Welcome! Sharing Twitching Worries

[WreckedBug25]

To all;

First time visit. I have been reading all your post and I am so relieved to see similar problems. Six weeks ago I started having twitches all over my body. I have had them before because I lifted a lot of weights in college but nothing like this. The twitches started just above my knee and boy could you see that muscle dance. Then it moved to the calve, shoulders, forearm and even the kneck. My wife thinks that I am nuts, I think but I finally went to visit my doctor. She put my mind at ease after she showed me some information about other diseases and BFS. She did not recommend seeing a neurologist unless I felt that I needed to. She did a reflex and other strength evaluations and said I am as strong as an ox. She did want to take some tests of course and has run Calcium, Magnesium and CPK. I am waiting on those results. I wanted to thank all of for your courage and honest statements about this issue. I hope we can all over come this because it is going to drive all of us bananas.

One question I do have is, does anyone suffer from hypnotic jerk? I have a hard time sleeping because I have this jerk before I fall a sleep. It is kind of like falling with a slight tremor in the hand. Any support would be appreciated.

Thanks
ART

 

[PinkNinja25]

Hi Art,

Welcome. I am glad you found comfort from your gp. I think it is great that she told you about the possibility of bfs. It seems from my experience that not many neuros., let alone gp physicians, know about it. As far as the night-time jerks go, I have experienced them as well. I have read other posts concerning this so I don't think it is uncommon. I am not sure if the myclonic jerks or "sleep jerks" are related to bfs as I have read that they are also common in the "normal" population.

Jenn