ideasmith2
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Hi, I'm new here. A couple months ago my left eye started twitching whenever I took a shower or sneezed - didn't think much of it. Then a week ago Sunday I started having twitches in my upper left arm while trying to sleep. They kept me up all night and the next day my arm felt sore. Since then I've been getting them all over, though mostly in my left thigh and calf, occasionally in my right leg, and once in a while in different spots - neck, butt, shoulder, etc. They're much worse at night when in bed and when I first wake up. Yesterday morning when I got up my legs felt rubbery and weak, though I was able to walk, they just felt heavy and tired. I was at the beach and when I went to leave, the short walk to the car felt like a million miles (the water was very cold, though I've been in cold water before and never had that happen).Today my legs do feel better though.I've also had tingling or a creepy-crawly feeling at the tip of my nose, and in different fingers and toes, and sometimes my upper left arm gets a tight, cold feeling, but these symptoms don't bother me so much as I get them off and on all the time and they eventually go away. It's more the twitches and the fact that my legs felt so weak yesterday that have me worried because of the fear of something terrible. I can climb stairs, pick up things, etc. with no trouble, but can't help worrying perhaps I'll start having problems in those areas next, that maybe the twitches were just the beginning, or the creepy-crawly feelings I get are really tiny muscle twitches in disguise.I'll admit I do tend to be a worrier, but I also try to stick things out. Last summer I had ocular shingles in my left eye and waited almost a week because I kept thinking it was other things and it would go away. I had a bad cold virus this past winter that had me feeling terrible for two weeks but that eventually passed. And in the fall and winter I would go through periods of sore joints on my left side that would last a few days to weeks at a time, but those went away as well. If it weren't for the twitches and what I've read about them, I wouldn't be so worried. And I am not undergoing any stress right now - have in the past, but right now things are actually going really well (except for this). And I'll be honest that I get terrible sleep - not because of anything other than the fact that I stay up too late watching TV, reading, etc., and often get only five-six hours a night, but so do lots of other people and they don't get twitches. Any ideas/suggestions to make me feel better? Thanks!