4 Months of Twitching, Sciatica

[OptimisticGuy]

Hi.... I've been twitching away for almost 4 months now as you know.. My tongues settled to only now and again, my tricep is constantly twitching slowly every second or so fir 7 weeks and counting ! I've had sciatic pain that shoots to my foot on the left side and been to the chiropractor and physio both who say it's my L5 disc bulging irritating my S1 nerve ! I was at physio 2 weeks ago who said I had no ankle reflexes on both legs bit I just tested tonight and I have reflexes on my right but none on my sore leg !! My knees seem ok but the left ankle is not reacting to the reflex test and the right is...I'm worried about this as it's something new ....Does anyone know anything about this especially as I have had nerve pain from my buttock to feet when it's bad but it generally stays at my butt and upper thigh ! Thanks

 

[EnlgishBirder]

Hi Not a doctor but I have always thought the ankle reflex tests are very subtle. Never performed them on myself but remember asking the neuro if I did ok on those as I'm not sure much happened and he said yes! Don't self test! Step away now and stop it. I spent much of last week observing my tongue and testing it and it made me very anxious.

 

[FernFinnegan]

My advice would be to stop self reflex testing because it would be totally unreliable in terms of standardized adm saturation and interpretation. It can't mean anything unless you know, not guess, how to do it and what you're looking for. When you know exactly when and how hard you will hit it nullifies the whole thing.

 

[OptimisticGuy]

I'm also really worried about this tricep moving up and down very slowly for over 7 weeks !! It's every second or so ....I mostly can't feel it a shave to stare to actually see it happening !! Freaking me out now.... This condition has me up and down !!