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Hi all,Just wanted to pop in and give everyone an update.A couple of weeks ago I had become very depressed and I think I was just about to hit rock bottom. It wasn't entirely over this twitching thing, but it certainly doesn't help.I knew I had to go to the doctor and get some medication to help...

Hi all,Today I finally went to see my endocrinologist and unfortunately, it looks like he may not be able to give me any physical answers either.We've established that all of these problems with my muscles, fatigue, etc. are not due to any problems with my thyroid or any auto immune disorders...

I just got approved for medical insurance yesterday, so I am truly pumped about that. Now maybe I can finally get down to what's really causing this all. It's been a long time now, not having medical insurance for well over a year, and I'm coming up on my 7 month anniversary of all this...

For the past few days, I've been experiencing a lot of pain. Burning muscles, aching, burning joints.Yesterday was scary. My cheek kept twitching and my whole face was numb all day-even my forehead.Today I am even more upset. I feel like my left foot/leg (which is the one that twitches more than...

Thanks, guys. I'm at the end of my rope with all these symptoms. I'm not sure if what I'm experiencing is true myoclonus jerking, or if they are just larger muscle twitches causing me to jerk.I've read that myoclonus is not associated with ALS, has anyone else found the same?I'm buying health...

Hi everyone,The twitching has waned in my legs for the past few days, but now it has migrated into my biceps. I'm twitching here, but I'm also jerking in various parts of my body a lot last night and this morning. It feels like electrical shocks, or something, and it's scary, because it feels...

Okay, so last night I'm driving home from work and the weather is really bad and so is the traffic.My throat had been twitching pretty much on and off all day, and this was really scaring me. So, the traffic freaks me out, I have a panic attack and this twitch in my neck flies up my throat and...

Hey all,I've noticed that when I'm drifting off to sleep I don't think I'm twitching anymore.Also, when I wake up in the morning, it takes about an hour for the twitches to kick in.So, I'm thinking I probably don't twitch in my sleep and this is mostly anxiety related?

I keep trying to tell myself that :D) I've been at this for about 5 months now, and I keep telling myself, you'd be having trouble walking, typing, driving, etc if you had you know what...I just keep waiting for that weakness to set in.I need to get myself some health insurance and just get the...

Oh my god! That's exactly what happens to my fingers! They sometimes shake or twitch from side to side. It's very rhythmic.Gee whiz, isn't this stuff great!

Yes, I agree with the others.ALS can never be detected through an MRI of the spine. It has nothing to do with that, it is the muscles that are wasting, not the spinal column.

Eeeeks!He was on this board for a long time and then diagnosed with ALS!?I wonder how long he went on with just twitching an no weakness.Good lord.

Wow!I'm going to have to give this stuff a try, because I've been taking 250 mg of mag a day and so far I've had no progress :(

Hi there,This has been happening to me lately as well.I've been twitching pretty intensely for the past few days, and my muscles definitely feel like they've taken a beating ( I sure haven't been working out either!)I'm so achy, and my joints are involved in this too. Very, very sore.You're not...

My left leg is definitely worse than my right leg. My left leg is where this all started up, and is my main complaint. I get the random twitches here and there in other parts of my body too though.My legs give me most of my troubles, but again, it's my left one (especially the calf) that really...

Well, the vibrating type twitching that was going on in my left leg for several days has gone away, but has been replaced by my more normal twitches in my calves and the rest of my legs. Kind of scared though, because these aren't like my "popping" twitches I had in the beginning. They're...

I've heard over and over again that twitching in a relaxed muscle is not indicative of ALS.However, are there any of you who do twitch when a muscle is tensed? (I think I heard Simon say he did, as well as someone else who had a clean EMG in a muscle that twitched while tensed).Kind of panicky...

Haha, thanks, Raindog! You made me smile today :)

Oh my gosh, me too!I drank on New Years, and my body has been hurting really badly ever since-especially in the places that I usually twitch (left leg has really been hurting today!)Uggh! What I wouldn't give to be normal again! I got some relief today from taking a hot bath!

Hey all,For the past few days, my left leg has been driving me insane! This is definitely the leg that has given me all the trouble from the very beginning, mainly in my calf. Now, though, for the past couple of days, it hasn't been my calf, it's been the area below that that's driving me crazy...