I loved this Doctor! My appointment was at 10:30 and I didn't see her until 11:30 though, but I"ll take that as a good sign that she's thorough 
. After doing all the strength tests, etc, she said they were all normal and said, "I'd say you have Benign Fasciculations. Everyone gets them for different reasons." She decided to have me get bloodwork done to check for autoimmune problems like Myasthenia Gravis since I had JRA as a child and have Hashimoto's. She is going to give me an EEG next Thursday since I said I'm jerking at night. She said sometimes that can be Seizure related so she just wants to check, but it isn't anything to worry about. She said after the EEG she may put me on Klonopin for hypercentric movements. She said she thinks a lot of this might be due to sleep deprivation since I can't get back to sleep after waking up cuz of the jerking and twitching. She said I'd be amazed at what lack of sleep and anxiety will do to someone. When she asked me how my stress level is, I told her it was fine until I googled twitching and ALS came up. She laughed and said, "Yeah, Dr. Google (she actually called it that!) can be good and bad. In this case, it's bad. Is that what you're afraid of? ALS?" I told her yes and MS and Parkinson's.....etc. She said, "You do not have MS or Parkinson's and I don't think you have ALS. ALS has different symptoms, as I'm sure you already know from Dr. Google." I told her about the numbness I had in my face and she said, "See, that's another thing, numbness is NOT ALS. Nothing I've seen here would make me think you have that." Oh, another funny note, when we were talking about Dr. Google, she was telling me that when she was in Med School, she was convinced she had PROSTATE Cancer, which of course, she can't have! She was making a point to me about reading too much into things. 
. After doing all the strength tests, etc, she said they were all normal and said, "I'd say you have Benign Fasciculations. Everyone gets them for different reasons." She decided to have me get bloodwork done to check for autoimmune problems like Myasthenia Gravis since I had JRA as a child and have Hashimoto's. She is going to give me an EEG next Thursday since I said I'm jerking at night. She said sometimes that can be Seizure related so she just wants to check, but it isn't anything to worry about. She said after the EEG she may put me on Klonopin for hypercentric movements. She said she thinks a lot of this might be due to sleep deprivation since I can't get back to sleep after waking up cuz of the jerking and twitching. She said I'd be amazed at what lack of sleep and anxiety will do to someone. When she asked me how my stress level is, I told her it was fine until I googled twitching and ALS came up. She laughed and said, "Yeah, Dr. Google (she actually called it that!) can be good and bad. In this case, it's bad. Is that what you're afraid of? ALS?" I told her yes and MS and Parkinson's.....etc. She said, "You do not have MS or Parkinson's and I don't think you have ALS. ALS has different symptoms, as I'm sure you already know from Dr. Google." I told her about the numbness I had in my face and she said, "See, that's another thing, numbness is NOT ALS. Nothing I've seen here would make me think you have that." Oh, another funny note, when we were talking about Dr. Google, she was telling me that when she was in Med School, she was convinced she had PROSTATE Cancer, which of course, she can't have! She was making a point to me about reading too much into things. 
)Tessa, thank you so much for your reply! It's much appreciated 
happy for your results ! Now it will get only better 
yesit will !