I have been suffering pain to a greater or lesser degree in my back, and have been using a cane for the last few months due to problems with my right leg. It has been a lot worse lately, and I got an MRI Monday. I have a tear in one disk, another is bulging, and I have degenerative arthritis. Quite a bit on one lower back MRI.The good news is that with all the pain, worries about missing work, dopiness from pain meds etc., I plumb forgot about my twitching.I have a stress test and a colonoscopy coming up, too. So I am looking forward to several months free of anxiety.
MRI Results: Pain, Worries, Hope
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twinTwosome
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Wow, so if I get swine flu maybe I can stop going crazy about BFS for a while 
MarioMasher
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Yeah I was wondering since this is basically a health anxiety/medical student syndrome board, how many people here will suddenly start showing symptoms of swine flu. My guess is around 75-80%.
MarioMasher
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Yeah no kidding. That pre-colonoscopy fasting is amazingly effective. After 24 hours of that you'll be pooping water. It's creepy.
twinTwosome
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The colonoscopy prep sucks, but at least you get put under for it. Couldn't imagine going through that awake!
The colonoscopy "sleep" was the best sleep I've had in years. They say it was only 15 minutes or so and when I woke up I felt like I had the most restful 3 hour nap of my life. Plus I dreamt I was running in a field on a summer day with my dogs... it was really lovely. Sweet dreams to all you colonoscopy patients 
MarioMasher
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Colonoscopy patients will enjoy this story.I have never had alcohol in my life. Why? Well because I'm a control freak who never wants to have even one minute where I wasn't in control of my actions. As a comedy writer, I really don't want to hear what comes out of my mouth if I don't have a filter on it. So for that reason I am 35 and I have never had a drop of alcohol in my life.However, when I had my colonoscopy two years ago, it sort of negated my plans. I ended up being put into a "twilight" sleep just like every other colonoscopy patient, so for about 30 minutes I had no control over what came out of my mouth or what I was thinking. All I know is that one minute the doctor was telling me what they were going to do to me, and the next minute I was waking up and they told me it was all done and I could go home.And here's the part I knew was coming. The nurses laughed when I woke up and told me that apparently I spent my thirty minutes in twilight sleep cracking jokes. They said I saw a video image of my colon on a video monitor, and I spent 30 minutes joking about how the inside of me looks like the Batcave.This is why I don't drink.Enjoy your colonoscopy. 
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)Thanks for the comments, they make me feel... well, anyway, thanks The other moral to the story is when your leg feels weird, it may be an early warning sign of something a lot more common and less serious: lower back problems. After all the weird symptoms I've had, I have yet to find one that was not explicable in terms other than the utter disaster most people leap to the conclusion about.My twitching is absolutely gone, too. Seriously. Anxiety is lower because my body has something real to attribute "feeling weird about" and I am wondering if 50 mg amitriptyline (Elavil?) in the evenings is helping. After my clinical exam my doctor said "the gain is turned up way too high on your nerves, so I give this to patients to dial that down." He based this on how, I don't know if ticklish is the right word, but how I reacted to every time he touched my back. Apparently, this is basically like the old tricyclic anti-depressants, but in a lesser dose, used to regulate nerve impulses. He said it helps people with pain due to nerve irritation, too.Just more grist for the mill.
The other moral to the story is when your leg feels weird, it may be an early warning sign of something a lot more common and less serious: lower back problems. After all the weird symptoms I've had, I have yet to find one that was not explicable in terms other than the utter disaster most people leap to the conclusion about.My twitching is absolutely gone, too. Seriously. Anxiety is lower because my body has something real to attribute "feeling weird about" and I am wondering if 50 mg amitriptyline (Elavil?) in the evenings is helping. After my clinical exam my doctor said "the gain is turned up way too high on your nerves, so I give this to patients to dial that down." He based this on how, I don't know if ticklish is the right word, but how I reacted to every time he touched my back. Apparently, this is basically like the old tricyclic anti-depressants, but in a lesser dose, used to regulate nerve impulses. He said it helps people with pain due to nerve irritation, too.Just more grist for the mill.