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fasciculations
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fasciculations
by tubby, Feb 23, 2004 12:00AM
I have been having muscle twitches all over for about nine months.I have them every day, mostly legs.I run at least 30 miles a week.I have no muscle weakness.I lifted weights with my 20 yr old nephews,i could out lift both of them,although i was sore the next day. I am 45.My gp said not to worry about them.easily said.Should I be concerned? thanks
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-Neuro-M.D.-CS, Feb 23, 2004 12:00AM
Muscle fasciculations can be seen in disease states, the most notable being ALS. However, they can also be apart of benign fasciculation syndrome, excessive muscle use, and some electrolyte abnormalities. They may be secondary to your running routine. However, if you are concerned about other possibilities the you should have a consultation with a neurologist. Good luck.
A lot of things are comming out of the bleu and i think
nobody can tell you exactly what is wrong,but i know that
a lot of things can happen with stress,especially the fasciculations
in the eyelids,calfs,thumb,and also the pins and needle feelings in hands
and feet.
I have fasicuculations over 15 months now ( there are less now) and
always in the same area ,when i lay down it’s “was” mostly in my
back, i have (had) pins,needle,bubbles,ants,burning spots ect.
I tell you ones again ,this things can happen with stress,this is
told by my neuro,it also could be a infection,i have the dx to
have a postviral infection.I am not weak or tired.But nobody
is the same and visit a docter.ps, If you bend your neck at
you get more prikling feelings it could be something with
an infected nerve.
Good luck
Alphie. (NL)
Thanks for your reply. I am under a lot of stress, and when I feel something, I really fixate on it, and that probably does not help. I was worried that I may have ALS, but aside from the muscles twitching or popping, I have nothing else. The light feelings of pins and needles stayed for about a day, and really has not come back. My speech is fine, my strength is good, I have no problems eating..etc. The funny thing is that when I am busy or doing something, and my mind is off of it, I feel nothing, but once I am done being occupied, I sit and wait to feel something. When I do, the fixation starts again. I have never been this way before, but my cousin dies of ALS at 36. I know that should not play a part on my health, but I keep on thinking it is something. He was in the Navy, on a Nuclear sub, and he was the 2nd person to develop ALS in his squad.
It is just that I have never had these feelings before, and I have been under stress before, without having these issues...maybe it is age, or maybe I am just going crazy.......
It’s not very easy to explane this in the English language
because i am Dutch,but i try.
I do not know if you are under stress because of this or
you had stress before everything started.
Two years ago i had al lot of stress (two months),not
eating well,not sleeping well,high blood pr. ect.ect. you
know it. And just out of the bleu as you say,i got pins,
and needle feelings in my feet and a electric shock
through my spine (Lhermitte).Now i was a ms suspected
person (again stress) To make a long story short,i got
3x mri,vep,ms clinic,lumbar p.and a lot more.
A specialist (neuro) told me that i had no ms but a virus
infection because my immuunsystem was weak,for 90%
sure because of that two months.
He told me what stress can do,”it can even kill you”
Because of this situation my wife got also stress ,and do
you know what she felt! :tingling and/or numb feet and
muscle fas.
I have a reason to have muscle fas.this because my nerve
is damaged (and recovery takes a long time) and you can
understand i am not “very” relaxed in this situation,but
i am sure that a lot of the muscle fas. that i have are from
“stress” (you have more than one kind of stress) and mostly
something happends when you are in a ‘relaxed’ position.
Think all day long “i want to have muscle fas.” You will
get them!!
The neuro asked me,if i had twitches before and i told him that
sometimes my eyelids and my calfs had a little twitch,he looked
at me and told me “that’s not important for me i have that too.”
Yes..when i feel something ,just like you,i fixate on it.No.. this
doesn’t help! You can feel everything just think about it or
concentrate ..everybody dus feel something.
I am not a doc.but ‘i think’ you are making yourself crazy,ones
again i am not a doc.but visit one! I have diazepam and that helps
a lot.talk with someone,so your mind can relax.
It’s good that there are websites like this,but there is one thing
my neuro told me and i think he is right.”don’t try to find
yourself on the internet don’t make a self dx,you can’t find
your name there,everyone is different,we are not robots”
And the neuro’s here can only say.maybe,could be..ect.
this dusn’t help much.
Finfan..do you think i am crazy!.Alphie (42)
No, I do not think you are crazy, but I really appreciate the comments greatly. Thanks a lot!