I posted last week inquiring about how all of the muscle twitching I was having was anxiety related. I appreciated all of the answers and I will admit, acknowledging it as anxiety did seem to help it diminish. However, my brain doesn't stay satisfied for too long. I have a couple of questions:
1, Has anyone ever had both eyes twitch, not necessarily at the same time, but just the fact that it's both eyes that will twitch and not just one? The one I primarily experience twitching in is my left, but my right will also twitch too occasionally. Again, not at the same time. Most people seem to only have one eye affected.
2. My original twitch that really set things in motion for me was a hand twitch. It was the area of the palm right below the thumb. Today, I had a twitch right under my pinky. It came and went for a few minutes. This was the first time for that.
I have other twitches too......though I truly believe the correct term is fasiculations. Which is what you will find when you see the symptoms for ALS. I'm only 35 so my logical side says that it can't really be that......but some days that side of my brain doesn't win the argument and then one twitch sets off a whole bunch of other twitches because I start freaking out.
Thank you all again for your patience!
I would say your focused on your twitches so you will be looking out for them more and more. Like intrusive thoughts for me. If that makes sense. If you have toothache your mind is solely focused on that area.
I totally agree. I just don't know how to re-focus my mind. I don't want to put all the energy into another body system. Telling myself "I feel great and wonderful" seems a bit too far-fetched at this moment. I got to switch it up though.
I have twitching all over. From what I have read ALS starts as weakness and twiches happen in later stages so you would have severe other symptoms ( you would know something was wrong like you can't pick up a blow dryer kind of weakness) if it was that.
This is where I’m struggling right now. I think I’m imagining weakness, but I’m so focused on it I can’t really tell. I feel like I’m dropping things (like my phone) because I am so focused on assessing my strength.....yet I can pick up my baby and his car seat and my 4 year old. Granted, the whole time I’m trying to determine if I’m weaker, but I can do it.
It would be extremely obvious weakness. Your fine.
Hi Ashley omg it's like listening and reading about myself. I'm convinced I have mnd. I Google constantly and all my symptoms match. I twitch all over, my eyes lip stomach legs absolutely everywhere. My body and limbs jerk and jolt aswell, I'm petrified. My arms ache and I think they're are weak but I dont know if it's because I'm focusing and thinking about it. But my limbs definitely do ache. I'm constantly thinking about walking and if I happened to trip up I would think it's because I have mnd, when really it could be that I've just tripped up. I'm freaking myself out, I'm scared to death which is obviously making my symptoms worse. I totally get where your coming from. I bloody hate Google x
I think it’s a matter of what we let our minds focus on. My doctor thinks it’s stress and anxiety. He gave me a neurology referral, but I still need to call and msjd the appointment.
Yes my doctor too thinks it is anxiety and has also given me a referral to see a neurologist, but I'm too scared to go now x
My eye twitches all the time and does stop I know its anxiety so I just ignore it and it seema to stop