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Hi,I have seen similar EMG results in patients with the neurologist making the diagnosis of cramp fasciculation syndrome.Benign and a nuisance I say.David

Sir_Trouserz, I had twitching in my thumb for 10 days. No weakness. Saw a neuro and did and EMG which was normal.So I guess that is early enough to determine I do not have ***?David

I think I got this right but just want everybody's opinion about this. I was twitching in my thumb for 10 days.Saw a neuro did and EMG which was normal. Normal exam as well.If I had *** wouldn't the EMG show abnormalities because with *** the twitches are do to dying muscle. Right?Just being...

Hi Joy,I think you are right. I think a lot of us are in the health field since we have a little knowledge of this stuff but not the experience to properly place it in perspective. My wife said to me recently that she wouldn't even have thought twice about a twitch. I think most people who don't...

Hi folks,I'm new to this forum and want to say hi to all of us BFS sufferers.I wanted to share that my twitches diminish greatly when I take a steam sauna (even for 10 minutes) at the gym. It seems that the intense heat and sweating reduces the twitches greatly. Alcohol works well for me too but...

Hey Krista,Thanks for the reply. you know you're right I have obsessed more about my friggin thumb because it is right there. My feet have been twitching for years and I can ignore them. My fingers and thumb off and on for years. It is just a bit worse than I remember my last hotspot "attack"...

Thanks for the replies.I started having my right thumb twitch after using it to polish a bracelet quite intensively for a few days after work. Has anybody else noted that their twitches come out in body areas that have been recently strained?David

Thanks guys. It's nice to have support out there. Makes me feel less alone in this condition.Linda, I think I probably have PTSD too as my Dad died a horrible quick death from brain cancer. He went from a very healthy 54 year old to death on one year. Freaked me out. Still does. I feel that if I...

Hi Anne,Thanks for the reply. It really seems that BFS isn't really the problem but my attitude to it. The glass could be half empty or half full and i always choose the half empty version. I mean I had my worst worries come about after seeing the neurologist and telling me in very simple terms...

Hi folks,I'm a 46 year old male, physician, who for some strange reason cannot stop obsessing about a twitch in my right thumb. I have had twitches for years I even remember having them after writing too much in school years ago. The twitches can be anywhere from my eyes to stomach, feet...