Calming Nerves with GP Advice

[Lotsofgirlshere]

I have to say first and foremost this site it fantastic. It has really helped to calm my nerves. I went through a bout of twitching about 10 years ago while I was in college. It started when I was really stressed out about finals. I saw my GP who gave me a quick neuro exam and told me to quit worrying about them, they would go away. He was right within a couple of months they seemed to disappear. Over the years I'm sure I've had a little twitching here and there but nothing severe enough to trigger my anxiety. Now, I went through a very stressful period right before Christmas last year and have been twitching from head to toe since. Feet, legs, arms, face, neck, and every now and then even my tongue. I seem to have good days and bad and when it calms down it seems that the twitches settle in to a lesser extent into my thighs, calves and feet. I went in for my annual check up and mentioned the twitching again to my doc and he simply asked, "are you weak?", to which I of course replied, "no", so he said quit worrying about it, you probably need to relax and get some more sleep. I know he's probably right and I need to follow his advice but what do you guys think? Is this classic BFS? I was never really diagnosed, just told not to worry about it.... I think I fit the classic description, I work in the healthcare field and am very very anxious about my health, and I also spend too much time reading all the ridiculous stuff one can find on the net. Any thoughts you guys could give me would be much appreciated. I think I just need to get past the twitching and quit worrying about them. Thanks!

 

[Pixeldusty]

Nothing you say makes me think you have anything other than BFS. Especially that you went through something similar 10 years ago. Stop reading the internet.... It will drive you NUTS.... Of course I still do on occasion and it usually leads to a new symptom! The more I stay off the computer - the less symptomatic I am.

 

[RipleyGates]

Thank you so much, you can't imagine how much better that makes me feel. I apologize in advance but it's just so exciting to find others with the same weird symptoms. All this time I thought it was just some weird thing that only I had so I have a few more questions. What I experience most of the time are very frequent, random, small twitches "anywhere" throughout my body, these are just small areas of muscle twitching, normally not the entire muscle itself. I also commonly get twitching that feels as if there's a bubble under my skin that just keeps rising and bursting(it's weird but that's the best way I can explain it). Rarely, I'll get a twitch which is more like an electrical impulse in my tongue. These generally are just a single twitch and then they go away. Besides all that weird stuff I'll get the occasional dull cramping feeling in my legs. Nothing real painful just more uncomfortable than anything. Does this sound like what I should expect from BFS. I really don't want to go back to my doc again as I truly think(and hope) these will eventually taper off and go away and another doc visit will do nothing but increase my anxiety and elevate my symptoms. Again thanks to everybody!