endersians
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I am a Spanish guy. I have had twitches for 18 months and still on. I have been living and suffering from them, for that time.My story starts in May 2007. Until them i was a happy man. In May 2007 I went to London in a 2 days pleasure trip. I registered in a hotel and I went for a sort nap. I could not get up for 2 days. I felt a constant burning pain in my back and groins and some ulcers in the perinea area. I felt exhausted I was on bed the whole vacation. It looked to me Herpes virus (Although I had not sexual contact but my partner ). I came back to Spain and that pain spreaded from my back and perinea to my right hand and shoulder and have been on-off since them. In March 2008 I accidentally saw some movements in my calves .3-4 months later i started feeling “the move" in my calves. Most of the twitches are on my calves but I have also many twitches all around my body. I have been days and days testing each part of my body searching for twitches. My blood has been tested several times and Insulin resistance and lipids disturbance were found. 8 months ago, My anxiety broke out and by result of panicking, i started working out heavily in daily basis (I never used to). Now, my strength is much better but I have more twitches than never. I still have the pain in my shoulder and right hand (finger joints) but my top constant worry is the twitches. I took clonazepan without any relief. Also duloxetine (antidepressant) and I got worse. I currently use beta blockers when the twitches bother me. Propranolol reduces nearly 80% of them. Nighttime the twitches are nearly quiet, but they bother me as soon as i get up. Once I spoke with a neurophysiologist and he recommend me not to perform a EMG. He was sure I had not ***. He also told me He had twitches when his marriage broke out. So, that day I was "the doctor". I visited an experienced neurologist and told me 3 months ago: 15 months without loss of strength nearly mean BFS. He told me this problem is very common in health workers (and I am). Although I am thinking seriously to perform an EMG, it will not give me any lead to treatment. So, my first target is to cope with the twitches without scanning my body all the time. Today is my first day taking gabapentin ( No only because the twitches, also the chronic back, shoulder and finger joints pain). I still work hard, I take care of my family, working out in my free time and also taking time to write my humble and painful experience.When I started reading your experiences with BFS I felt a great relief. Thanks for sharing mine from Andalusia (Spain).