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should i see a dr?
Hi I am concerned about a problem I have been having for about 9 months. I feel like my muscles are shaking and have twitching. Sometimes I wake up because my leg, arm or jaw will be twitching. I have always been anxious and wonder if this could be anxiety or something else. I also have other twitching during the day in other parts of my body. I am worried i have some sort of brain disorder. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks so much KRB
It's me again. One more thing. EVERY morning, when I wake up, my hands are numb. It takes a few minutes of shaking them out for it to go back to normal. Anyone experience this?
All I can say is, "Oh my goodness"! I thought I was the only one out there with "weird" symptoms! It seems like every day I have something new going on to tell my husband when he gets home from work. I know he must think I'm crazy. I don't even tell my friends anymore because they think I'm a hypochondriac! I, too, have the shakes on the inside. I don't have muscle twitches, but I have tingling all the time. I get it in my face, legs, arms, head, you name it. I also get a burning feeling in my head, not burning like fire, but kind of like when somebody rubs alcohol on an open wound. Does anyone ever have this feeling? It drives me CRAZY! I also get a very sharp pain in my head. It's like someone is stabbing me. I could go on and on about all my symptoms. I don't even know if they are related to eachother or what. This is the first time I've been on this website and it's GREAT! I love it. I could spend HOURS on here reading what everyone says. I don't feel so crazy after all. I hope someone will comment on what I've written soon. Take care everyone and a HUGE thank you for this website!
I like my wine too. It helps with this disorder as long as it is in moderation. My shaking is better today. The twitches are mild and i am not as stiff. Bouts with the flu makes it 10x worse.
Hope you have a healthy new year.
Hope you have a healthy new year.
Hi Aj
You do need to have a good Neurologist examine you. Our disorders are almost the same. I get the muscle shaking and twitching along with the rest of the garbage. I have had many test that have come up clean. The liver was a little high because I love my wine and Tecate. The not knowing is the worst part about this disease whether it is organic or mental. It would be nice for you to have a clean checkup. That will give back a little piece of mind and you could start to rebuild. I also get the numbness in my hands,legs,shoulders,arms. I had a CT of the sinus which showed the swallon sinus and I get the crud like you. My ENT put me on 4 weeks of Biaxin to see if that would help with the nose stuff. I do get this tightness in throat musles and my joints pop like crazy. I have been to five Neurologist one of them being Dr. Miller of the University of San Francisco. He is one of the foremost authorities of MDA in the world. He personally examined me and said Als is not an issue. As for strenght I can drop down and do 100. My strength is freaking out right now. I can rep 300lbs which I have never been able to do in my life. What is going on with me? My muscles freak out and it scares the hell out of me. I have been on klonopin and it helps out along with ativan. I hope you go to a good neuro maybe at a teaching clinic. Those guys are not there to do time. They love the challenges and will try to put your puzzle together. I just want my life back. I use to be one of the best stock daytraders before all this **** hit me. I belive in the begining if I would have seen a proper doctor instead of being afraid of what I might find out i could have saved myself alot of agony. The mind can create symptoms also. Doing research on the internet reading about disorders and the next thing you know your body can start to mimic this ****. Being afraid of what they might find is worse than what they find. Please do not delay! Go and get an opinion so you can gain some peace of mind. Sorry for this long winded speech. I just hope someone learns from my experience.
You do need to have a good Neurologist examine you. Our disorders are almost the same. I get the muscle shaking and twitching along with the rest of the garbage. I have had many test that have come up clean. The liver was a little high because I love my wine and Tecate. The not knowing is the worst part about this disease whether it is organic or mental. It would be nice for you to have a clean checkup. That will give back a little piece of mind and you could start to rebuild. I also get the numbness in my hands,legs,shoulders,arms. I had a CT of the sinus which showed the swallon sinus and I get the crud like you. My ENT put me on 4 weeks of Biaxin to see if that would help with the nose stuff. I do get this tightness in throat musles and my joints pop like crazy. I have been to five Neurologist one of them being Dr. Miller of the University of San Francisco. He is one of the foremost authorities of MDA in the world. He personally examined me and said Als is not an issue. As for strenght I can drop down and do 100. My strength is freaking out right now. I can rep 300lbs which I have never been able to do in my life. What is going on with me? My muscles freak out and it scares the hell out of me. I have been on klonopin and it helps out along with ativan. I hope you go to a good neuro maybe at a teaching clinic. Those guys are not there to do time. They love the challenges and will try to put your puzzle together. I just want my life back. I use to be one of the best stock daytraders before all this **** hit me. I belive in the begining if I would have seen a proper doctor instead of being afraid of what I might find out i could have saved myself alot of agony. The mind can create symptoms also. Doing research on the internet reading about disorders and the next thing you know your body can start to mimic this ****. Being afraid of what they might find is worse than what they find. Please do not delay! Go and get an opinion so you can gain some peace of mind. Sorry for this long winded speech. I just hope someone learns from my experience.
hey thanks for the feedback all... it not only helps me, but everyone that reads these threads as well. I have been to 2 of my GP's , had full blood work and an MRI, which all came out great, except for like I said... the one tenth of a point above normal liver test because I love my Jose Cuervo and the swollen skull area in my sinuses. I too was put on some serious antibiotics... a month's worth of 1,000 mg. of Amoxocyllin (spelling?). Even my pharmacist was blown away at that regiment! Anyway, I too am learning to just live with it. I notice a LOT of people out in public with the shakes. The next time you're at the supermarket, just watch people when they hold things... a lot of them shake too. Now that I have noticed that... I don't feel so bad.
I agree with you about the body mimmicking symptoms. With my anxiety levels all of the time, everytime I think I have something ( in my mind), I get symptoms of whatever it is. I do have muscle shakes and twitching, no doubt, but if my MRI was good and nothing else can be found... then what the hay? I'll live with it. My mom has the shakes too, pretty bad. Not like Parkinsons but like "familiar tyremors", so it's only natural that I will end up with something like that too. So, I know it's not ALS, I have no vision problems, stumbling or "attacks" of any kind like MS brings-on, so I'm not as afraid as I was, but I still have to take my doses of Ativan here and there for my general anxiety. Thanks again... like I said, you not only help me, you help everyone else on here too.
I agree with you about the body mimmicking symptoms. With my anxiety levels all of the time, everytime I think I have something ( in my mind), I get symptoms of whatever it is. I do have muscle shakes and twitching, no doubt, but if my MRI was good and nothing else can be found... then what the hay? I'll live with it. My mom has the shakes too, pretty bad. Not like Parkinsons but like "familiar tyremors", so it's only natural that I will end up with something like that too. So, I know it's not ALS, I have no vision problems, stumbling or "attacks" of any kind like MS brings-on, so I'm not as afraid as I was, but I still have to take my doses of Ativan here and there for my general anxiety. Thanks again... like I said, you not only help me, you help everyone else on here too.
I have the shakes too. Similar to low blood sugar but eating doesn't make them go away. Sometimes at the same time i feel an increase in heart rate. I am learning to live with it after about five months of it. I do believe anxiety plays a role in it. Yes I also have that shivery cold feeling even when I am not. Mild stiffness too. Exams were normal. I am not taking anything for it. When I get nervous they get really bad.
Have Happy New Year and Good Luck to you.
Have Happy New Year and Good Luck to you.
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