the intensity of the pain that really surprised me, almost knife-like.

Thanks everyone. I'm glad people can relate to the shooting pain down the whole body thing. No one I've talked to can understand what I'm talking about! 43RichyThe43rd, I've never had an MRI or any investigations. However, I have suffered (and been diagnosed with) prolapsed discs in the lumbar...

Val, it does seem like most people on here have had an EMG - but I haven't! Haven't even seen a neuro, so I guess that's one down from you :) . I saw my GP who also said it was a wait and see thing, but he wasn't concerned enough to refer me on. Just like your neuro, my GP had the attitude of...

Hi Patrick I just wondered why your neuro wants to send you to an NMD specialist after all this time? You've had 2 negative EMG's and no weakness so I would say there's no need to see anyone else. Why put yourself through unnecessary anxiety? I think you're right to just want to accept your...

WhichTwitch, Ditto in my feet. I used to do my school homework with my feet in a bucket of hot water.

Hi I have dents in both my wrists where the veins are - think it's normal! However, I did spend two months obsessing over a bone that is more prominent in my left thumb than in my right. I asked my GP about it and he said he didn't know whether it was atrophy or not (thanks doc!). However...

Hi DD I don't know if it is related to BFS at all, but I have the same problem as you with my hands. They get cold very quickly if the temperature is below 20 degrees, and they are weak and hard to move. However, once they warm up, they are fine again. I have had this for several years, way...

I mainly have the single thumps constantly too, just as you describe. I seem to have anything from 2 - 15 thumps in one place, before it stops and moves directly somewhere else. Have had hotspots where it goes on for days as well though. I've never seen a neuro (and felt a bit in limbo...

I'd be interested to read of different people's experiences of hotspots. For example, some will interpret them as continuous twitching in one place (at one end of the scale), while for others, a twitch that returns a couple of times a day to a given area might also be labelled a hotspot. Yes...

I twitch everywhere as well. Infact, I identify with a lot of your twitching posts! How long have you had your symptoms? I saw my GP at the beginning of all this but he gave me the brush-off, so I didn't get to see a neuro (hence all the questions about what neuros think!)

I have these thumping style twitches on my face fairly frequently, and I have had them just below the eye as you describe. I felt my neck thumping this morning and looked in the mirror, and sure enough there were four or five visible big twitches. Also get them on my cheeks and jawline.

In general, mine stop if I flex the muscle, but not always. 43RichyThe43rd, are you under water in Gloucestershire? Looks bad on the news!

Please help as I am really anxious at the moment. I posted a few days back that my right arm sort of felt "dead" (sort of heavy and tingly) in the area from my elbow to my biceps / triceps. It's almost like a milder version of when you hit your funny bone, but is constant. Well, three days...

That's interesting because I have also been referred for cognitive therapy! Been waiting 6 months so far. When I expressed my concern to my GP that it could be MND, he looked at me as if I was mad and referred me straight to the psychiatric liaison team (even though I don't have a history of...