Waiting for Neurologist Appt.

[GlowGreen]

I am a forty-something, male, UK twitcher who has seen his GP (basic exam OK and bloods OK) and am currently waiting for a neurologist appointment. I have no weakness, a history of anxiety (although anxiety has been better recently and I didn't have twitching when the anxiety was at frequent panic-attack levels) and all that pre-dated the onset of the twitching was a period of very poor sleep. My GP said that he had never seen someone with body-wide twitches and that disturbed me a bit!I know I am asking questions that have been asked a hundred times but there is so much information out there, and some of it contradictory, then I would appreciate any responses to the following. I understand (correctly?) that it is not possible to differentiate benign/sinister twitches by their nature, so I know a definitive answer is not possible, but has it been other's experience that they had abrupt onset that spread over a few days to now be literally head to toe (well, forehead to foot anyway!) and that these were subsequently discovered to be benign? I know that isn't the same as them BEING benign but it would still be reassuring.Thank you for any responses, and apologies if this is in any way inappropriate/in the wrong place etc. I have already messed up the registration process as I didn't read it properly but like I said, forty-something Ben

 

[ftheatre]

Hi,My twitching became widespread in about 48h... GP knows nothing about twitching.

 

[Gracer]

HI,maybe it woyuld help you ^) There should be a link somwhere in the forum, but shortly the issue is that there was a comparative study done on the base of some ALS clinics data to conpare people who were (rarely as the investigators admit) twitching before being diagnosed with ALS, and people who were adressing the same clinicas for twitching but never developed ALS then.it was found that people who never developed ALS always had anxiety disorders before twithcihng.So combination of anxiety disorders history and twuitching were considered as quite meaningful indication of BENIGN nature of the fasculations without weakness. Saying simply, anxious people often start to twitch with the time course and those twitches usually are not developed into ALS. it is just another symptome of anxiety disorder/with your clear previous history you may consider that your chances for benign issue are VERY HIGH.your doctor also may not see anybody with the six fingers on the hand, so what? it soes not mean your condition is extremenly rare or not exist. it means he or she does not had anybody complaining for that before.