Hi, I'm Marcos, 29 y/o, turning 30 next march, 8. In setember 2012 everything started to me. I had a Emg in November/2012 and it was clean. I've been twiching all over, just a single pops that lasts less than a few seconds. But since December, in the Christmas, i'm having a persistent twich in my right shoulder. Sometimes it goes for some hours than stop. After two or three days, it come back and yesterday was going on all day. I'm very scarry and i'm thinking to come back to doctor, I don't know. I fear for my healthy since I was a child, but this it's too much for me. I have a little girl and my wife is pregnant again. I just want to cry but I resist, because I don't want to worry her. I do workouts at the gym without any problems, but i'm too scarry with this. Do you guys think should I came back to doc? Please, let me know what u really think. Sorry for my english. God bless you all! Marcos
Turning 30 & Mysterious Twitching
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GamerSociety1509
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Hang on, you said September 2012! So nearly a year and a half ago?!You have nothing to worry about! You'd know by now if you had anything sinister.I know this is a short response but it's literally as simple as that,
Thank you for your attention. It's really very difficult endure this now, because I never had one that lasted so much. I stare at my shoulder and arm and I wonder if they are not minor. It is very distressing. I remember when it all started I felt different from other colleagues here on the site because I had no hot spot. Now that I have this shoulder, I'm very scared. Hardly have a twich in his left shoulder, but when it happens I even like, because I feel more normal as well. I do not comment on my fears with anyone and is very hard to bear alone. I am grateful to all the friends of this site to help strangers.
Hotspots are so very common here. In fact, it's hard to find someone who hasn't had one. They will eventually go away, and the best advice is to try to ignore them as much as you can. It's likely an irritated nerve. That's my theory at least. I have had so many of them. Last week, I had one for several days in my butt of all places. I had one on my thumb for almost 2 months. Hot spots are the most scary because they have a pattern and are so consistent, but what I'm finding is that we all inevitably get them and they all go away eventually. Stress will make it worse and less likely to go away, so just try to be calm about it, realize that this is totally normal for BFS, and really is likely an irritated nerve.
GamerSociety1509
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But thats because in your head you are scared each twitch means more than BFS. Once you know it just means BFS it will not bother you. As an example I have ONLY had twitching for 3.5 months now (so I am still relatively new). Right now as I sit here typing my calves are bubbling from twitches. As in at last one every second and this has been happening for 10mins now.Recently I had 2 hot spots come up. My lip, which twitched for periods of 5mins every 30mins for around one week.And my thumb which has CRAZY FAST spasm twitches lasting only 5 seconds but happening every 5mins. This lasted 3 days.Now we can talk about my feet. I generally cant feel twitches there. But if I go and look (especially with a light to cast shadows). There is twitching there. Everyday, always, in both feet. And that has been happening since I noticed them 2 months ago.In my mind however, this is BFS. So I don't really get scared about it. My goal is to hit the 6 or 8 month mark and get a clinical + EMG and then I'll never worry again. I am only doing that for safety to ensure my anxiety never comes back. But if you're past that mark I can't see why you'd worry.
inzTwoToneTunes
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Clean emg= sunny days!I've had hot spots for months. Some I have had for years. The more you work out the more you will twitch but keep doing it because it's better for your health to work outDon't let this thing dominate your life. Don't stare at it or wait for it to leave. It will do what is wants. Your are golden. Young, strong, married, baby........enjoy your life. Trust me. I wasted my daughters early years with this crap. You don't get it back.DD
Guys, the twitch in my right shoulder is here again. Yesterday i had it all day. I dont know what to do. I am very scary e really sad. I cant even sleep. Only 2 months and its back again. Is it normal bfs? Its in the same place, same point in the right shoulder. Sometimes its very strong. Please, help me.
Thanks Gracely. I have a new born kid and its not easy. I always want to cry, when i think about them (i have two kids). I am reading over and over again the Dr. Eisen' e-mail, where he said that if you have for 8 months, then its not ***. My jorney started in setember 2012. Clean emg in november/2012. I am very strong, go to the gym, but with this non stop twiching in my shoulder, i am very worry.
ShrkWhisper
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20+ yrs still twitching in my right thigh.hate the thigh twitches.love the twitches in back feels like a masage.all kidding aside, 20+ years ago twitched in back then thumbs then thigh. today not much in thumb or back but my *beep* right thigh twitches straight for weeks, wakes me up at night....stops for a day, week, then starts up again...did i say i hate the thigh twitches...20 yrs still going.
Guys, today I did my second EMG, and my first was in November 2012. The neuro did a quick clinical examination and said, in his words, I'm strong like a bull. I was happy. Then he did the EMG on my four limbs and, thank God, everything is normal. He saw no fasciculation. He repeated that ALS is a disease whose hallmark is the loss of strength. Advised me to look for a psychologist to treat my anxiety and said that our brain can do a lot in our body, including increasing its temperature, then fasciculations would not be much. I was so scared that something was wrong because of this hot spot in my shoulder. I'm happy now. I wanted to thank everyone for the support and affection. I think I can now rest easy, am i right? My right shoulder is still twiching, but I'm more relaxed. I hope to lose the fear once.
SparkleKid
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You have been twitching for 1.5 years. I've been twitching for 3.5 months. I'll gladly switch with you. Enjoy your family. They need you. I'm telling myself this as well as I'm telling you cause I know the fear all too well. I know when I exercise I can expect the twitches to increase. It seems to be the way this stuff works.
kickassRachelRachel
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Hey, I've been in the same boat. Twitches started happening to me when I was 16 years old, back in 2009. It's 2014, and I'm still twitching, and besides all of that, I am otherwise a very healthy, normal individual. 
I sometimes go through bouts of fear and anxiety with it, but then I come on here, and reading all these posts and knowing I'm not alone and that other people can relate and turned out to be okay, does wonders for me. Don't let the fear eat you up. I think we can all agree, the psychological torment part is really the worst of it. The twitches in and of themselves really aren't that bad. It's just the overthinking and build up of fear that robs you of peace of mind...ugh. Trust me, I know how it is.
I sometimes go through bouts of fear and anxiety with it, but then I come on here, and reading all these posts and knowing I'm not alone and that other people can relate and turned out to be okay, does wonders for me. Don't let the fear eat you up. I think we can all agree, the psychological torment part is really the worst of it. The twitches in and of themselves really aren't that bad. It's just the overthinking and build up of fear that robs you of peace of mind...ugh. Trust me, I know how it is.