I have had twitching for about 3 years now. I guess I will never get used to it. It nearly drives me crazy. The twitches bounce all over my body but are the worst in my feet. The bottoms of my feet are constantly moving. My toes are pulled from side to side and when the twitches are at their worst, then comes the cramping. I am now taking Lexapro to stay sane. Can anyone tell me if their are any meds that my help with the twitching?
Treating Twitching and Cramping
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Jen,
The good news is you don't have als. I have been twitching too non-stop for 9 months. My feet and calves are 24/7. It is really annoying and totally freaks me out to look at. The others are random like yours.
Several weeks ago I started taking alpha lipoic acid and, dare I say, it seems to have helped a little. I am up to 400mg per day. I caution that it could also be just a good time in the cycle of all this so I am not partying yet and the twitches have by no means disappeared. Can you see your feet twitching in the arches? That bothers me I must admit...
Marks
The good news is you don't have als. I have been twitching too non-stop for 9 months. My feet and calves are 24/7. It is really annoying and totally freaks me out to look at. The others are random like yours.
Several weeks ago I started taking alpha lipoic acid and, dare I say, it seems to have helped a little. I am up to 400mg per day. I caution that it could also be just a good time in the cycle of all this so I am not partying yet and the twitches have by no means disappeared. Can you see your feet twitching in the arches? That bothers me I must admit...
Marks
Diego4Life
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I'm exactly the same at the moment. The soles of my feet are in a massive flare-up and the cramping!!!! The twitches in the arches of my feet are really weird, you can see the long fascicles twitching so it is like a really long line twitch. Anyone get those? And then the arches keep cramping, my toes move, its horrible and driving me mad at the moment. I take magnesium and ALA, so far no change, but have only just started the ALA.
Diego4Life
Diego4Life
Yes I have twitching arches. I get up in the morning, sit in the armchair with my left leg crossed over my right thigh and watch the whole length of my arch pulse in and out, my big toe moving around and my thigh muscles bubbling away. It's fun pointing them out to people who shreik with surprise when the realise I really AM twitching and not just being a hypochondraic. When my feet get cold I get cramp in my arch and my big toe goes mad.
My feet will twitch on the side of the sole 24/7 in multiple spots. I have made a calculation one time and came with a daily twiching # of about 130.000 only in the feet (8 twitches in 10 sec. x 6 (for a minute) x 60 (for an hour) x 24 (for a day) = 69120 twitches x 2 (for both feet) = 138240).
My calves twitch also constantly however there the numbers are about the half (uff).
The rest of my body twitches also every day randomly.
Maybe i'm am the twitching master on this board
My calves twitch also constantly however there the numbers are about the half (uff).
The rest of my body twitches also every day randomly.
Maybe i'm am the twitching master on this board
BoyyDavoMan
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Jenni -
I've been twitching and cramping in my feet for over 4 years. It is the one sure-fire place that I can show people to prove that my twitching isn't "in my head." That was the first place I showed my neurologist. Needless to say, he was unimpressed. He said that the feet and calves are the most common place for twitching because they take so much abuse bearing our weight.
Some days are worse than others. After I referee soccer games or after a nice run my feet will go crazy for a couple of days. Really very annoying but just something that you have to deal with.
I've been twitching and cramping in my feet for over 4 years. It is the one sure-fire place that I can show people to prove that my twitching isn't "in my head." That was the first place I showed my neurologist. Needless to say, he was unimpressed. He said that the feet and calves are the most common place for twitching because they take so much abuse bearing our weight.
Some days are worse than others. After I referee soccer games or after a nice run my feet will go crazy for a couple of days. Really very annoying but just something that you have to deal with.
I often think I will die with it too. Since it has been three years for me. I do see the twitches. It is really weird. The whole bottom of both of my feet are just doing their own thing. I have seen doc's who just kind of shrug their shoulders at me. I was never really diagnosed with anything. So I just found this site and diagnosed myself. I have had the testing and thank GOD that was normal. But it is nice to know I am not alone with this thing. One neuro diagnosed me with Isaac's syndrome and I had a very expensive Gamma Globulin infusion with no results. He stated he had a patient with Isaac's and that helped. When it did not help me he said "oh well I really thought that would work." He is the one who put me on Lexapro. I think this helps me to deal with it better.