5 Months of Twitching: Frustrated

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i was doing sooo much better with all this now im back to were ive started. i lead a pretty busy life and im student teaching right now. ive been twitching since May. Im an active guy and its been about 5 months of twitching now, and yeah ive felt little bouts of weakness but i think its all in my head since i exercise. i can bench about 330lbs. (still can do that) and just did single leg wall sits today on each leg for one minute. easily belt out 50 push ups too.i read a story about a guy who just had twitching on and off and then developed weakness and was dx with als, and thats how my twitching has been, on and off. sometimes i notice it, then goes away, then comes back idk. a week ago i had a twitch in my shoulder very localized that went on for 3 or 4 hours then stopped. it has not returned so im hanging my hat on that i guess. i went to the doc in june for my physical, told him, told him how strong i was. he said nothing and smiled. idk im just still very anxious. maybe im just being dumb? i really wish i had an emg but my mom is a nurse who think this is anxiety based and i need to learn i cant run to a doctor every time something like this happens and i need to beat it on my own.its been about 5 months, im still strong...is that a safe time frame?
 
I read a story too...It was a story of a guy who was a former collegiate football player, benched 320lbs, cleaned 340lb and squated over 550lbs. When he turned 35 he started having some muscles twitch, shortly then all his muscles twitched. Everyday, some single pops, others twitches that stuck and stayed for minutes, hours, even months and wouldn't leave. This guy (heard he was very cool) would not, could not believe for the life of him that nothing was wrong. It tore him apart and caused great distress for himself and others. He went to the top ALS specialists in the country, had a few EMG's and still twitched all over everyday. One year passed and he still had no weakness and he was told by the very best specialists in the field of ALS that he was benign, did not show any signs of ALS, and that his chances of getting ALS were the same as the general population.So what is the difference between the story you read and the story I read? First of all, the story you read, we do not know all the facts on. Did this person have family members with ALS? Did this person have abnormal reflexes, that may have been asymetrical and very brisk or absent? Did this person present with mild weakness that was seen on clinical but maybe didn't interfere with his functions? Did he maybe have gross/constant visible fasiciulations that he had the whole time but could not feel? What this person ever seen by a neurologist about his twitching and was dx'd with Benign Fasiculation Syndrome? The answer is, we really don't know unless you were the doctor or the guy himself. The story I presented I can tell you, with absolute certainty, is true with 100% factual information. So are you fine at five months? I was fine at five months. I am fine at 13 months. You will be too. Take care bud.
 
yeah im 20 yrs old, going to be 21 soon. thank you for the replys, and thanks for the story haha.it's just something i think i have to overcome and i know that this forum will be of great help thank you all so much i really appreciate it. i guess i just need to relax.
 
Greg/Jon,I'm so proud of you guys, lol. You guys have come a long way... Just sayin. :LOL: gsu, I couldn't have said anything more than what they told you. Yes, please try to relax. -Matt
 
Greg!I know that guy too!!! And I can 100% attest to how cool he is. He's pretty funny too.Miss chatting with you - will have to catch you on chat soon.Mitra
 

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