New here, Tongue Twitching Worries

[Hermione26]

Hi, i am a 20 year old male and i am new to this website. My problems started about two mouths ago. Before all of this i seem to be very healthy. It all started when my tongue started twiching only in one spot on the tip. It would only do it when i would yawn or spit. i was not consered at all about this until i google searched it! (I will never google any medical Stuff ever again!) After this I noticed I was twitching everywhere! I was sure that I had ***. So I went to an ENT and 2 GP's. The first GP and ENT did not help at all. They just said don’t worry about it time will tell. The 2nd GP spent an hour and a half with me doing all kinds of test and ordered a blood test. She told me that it was most likely BFS and anxiety. Thinking back I have had a really stressful past year and a have with college, work, family and relationships. A few weeks went on and I really seemed to be getting better. I noticed that the twitching had really died down. So about a week ago I was watching TV and saw something about Huntington’s. They said that people experience muscle twitching and movements. I looked down at my hands and 20sec later my thumb twitch 3 times. NOW IM FEAKING OUT! My fingers seem to wiggle around and the widespread twitching is back even in the tongue but not in the same spot as before. My body feels like im on edge 24/7. I do seem to get pain in soreness in my arms hands pretty much everywhere but it comes and goes. Does BFS include finger wiggling shaky hands?? I am very upset about all of this because my mom was adopted and I don’t know if I could have something like Huntington’s. I do get HOT Spots where I seem to twitch a lot. I seem to get these buzzing and tingling in my hands and other places. This just seems to be taking over my life. I find myself staying home on the weekends and worrying instead of hanging out with my friends. I am the type of person that likes helping others out and I am not used to needing help. The GP I saw suggested psyh because she felt it would help to talk about my feelings. I would do this but I feel that I can not because I am majoring in law enforcement and I feel that this may hurt me in a background check because all that they would see is that I saw a psyh and assume that I had some kind of mental disorder. I just really want to know if this sounds like bfs... as I was typing this I noticed a few twitches on the back of my hand :crying:I would really appreciate any helpThanks

 

[SirTrouserz]

Hi Herm,Sorry to hear you've been struggling with this condition. I can tell you that BFS can include many different sensations including tongue twitching, wiggling fingers and toes and all sorts of different symptoms..probably too many to name here.I am currently being treated for Cramp-Fasciculation Syndrome which is an autoimmune condition. It occurs when antibodies attack the nerve cells of your body and create the twitching and all the other symptoms. It is brought on many times by stress and illness. It is very stressful to have at first and can cause you a great deal of anxiety because it is a neurological condition - a benign condition - but all the same it can be frightening until you understand it. You are very young and your GP did not see anything worth worrying about, so that should help reassure you. As you get more familiar with this condition and see how many people here have your same symptoms it should help you to cope with this. PM me if I can help and please try not to worry. We all felt the same way when this happened to us, but it will get easier for you.Take Care,Sir_Trouserz

 

[InkedMama]

Hi there hon, My step-grandmothers two children had HUNNINGTONS DISEASE while I was growing up! That you are experiencing is NOT HUNNIGTONS disease. That disease is VERY VERY VERY VERY PAINFUL. From the beginning. Rest assured you'd have no questions if it was hunningtons disease...I saw it, first hand. :crying: