Self-Love Through Self-Care: A Question

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What a great forum this is. Gees sometimes I wonder why we do this to ourselves. We are really hard on ourselves, AND I know we are seeking our oun truths. I am starting to step up my own medition exercises. OK, now, I have a question to put out there.
First a little recent backround history. After working a stressful schedule this past April. I started to notice that my legs were kinda tight. Tough to walk longer distatnces etc. This was around 4/12. Some fasciculations in my left calf then. Around the 26th of April legs felt a lot tighter and fascits were constant in the calves (I think it was like that then). Then not soon after fascits in both calves - more on the left.
OK fast forward to 2 days ago. May 24th. I saw the TOP neuro in the field in New York here. He is an expert, and very well respected. He gave me a complete (2/12 hour exam with all the tests). After it he said I am clean. I don't have xxx.
Here's where my hypochondria kicks in. Would it be too early to show up on any EMG etc? Just worried.
Thanks for all your support. I am with you all
Mark
 
I think if he were really the top in the field he would be able to pick something up even if it were early....esp. after a 2 1/2 hour exam! Work on your anxiety....it's not good to keep ruminating about symptoms. You are fine! Bask in the good news.

Jen
 
Thanks Jen,

Yea I had a slip in confidence - oops! Yes you're right. Generally I'm feeling well, starting to get busy...back to working out and working. Feels good.
Also meditation feels great. Puts it in perspective.
Thanks again Jen!
Mark
 
Trust me Mark....

I know exactly where you are coming from. I am a hypochondriac extrordinaire.....the thing that really helped me deal with it was taking antidepressants. My life used to suck because I worried about every little thing that could go wrong with my body...now I can put things in perspective. I don't know if you'd be willing to try those drugs or not,...but they helped me tremendously. I think it's hard for people who don't suffer from severe anxiety to understand the depth of the problem. Something really funny happened the other day. My twin brother came for a visit, and I was telling him (for the first time, in 6 years since I've had it...) about BFS. He said..."Oh yeah....I used to get the same thing! My nutritionist told me it was caffeine-related, so I cut out caffeine totally and it went away." It really put things in perspective. He never freaked out about it, acted like it was no big deal...different anxiety levels I guess.

Hang in there!
Jen
 
Wow you have a twin brother. How cool is that! Yea that's a totally cool attitude to approach this thing with. It's a nuisance at worst. Our minds are the ones that "interpret" these things. I'm glad your brother said that.

You know it's a beautiful day out there today. Blue sky, warm. I'm going to put on my running stuff and do a long run in the park and feel blessed to be on this planet Earth
We're all very lucky!!!

Thanks Jen

Mark
 
Hello everyone

I just wanted to add a post here. I have been twitching non stop in my calves and feet since last August. It has been a long, hard road. I have had blood work, MRI,MRA, and an EMG-all normal. I do like a lot of you on here do and that is research the heck out of this subject to the point it rules my life. Also checking my body for twitches and such. After 10 months of driving myself nuts I am now being seen at the anxiety disorders clinic at the University of Michigan. They have dx my particular anxiety as hypocondrisis. When it was told to me at first I said I am not a hypoconriac! Apparently it is misunderstood. She said that this disorder is someone who has physical symptoms and have been cleared medically but continue to not believe it, hence a vicous circle. This fits me to a T. I am doing cognitive behavior therapy to try and teach my brain to think more logically. I don't know in my case what cause this BFS, whether it was my anxiety or lexapro (I believe it was one of the two) but letting it run my life is the real problem. Anyway, I just wanted to share this with you folks.
 
What a great post!

That's exactly it. Everybody has some degree of hypochriac-ness (I know...not a word). But, a buddha one said "if we were all perfect no one would ever need meditation"

Life is for working through our own stuff to reach a higher place. We're all in a unique position of using what we're learning to improve ourselves - on a deep level. Through resistance we grow.

Anyway some thoughts.

Mark
 

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