Unsure about Chorea Symptoms

[bdicki1]

I really don't even know why I came on this website yesterday, bordom I guess. Well, I stumbled across a post about chorea and someone responded to the other poster about how in the heck do they not know what this is?! Well, my fear of ALS is gone so I thought, hmm, let me just google it b/c I've been twitching for almost 3 years and I have no idea what it is. I sure shouldn't have b/c it starting talking about Huntington's. I don't think I was ever tested for Huntington's when I went through all my testings/MRI's, etc. Now, as I said, I have been twiching since Dec '06. Almost 3 years. My twitching is NOT gone and I have a ton of buzzing, Nymasis (eye movement-this is my fear), etc. The nymasis started about 6 months ago, something I never had at the beginning of all this. There are even months when I don't worry about my BFS AT ALL, and I still notice buzzing, twitching, etc. at least a couple of times/day. It's just something I have gotten use to though. Now, I keep thinking about Huntington's! It's a slow disease and I never tested for it. What if this is what I have?! I know that may sound super irrational, but I really keep thinking this! Seriously. I really don't know why I even came on here to start my fears again. Stupid me, now I feel like I need to make a neuro appt. IDK, I could really use some thought.... please!

 

[BarbiePetals]

Hi, I know Huntingtons is a hereditary disease. It is passed down from parent to child. If this does not run in your family then you do not have it. Of course I am not a doctor but I have read about it. Leslie

 

[Krackersones]

If chorea (and I do not know what it is) isn't exclusive to Huntington's, I wouldn't give it another thought. Heck, coughing is listing as a symptom of lung cancer but is obviously not an exclusive symptom. We all have symptoms that match horrible diseases. You have to be selective about what you worry about in life. Easier said than done.Krackersones

 

[MarioMasher]

I like to file both of those things under "things I have never googled and I don't know what they are." I'd suggest that most people probably do the same.One piece of advice that always helps me sleep a little better at night: If a doctor doesn't specifically tell me that I have something, then I don't have it.

 

[bdicki1]

Thank you. I just wasen't sure if one of your parents HAD to have had it for their offspring to get it. IDK, no more googling it. I'm a lot more calm about it now, just still in the back of my mind.