Calf Twitching and Pain: Help!

[ChrisUK88]

Hi allIm sure all of you know my story, constant calf twitching for 5 months now, and achey crampy legs and all the pain that goes with this. I have had an EMG and although it came back as ok i am still very very much in this.my biggest fear now is that on wikepedia if you do a search for BFS it goes on about if you flex the muscle , in my case calf it will stop the twitching, well in mine it does not, when i flex you can still see it twitching away. I can hardly flex this calf muscle as it is but when i can i can 100% see it moving and twitching.Do any of you 24/7 calf twitchers get this, or do all yours stop when you flex like wikepdia says it will.I feel so sore when i walk and with this i am starting to convince myself its A*L, infact i am certain of it. I am in limbo my doctor is usless, and my next neuro appointment is june, and i cant fetch that forward anymore as i have done this once for him to alay my fears.Anyone have this flex and still twitch?Chris

 

[bdaddyjohnson]

Chris, I too have the constant calf twitching (visible twitching). And yes, when I flex my muscles, sometimes the twitching gets worse and doesnt stop even when flexed. The feeling I have in my calves is almost like a constant vibration. Almost like the feeling you would get if you were to hit your "funny bone" but not as severe. My arms have the same feeling. I can feel my nerves and muscles firing on the back of my arms just above my elbows. If I go to lift something heavy, the muscles immediatley tighten up. I can also see my twitching on the surface of my hands which cause my fingers to move; mostly my index fingers and thumbs. When I get the twitching in my hands, I can feel the nerve sensation all the way down my arm. I think this is what gives me the "shakiness" feeling. My twitches are still everywhere, that hasnt changed. But they are definately more frequent than last month when all of this started. My eye is still twitching as well. Try not to get worked up about it because it will make it worse. It is what it is and you need to take that kind of approach to it so it doesnt consume you. I am in your shoes too with the long doctor waits and it sucks because you feel like you are helpless. Hang in there brother, you are not alone.