Twitching for 9-10 Months

[ChrisSwiftly]

HIGood post. I joined here in 2005 and pop back to help people with fear. I am now 100% fine after many years of unbelievable symptoms. I was pleased to hear BFS is been taking seriously, as my neoro looked at me like something on his shoe, he said. "You cant be in pain you have nothing wrong, clear your head and you will clear your pain" he knew nothing of BFS.YER! I felt pain. In my head or not the pain was there.There is and end to this bfs thing and I am the proof.Cheers Chris

 

[OptimisticGuy]

Thanks for taking the time to write this post.. It helps us all get an informative perspective from experienced professionals.A lot of us are anxious and stressed about symptoms, reading stories like this helps.ThanksPaul

 

[hankrotti]

Hi, I'm new to this board. I'm 21 male from the UK. It all started about 5 months ago when I was told I had a sinus infection, by 4 different doctor, I had severe brain fog and just dizzy and not feeling my self. A month went by I was a bit better but not 100%, I got given three weeks of antibiotics still no difference. A few weeks went by and twitching started behind my left knee and suddenly I got twitches all over, back, bum, calfs , feet . I looked online and though t *beep*. I went back to the docs who did a reflex check and said that's fine. The twitching has been going on for 3 or so months and I'm worried sick, the doc said it was anxiety and gave me venafaxine but the twitchin is still here, all over but more so in the legs and feet. It stops when moving and I sometimes get buzzing and a slight tingle. Almost feels like something under my skin but more recently aching calfs that come and go. I worry so much and I even watch my self walk encase I trip or stumble. Can anyone give some reassurance? Thank you , p.s blood test came back normal.

 

[jeremydrums]

Hi there, Been there, done that! And I'm more than twice your age which means more to worry about! I found it the most helpful to simply go through the proper steps to determine the origin of the "twitching". Antidepressant (Venalafaxine in your case, Celexa in mine) made my symptoms worse and so I quit taking it. My twitching began after a very bad viral infection and instead of resting I continued to work. I had my family doctor test my strength and reflexes all OK. Of course being a doc myself, I had done much strength testing on my legs but I cannot do my arms myself so she did it. Bloodwork showed anemia, B12 deficiency, Vit D deficiency all corrected now. I got an MRI of the brain and spinal cord to rule out MS (normal) and insisted on an EMG to rule out ALS-also normal. I will be having another one in 4 weeks on my other arm and leg although the neurologist is doing it to humour me. I suggest that you read the post by Dr. Will in the "Experiences with community"-I found it calmed me down a lot while I was going through the testing. You have twitches all over, following an infection, you're 21 and you have no clinical weakness plus some sensory sensations “buzzing”-unlikely to be ALS. If you need more reassurance, then get the testing done. I have found that since the normal EMG on Dec 18, my twitches died down significantly. They increased again in January because it was a very stressful month and have now died down again to barely noticeable. The best thing you can do is get the FACTS-then you can deal with them appropriately. I have been living with this since the end of September and have noticed no loss of function-the only thing that helped was to really know what I was dealing with and to deal with my anxiety by seeing a therapist. I have a stressful job, a kid in university who is having her own set of mental breakdowns (seems better now thank goodness), another kid who struggles in school and needs HOURS of help to cope and a husband who's job has been even more stressful than usual lately!!! A perfect recipe for BFS if ever there was one. I have changed my attitude and try to enjoy what I can and not worry about what I can't control. You can control your diagnostic investigations, so do so if you think it will ease your mind. It is the only thing that helped me.J