I don't even know where to begin, but I'm going to try. You guys have been so supportive on this forum, and I truly appreciate that. Two months ago, I had body wide twitching that literally came up overnight. I was scared and went to a neurologist who assured me that the twitches were benign. But then I started to get phlegm in my throat after I ate. I've never had this problem before. I slurred a word when I was at a friend's house one night, and I became obsessed with my tongue. I checked for twitches every half hour, if not more. I went back to my neurologist who told me that the phlegm was not due to ALS and he refused to even look at my tongue. For some reason, since last Friday morning, my tongue obsession has gotten the best of me. I look at my tongue every 5 minutes or more. I wake up in the middle of the night to look at my tongue. I protrude it out so far that it kills me. Up until yesterday, it never quivered. Now when I stick it out, the edges quiver like a leaf, and I'm not exaggerating. I honestly think the quivering is because my tongue is absolutely fatigued. About an hour ago, I was checking my tongue for twitches again and I realized the most horrible thing. All this time I was thinking that when I protruded my tongue and made it into a point that it was centered, but IT"S NOT! To verify this, I started taking pictures, first with my cell phone and then with my digital camera. I then got out a pen and measured my face and made point on my chin where it was exactly centered, hoping that my tongue was really centered and that this was all in my head. Well, it's not. Does everyone else on this forum have a centered tongue? I'm not talking about the type where one side is thicker than the other. I am looking to see if anyone's tongue is not perfectly centered. My body wide twitching has almost gone away, but I no longer focus on that anymore. I have made myself sick. I am no longer being a good wife and I have a two year old daughter that sits in the bathroom with me 4/5 of the day while I stare at my tongue in the mirror. I made an emergency appt with my GP tomorrow because he is back in town. I know I'm going to be even more of a wreck when he confirms that I need to see my neuro yet again because my tongue is a little off centered and is not quivering when I stick it out. I am 5 months pregnant and this is way more than I can handle. Thank you for all those who have managed to make it through this post. I've completely lost it over the tongue not being centered, and it's not just the tip that is slightly off. The whole tongue is.
Beginning my Journey with Twitching & Phlegm
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HiFirstly i am in the same "worried boat" as you over my constant twitiching with my calfs, however i do think that you need to try and calm down a little over your tongue. I have just looked at my tongue after reading your post and mine quivered after it had been out for about 10 seconds, so ofcourse yours is bound to be fatigued. Your body wide twitiching went when you forgot about it and so will this.As for not being in the middle.....our bodies are not symmetrical hun, your docotor will not even be concerned about this i am sure.and i have noticed you do the same as me you post of the A*L sites.....we both have to stop doing this 
) Try and relax hun, for the sake of your unborn....oh and as for slurring words....everyone has moments like that especially the dish soap one you got stuck on.......Come back and tell us when doc gives you the all clear ) Chrisnow back to my twitcihng calfs lol
) Try and relax hun, for the sake of your unborn....oh and as for slurring words....everyone has moments like that especially the dish soap one you got stuck on.......Come back and tell us when doc gives you the all clear ) Chrisnow back to my twitcihng calfs lolaeleMichaele
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Hello,I do understand what you are feeling. I am also in the early paranoid days. I spend the day testing myself, strenghtwise, grip, heels, toes... terrible.My girlfriend cannot take me anymore, she even suggested me to travel for sometime 
Regarding the tongue, mine also quivers. I think everyone´s do.Everything will be ok. I also have problems with words from time to time.The important thing is to fight against this crazyness spin. I try all the time and I hope I manage to stay normal.Your doctor will reassure you it´s allright.
Regarding the tongue, mine also quivers. I think everyone´s do.Everything will be ok. I also have problems with words from time to time.The important thing is to fight against this crazyness spin. I try all the time and I hope I manage to stay normal.Your doctor will reassure you it´s allright.You are ok. My tongue is not centered either. That is not atropy. My tongue quivers very much when I stick it out and has for at least 1 1/2 years (that is when I paid attention to it for the 1st time). I have the teeth marks, too. I have actually even seen my tongue twitch--both when it is sticking out and in my mouth. Tongue twitches are NO different than any other muscle twitch. I am a sure everyone gets them but does not even pay attention. I bet my husband has never even looked at his tongue. We just become too aware of our bodies and everything it does.Sue
Hi there...listen to me on this YOU HAVE TO STOP OBSESSING ON YOUR TONGUE> The anxiety of this condition is playing with you. I just looked at my tongue and it is NOT centered either. The tongue is like any other part of the body...not perfectly symmetrical. Your eyes don't match either. lol.The quivering you are now noticing is because your tongue is so fatigued. It quivers like any other muscle would when it is tired.Do you have anything you can take for anxiety? That is the real culprit here. Please try and calm down, this isn't good for you and certainly will not help the BFS symptoms.Linda
Yes my tongue quivers very bad as soon as I stick it out. It quivers and actually looks like it moves in places. The tip of my tongue is what appears crooked. I believe that no ones tongue is perfect. Every part of our body is different. Honestly you are fine. I know from experience the more that you check and look you will find something. That something has probably always been there but once you start to focus it seems much much worse. No bad diseases start with a quivering crooked tongue----they start with slurring(really slurring not trip[ping over one word, etc.) and choking(not feeling like you are going to choke but really choking). Trust me this will pass for you and you will know that you are OK--hang in there!!!!
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I don't believe this "everybody's tongue quivers stuff" stuck mine out today and it was steady as a rock, I guess the hot spot has passed and I thought that it would last forever. In fact I stopped looking some time ago as it had ceased to worry me.
and I thought that it would last forever. In fact I stopped looking some time ago as it had ceased to worry me.