Chest Twitching: Is this Normal?

[BartOne]

Hi guysfor the last couple of days now I have those chest twitches, on the solar plexus part. They are almost a hot spot and wake me up at night? Is this still normal? Anyone else have these? Or is this something to worry aboutNow twitching 8.5 monthsThank youBart

 

[DefzDan2000]

Bart, you've had multiple EMG's bro, you should just calm down and realize everything is alright man. It doesn't matter where you twitch, it's all benign for you. My shoulder still going 24/7 and I do not have my EMG until 28 July. When I get that EMG result and pray to god it is normal then I will move on and just accept this, you need to do the same man. Find some relaxation techniques, PS I work out of Belgium, Louvain La Neuve. Have a great one!!!

 

[BartOne]

Yes I know, but like I mentioned before my cheek is being weird for a couple of months, I bite my cheek now and then and my twitches increased, more fine twitches, like ticklings (itchy?) on shoulders, back etc...and than I start thinking and worrying againBart

 

[sillymanybeth10y]

Hi Bart,I'm new to this site and let me just say man, I know everything you are going through with BFS. I'm suffering from the same thing right now. After seeing my neuro for the last 4 months and dealing with the twitches, everything according to the neuro seems to be normal. I've had about 3 clinicals and 2 EMGs. Everything was normal on the EMG except the fact that the neuro saw muscle irritation which my understanding is the twitching itself. I think my neuro thinks I'm crazy. He reccomended I see a psychologists!I know its a very hard thing to accept when the neuro says you are clear of ALS but apparently they see this sort of thing all the time. Let me just give you a list of symptons and strikes against me that I had (or at least thought I had) that made me think I had ALS and maybe it will help you feel better:- first and foremost I watch ALS take my dad out -- that caused me to be greatly paranoid about inheriting the disease- twitch started out in 1 finger for about a week -- so I went online just to find websites about ALS -- found out some of the first symptons can be anywhere from one limb weakness to hand grip weakness- about 3 wks into twitching it seemed to have spreaded to arms and elbows and still the finger, occuring about 9-10 times per hour everyday- now all of a sudden the fasics have made it to both of my lower legs and feet occuring literally 20-30 fasics a minute. -- now all of a sudden I feel what I think is a weakness in my right leg; when bending over on that perceived weak leg to pick something up off of the floor or tie my shoes the leg seems to shake and feel weak! (So one day I'm out with some friends I accidentally spill food on the floor and bend down on the perceived weak leg for about 5 minutes constantly to pick all of the food off the floor and at that moment I realized that the perceived weak leg was not bothering me anymore.My point Bart, most of that stuff was all IN MY HEAD! If the neuro has given you a clean bill of health, set yourself aside, accept the answer, and live and enjoy life. Believe you me, if it were ALS, by this time, you would have known it. Live life and God Bless!

 

[jennybaby123]

Bart, I too had a period where I was biting my cheek and tongue on occasion. Oddly enough, it started happening when I was worrying about it happening, and it has stopped since I have focused my attention elsewhere. Moral of the story, focus on something else and I bet it will stop.

 

[exploringexistence]

I've definitely had the chest twitch before and right now I have a hotspot in my stomach. I also went through the biting of my cheek, lip and tongue thing. The more I focused on it, the worse it got so I definitely think you should listen to what everyone says and try to focus your attention elsewhere. I even went through about a month of choking on my spit. When I finally stopped focusing on my spit, it did go away.