Hello and thank you for your time.
I am a 27 year old male, overweight, but in overall good health. I am active in the gym 5 days a week. (last 4 months). I work in a some what stressfull enviornment, but nothing to over the top. I am a hypochondriact (sorry for the spelling) and suffer from some sort of an anxiety disorder.
About 2.5 years I developed body wide twitching, Calfs, arms, back, face, neck, you name it, it twitched. I freaked out and went to my primary care, he sent me to a neurologyst. EMG performed OK, Nerve Study OK, Brian MRI OK (I have a brain ), Was told its anxiety, try to relax, take some of these ( xanax). I did not take the pills, instead i started with some Yoga and stuff. Twitching got better, moved on to my next disease (Hypochondria).
About 4 weeks ago I got a cold, lasted 6 or 7 days. But all of a sudden my Tongue started to twitch on the very tip. Since then, I have been riding the ALS anxiety meltdown. I went to see my Primary care he said to chill, this time i took the xanax, it has not helped much.
My tongue looks pretty much the same, I dont have difficulty swallowing, I dont have difficulty breathing, My speach to me sounds wierd, but all my loved ones say I sound the same. My voice is strong, alittle hoarse (but I do suffer from acid reflux sometimes).My Jaw does seam as though it has a tremor sometimes.
When I pertrude my tongue it is pretty steady. It looks pretty even on both sides, one side might be slightly bigger than the other. , the only time i experience these twitches are about 7 to 10 times a day, at random times, my tongue just twitches at the tip for a brief mili-second.
Also I see a Chiropracter
I guess my Questions are:
1. Is a tongue twitch just a twitch like any other muslcle?
2. If the twitching is being caused by a disease, would the twitching be worse one day beter the next and then worse again?
3. I am freaking out of course and was wondering does this sound like ALS?
Thanks so much