Quick Question about Twitches

[furballfury]

Great info _BoyyDavo_Man - thanks for taking the time to share that.

One question - any recollection at all on how long this little baby lasts? I love my twitches - I don't need any freeloading "spasms" tagging along for this ride!

Also, did you do anything for this - one thing I read about it says they recommend splinting, rest and removing the "offending action" (in this case, maybe leaning on my elbows while typing?). Did you do anything or have a doctor do anything?

Thanks again for the update.

JG

 

[spinninghead]

I am glad to read the official name of this twitch/spasm. I have had spasms there for many years and during the last year started having twitches. It is really the only twitch I have where you can actually count the seconds between each twitch and it's usually the same duration. Amazing the things we learn.

 

[furballfury]

I've been going through a NASTY stretch here for six weeks or so, with lots of cramps/pre-cramps in the legs, leg weakness (especially seems to be coming from the upper thighs/hamstrings, and makes my knees/calves/feet seem "weak"), and of course, the twitching (which I almost mind least of all!!). In the past week and a half, I have also had a tight/sore throat/neck, with some fairly strong tongue pain in the back, and some minor twitches on it on the side from time to time. WHAT A MESS RIGHT??!

It's scary when you get these NASTY flare-ups, no matter how strong you feel between them. But I laughed out loud when I read this string again today. Just weeks ago, it was a twitch on my hand that wouldn't go away that was the focus of my concern, to the point of complete attention. I was scared. Now, just weeks later, it is gone...no harm, a simple little spasm.

I've known it for a while, but I'm still trying to get a grip on it -- my body is probably not going to feel 'normal" the way I think I remember normal feeling again. But I have had more comprehensive testing on me in the past 12 months than most of my friends walking around out there feeling normal. Fine, fine, fine. Normal. Nothing clinically wrong. This is the simple equation we all must complete. We feel lousy -- "not right" (don't I KNOW IT!) -- but we are not seriously ill, and not suffering from some ugly disease. It is likely the effects of long-term stress, or some automimmune deficiency, but we may never know. So, it is always refreshing to look back over your OWN old posts, and review what was bothering you, and when. And realize, none of the fears materialized. NONE of them. How ironic, and simply poetic. We DO hold the key to happiness within ourselves. Looking at this old string may have helped me move a BIG step closer to truly realizing it. Sometimes it feels good to laugh...

JG