Anxiety Over Unsettling Twitches

[kphantom26]

Had an EMG a yr ago- and tried to calm down and stop thinking the worst. After awhile my twitches went from thousands per day to maybe 25. Now it is back, my right thumb keeps jumping up (this was the first thing that started twitching 1.5 yrs ago-then wks later everything hit), and other parts non stop. I am scared again that its something serious. I work out daily, and thumbs feel shakey but I feel like I can squeeze things tight. If I relax my hands and hold them up or hold say a piece of paper, it is shakey. As many of you remember, I have had odd symptoms for awhile and they started with stabbing pains in the small joints of my body that would migrate around. Had an MRI-clear...I know nobody here is a dr, but do you think that if one has had twitching for 1 1/2 yrs and it was some neuro muscular disorder that it would be evident at this point-ie definite weakness etc?

 

[np2001]

Plenty of us here are physicians. Please go read my recent post and realize that your symptoms (i.e. Thumb jerking etc) are verbatim what I have gone through with absolutely no progression and a normal EMG.

 

[kphantom26]

I guess I need reassurance that if it was a muscular disorder and the twitching has gone on for over a yr that it would be obvious at this point. Maybe I need another EMG as my first one was 2 months after my twitching started--maybe too soon.I would assume though if one twitched for so long it would be obvious there was a muscular disorder and that with md's the twitching doesnt go in waves-ie- thousands per day for months, then less than 50 per day for a few months-then picking back up.

 

[Krackersones]

kphantom26,My symptoms have not waxed and waned over any period of time. Rather they have been consistent almost since they hit over a year and a half ago. The fact that yours have waxed and waned is a good sign. If you are not suffering any real physical discomfort from them I would not pursue any more testing until they do. You never get 100% reassurance on any condition and you already have 99.9% reassurance. If your symptoms do bother you physically, the fact that they do wax and wane may help you in finding a cause or influencing factor in your case. Finding it may require careful observation and notetaking on what precedes flares. It might also involve regular blood testing to see if there are any internal findings that correlate with your increased symptoms. The foregoing is a lot of nuisance and not worth doing in my opinion unless the symptoms are really bothersome.Krackersones