Hi fellow twitchers, the last couple of days i've been having an internal conflict. I'm upset with myself because i think i might have done something, i don't know what, that has caused my twitching. I know i have bfs, not the nasty, but i still cant shake the idea that i caused myself these symptoms somehow. I've been thinking i used to lift weights a ton, i mean like everyday. I was always one of the ones who was stupid about it and did the valsalva maneuver. For those of you don't know what it is look it up, nothing scary. I would just never exhale when i was lifting weights so the pressure in my head would build up. I can't help thinking this is what caused my bfs. Doing this constantly for a year or so. I could use a pep talk, thanks.Chad
Questioning My Role in Twitching
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MarioMasher
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Yeah there's no use beating yourself up for something you may or may not have done, especially since you can't prove it or change it anyway. With BFS you will learn very fast just to focus on the now. Trying to do CSI work and figure out how you got BFS is going to be a fool's game. No one has ever figured it out and you will just drive yourself crazy if you try. For me personally I just look at BFS as something good that came along five years ago and forced me to change the way I deal with anxiety and forced me to live a healthier more productive life. In time you will look at it that way too.
Thanks, Raindog and Mario. It just that i really want to know if having the pressure in my head built up everyday for a year, is what caused my nerves to get "hyperexcited". I asked my neurologist and he said unlikely. But i still doubt that answer. Like you guys said there's no sense in looking back because as my parents always say, "it's spilled milk"! Did you guys go through a stage where you beat yourself up? Anybody else?
Hi Chad, yes I wondered if my constant taking of Valium for my health anxiety contributed to this, also my almost obsessive exercise routine I used to do everyday...but now I just believe I fried my nervous system and bfs is the result..if anything it has made me mellow out and try and relax more..
)christinasgirl123
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Honestly I see no reason why a thing in your head should cause a hyperexciteability of PERIPHERAL nerves. Most of what happens to us is more like little short circuits happening outside the brain. I think we all play a roll in the development, but I think it is rather our stress management than anything else.
I think I went through a period of anger early on. I knew that I was stressing myself out, not getting enough sleep and things like that which led to my twitching. It did not last long though because I knew it was counter-productive. I used BFS as an excuse to reevaluate the way I lived and tried to do things that reduced my stress and made me healthier. I also saw a couple posts on here from people that believed that their lives were actually better in many ways due to BFS. There were some who wrote about how BFS was a wake up call. So I try to be thankful that it is not something that is truly debilitating and make the changes that will not only help with my BFS but also make me a happier person overall.