Considering Possible ALS Explanations for Twitching

[manbearpig]

Hi everyone,I'm a little bit more than 5 months into twitching and was just wondering who is considering all of those as possible explanations of his twitching.Here is my opinion why:ALS:- twitching is a symptom of MND (unfortunately I googled symptoms before having them, but since Sep 2012 I twitch)- I feel that the more twitching limbs (left hand and right leg) are weaker- Hotspots in the calvesAnxiety:- I googled twitching is an ALS symptom. My extreme anxiety could have amped up my nerves and they now misfire all the time- 2 neuros, and 2 EMGs shoud have reassured me it is nothing sinister, but I'm still worried. Sometimes 5/10, but sometimes 10/10 when I get a new or a stronger twitch.- I know I'm anxious and stressed. I've found many opinions that twitching is a BIG symptom of anxiety and can be easily somatized by our subconciousness (I would really change the twitching for any other non MND symptom)- i wish it was JUST anxiety.DDD:- I do have disk protrusions in 2 levels of my C-spine. - The herniations are compressing the spine- I have sensory symptoms (tingling, numbness)BFS:- I twitch body wide- If none of the above, it should be BFS...__Take care,Andy

 

[Fjordian]

Hi Andy,Does sound like bfs. I don't think we must see twitching as a symptom but more as a reaction from our body.In another thread today I posted that when you start googling "muscle twitching after....." you get hundreds of results that may cause twitching.So in your case it could be a result of anxiety but also a reaction to your disc protrusions or spine compression.Feeling weak is very common here but it's not actual weakness, that's the difference between perceived weakness and clinical weakness.

 

[TwitchyAz]

I am with you....its hard to know WHY....its not ALS though.I am convinced mine is one of three options:- Disc issues causing spinal compression- Post Viral Syndrome- Anxietyprobably a mix of all three.

 

[manbearpig]

Thank you for your replies. It's always good to hear from others that's not anything really bad...I'm a rational person. All my life I've had a physical explanation for physical symptoms. That's why it's hard for me to believe it's my anxiety playing tricks. But I do know that I'm much more anxious than I was 1/2 year ago, and that isn't helping my symptoms.TwitchyAz,What other stuff do you have, that is caused by the spinal cord compression in your opinion?For me it's the constant numbness in fingers (4,5 in left hand, 1,2,3 in the right). I've got pain in my neck and hand, I've got cracking when I move my neck, I can't move my neck in all directions, i.e. I can bend my neck almost full way to my left shoulder, but only half way to my right... I also think that my TMJ issue is due to the neck (since 1/2 of the muscles are shared between the jaw and the neck).__Take care,Andy

 

[manbearpig]

Oh, your spine is a real mess. Sorry to hear that. I hope you are addressing this issues. AFAIK L and C spine problems are quite common, but T spine?...You mentioned it first, so I will second you - my feet fall asleep so easily, that I'm wondering is it normal. It's enough to cross my legs (or even put my ankle on the knee of the other leg) and in a minute my foot is totally numb. The feet are also tender to touch and tingling on the top - when I touch the top of my foot I feel pins and needles and tingling in my toes. What I was worried i that is due to muscle loss and sensory nerves being exposed to touch, but I think It's my HA imagination that invented this theory.It may be something in my ankle because I sprained it very severely last summer, and I was compensating my walk fo quite a while. I shouldn' have done that, but just walk slower, but I did't know that at that time. I walked for a month on the inside of my foot, than on the outside ant this was no wise...__Take care,Andy