Twitching Since Dec 05 - Onset & Impact

[RobynBerlinBerlinbia]

Hi - just wanted to say that my twitches started in Dec 05- I had an EMG on my left arm immediately, which showed nothing, of course. The twitches subsided quite a bit but have never totally disappeared.

Life went on.

Now - something new!

The index finger on my right hand is "twitching" but so strongly it moves to the side, and back. This has been going on for 1 1/2 months, so I finally broke down and decided to see the Doc, which will be happening tomorrow.

Yes, I admit, I'M WORRIED!! (you all know what I'm worried about - the disease we don't like to mention)

Has anyone had strong finger spasms, all in the same finger, for prolonged periods of time (weeks, months?)

Robin

 

[EyeoftheWild]

Hi, Robina. Mine started just that way, with the index finger twitching. Part of bfs, and nothing to worry about. )

Basso

 

[RipleyGates]

All the time.At the moment my left thumb and index finger has started. A lot of the twitches I get I know are never going away. This is one of them. I have learned this over my twelve years of this disorder. It has been absolutly methodical in its spread.

 

[AndyStreams]

Hey Robin--

Not only is finger twitching super common around here, but the simple fact that you have been twitching for a year and a half should put your mind at ease. I have read numerous times that even in the rare, rare, rare cases where something bad starts with fascics, if you don't show any of the uglier symptoms within 6 months to 1 year, you are golden.

I'm at 7 months and can't wait till November, which would mark one year since mine began. That's why I like to hear from "veteran" twitchers; cuz after a certain amount of time you really should be all set.

Hotspots are normal, wherever they may be. Let us know when the doc tells you you're still fine

 

[RobynBerlinBerlinbia]

I went to the doctor yesterday, and felt like a fool because the "jumping finger" was utterly, totally still the day I went to see her. It has not twitched since.

The look in her eye was hard to describe as she offered to prescribe lorazepam. I told her I was not interested in benzodiazapenes, as I know they are very addictive.

Anyway, so goes this wild and wacky syndrome.

Thanks so much for the support and kindness I find on this forum. It's a lifesaver when I let me mind run away with me, and get all worried for nothing.