Stop Worrying, Accept Twitches

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Seriously.. i need to stop worrying about all these bad things..
i need to accept that it's just twitches and nothing more. i am having a hard time focusing at work.

how many more clinicals do i need to prove it to myself?
I am tired of obsessing over this. it's not even THAT BAD! I mean i get them but i am convinced i get them more if i think about it!

I had three good clinical exams. I was told i could have an EMG to ease my mind but decided against it because it was only going to be done to give me something "on paper".. i was NOT told I needed one ...

Dear lord someone snap me out of this!!
 
Ok, here's my take...3 good clinicals is A LOT...but, that doesn't mean that you snap your finger and the worrying stops- for some it does, for some it doesn't.

I can tell you that it took me 5 months to even think about not worrying about the twitches. Eventually, I just decided that there isn't anything I can do about them. And, each day that passes, I think about them less. It's not to say I don't have my bad days...but in general, it's on the upswing ;)
 
I am not sure why some of us have a hard time accepting the good news we receive as real and then let the worry go. I know I have been there as well. Been told my three neuros I do not have *** but still the worry creeps up and it is not a good thing.
Somehow, we will get past it and will finally reach the point that we have BFS and that is all. It is not going to kill us and we will be fine.
Somedays I have to read a PM message that someone sent me over and over again to turn my thinking around when the bad chatter starts in my head..... Please except what the doctors told you as real, rejoice and live your life. I hate to think of all the hours I've wasted fretting. :)
 
I know this is sort of off topic, but i have a flight next Wednesday and it's worrying me for a few reasons:

1) I hate flying

2) I am upset that if I get in a plane crash, i wasted a lot of my young life worrying

3) it creates an anxiety that diverts my attention to any body sensation i am having which in turn creates additional fears about you know what..

So yea... i wish i didn't have to fly, but i have no choice at this point.
 
I know this topic has come up before, but I wonder how much the anxiety goes hand in hand with flying. I don't fly anymore and haven't since I got panic attacks in my 20's (and after having one really nasty flight in New Zealand). Luckily, I travelled to many places at a young age but I still hope to be able to get on a plane again sometime soon :)
 
The clinical is the most important part. If you passed that then there is no need for the EMG, except to spend money. If you take the EMG, then you will doubt the results, or start picking at things on the test to worry about. Ebtter to nip this in the bud now and say, NO EMG ... Talk to EyeoftheWild, he never had an EMG either. Your 3 good clinicals are plenty evidence that you are OK. After all, the neurologists I have talked to can spot an *** patient the second they walk in the door. So your clinicals are definitely enough.

Rest easy, trust the doc's

:)
 
That is precisely why I haven't had one! I'd definitely show plenty of fasiculations but all I have to do is look at my calves to see that- why have it written down so I can worry about it more....
 

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