25-year-old with Neck Twitches

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Hello, My name is Rob and I just recently turned 25. My whole life I have played sports and been quite healthy. For the past few months I have felt different though. It first started with a "twitch" in my neck. After a couple weeks of it happening repeatedly I went and spoke to my GP about it. He laughed it off as some sort of trick my mind was playing on me. I was fixing up a house at the time and he even started telling me about paint fumes...so I put it in the ha I of my mind and moved on. Recently though I have started having muscle spasms all over my body. Some are faint and you can not see, others are bad and make my whole body jump. I then began to feel pressure at the base of my skull in the back where my neck meets it. This comes and goes and it is fairly rare. What is happening now is I can hardly sleep for a few hours a night. I constantly am waking up and rolling over and can never seem to be comfortable. Some days I get extremely exhausted and others it isn't too bad. When I try to sleep I feel as if an electrical pulse runs down my spine just as I am about to dose off. From time to time I get a small tingling sensation in my head. The past two days my legs have gone nuts and tingle all over for a while then it seems to subside. I have been to another doctor who ran blood tests and assured me that I was fine a d healthy. That was over a week ago and I still do not feel right. The only thing he saw was my white blood cell count was a tad low indicating I had a virus possibly. Of course I decided to google my symptoms and you know how that goes. Almost everything negative you can think of has these symptoms. I tried to stop looking up my symptoms but some days it seems as if something new has started. I have always been a worry wart, and probably have bad some problems with anxiety. I have not been referred to a specialist of a neurologist yet and I'm not to sure I can afford it. I am worried sick and have had problems eating, as in I have no appetite. I am going back to the second doctor I saw and will try to have him refer me to a neurologist. He didnt seem worried after my blood results came back at all but I just feel as if something is not right. Obviously you all can not diagnose me with anything since I have not had and MRI or any other tests performed. I just think it is comforting to know there are others out there who feel as I do. Any suggestions on how to handle this? It's been provressivly getting worse for a couple months now and I am just really freaked out.
 
I have felt identical to what you explain. And the dr. Told me the same thing, that my white cell count was a tad low. I also suffer from really bad anxiety and am now taking Prozac. Honestly my spasms and twitches only occur when i am idle. If i am up and moving then i feel much better and gets my mind off everything. When your feeling anxious and your symptoms are bothering you, dont sit around and worry. Get out and do something you enjoy. My symptoms have gotten worse aswell, but i have my good and bad days. To start beating BFS you need to beat your fear, anxiety. Just live. I know its harder said than done, trust me, i have bedridden myself for months with anxiety, and i realized that it does no good. Your fine. Hope you getter better soon.
 
My advice would get to see a neurologist as soon as possible. You will not get the reassurances you are looking for from this website unless you go and get an EMG done. Ironically, I have had the same electrical impulses in my spine and to be honest I was convinced that was a sure sign of ALS. Howver, I am a year into this and have just had my fifth EMG and it is clear. Lots of fine twitching as well as more visible ones as well as chronic fatigue. Get to a neurologist and put your mind at ease.
 
Hi Rob,I can agree with Natalie in the idea tha having neuro appointment is essential to ditinguish between any real neurological concerns and various vorms of 'hypochondira', 'spomatomorphic neurosis' etc. etc. etc, let's say between something witch needs neurologcal care and something which rather needs psychoterapy and antoanxiety treatment. Even a simple physical examination can tell if you have any troubles or not but it should be done by qualified doctor :)))
 
Actually, the electrical sensations down the spine is more indicative of MS than **S, but I've had it with my BFS, as well. It's called L'Hermittes sign. As others have said, a neuro appointment is a wise idea, because we can't diagnose you over the internet. (Nor in person either, seeing as how we aren't physicians. :) ) At 25, **S is not something you need to be concerned about, especially with no clinical weakness. Keep us posted on your progress, and welcome to the forum. Blessings, Sue
 
A** isn't really my concern at the moment. It's really more MS. I have convinced my self that I am not losing strength yet somedays my legs feel like tree trunks that I have to lug around. But I have no problem running or jumping on one leg or standing on my toes. I have been called a hypochondriac before but never clinically diagnosed. But just from knowing mysel I always assume the worst. My symptoms definitely get better when I am out doing something. The EMG will only help with finding out about ALS right? If so I don't think I need reassurance of that as I am still healthy besides fatigue and the spasms.
 
More pertinent than an EMG would just be a visit to a neurologist. They can help decide what additional testing, if any, is appropriate for your situation. If your concern is MS, then likely an MRI with contrast of the brain, possibly also neck and thoracic spine would be appropriate. But it's for a neurologist to decide if that is necessary. Best wishes and welcome!
 
The worst part is I now have real problems falling asleep. It's like my brain doesn't want to turn off for the night. I took ZZZquil the last few nights and it hasn't even made a dent. I finally took a muscle relaxant on top of that last night and it was the first night in about a week that I slept through the night. The sleep feels good but I shouldn't have to go through all that unless there is something going on up there right?
 
well, thereis a thing called sleep study specifically to see what is going on in your muscles and brain when you are falling asleep.Insomina per se is inability to sleep while the sleep is highly desired. maybe your root problem is a sleep disorder, because sleep deprivation can cause various neurological disturbances.
 
MS is characterized by a pattern of relapsing/remitting symptoms, generally beginning with partial or complete blindness, or double vision. It can also present with numbness, weakness or paresis of a limb. The initial attack can last from days, to weeks to months, and then there is a period of remission that lasts for an indefinite period of time. Attacks can be shortened or lessened by the use of IV steroids. Fascics are not generally an early symptom of MS. If you don't have this classic pattern of relapsing and remitting symptoms, chances are, it is probably not MS. It is important to see a neuro though. There may be all sorts of causes for your symptoms; thyroid disease, nutritional or electrolyte imbalance, etc, all of which are potentially treatable. Blessings, Sue
 

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