Twitching, tingling, bitter taste...

[SNORCHY]

In early May, I started having this back & forth twitching in my left middle finger and some twitching in my toes. I had had the toe twitches about a year and a half ago too which my Dr. told me was caused by stress. When it started in May, he also said stress as I was under LOTS of stress at that time. Now, the twitches in my feet continues, but the twtitching has morphed more into twitching that occurs as you are falling asleep. It happens a few times a day...in my arm, leg, hand, face. Also...I do have some pins & needles in my hands, feets, legs & arms but not so badthat it's debilitating. I've had this before & figured my circulation isn't great! Also..my back is so tweaked from the stress of writing my masters thesis and sitting at the computer day in & out typing with ine finger (!!) that when I roll my shoulders back, everything clicks. There seems to be lots ofswelling in my back, which I have had before but not this bad. I also have been experiencing a bitter taste in the back of my mouth after eating just about anything. Might be due to splenda? It comes and goes too. And about before the twitching started, I had about a month of dizziness, which I have had before & figured was stress too. I had a rash on my leg for over a year which the Dermatologist said was ringworm, but perhaps Lyme? I am a 43 year old woman, always been healthy, do have a history of anxiety disorder but not for a long time. I am not overly tired or fatigued, nor am I having any pain except in my back & neck sometimes and it's not that bad. Last night one of my fingers becamr sore though.

[SNORCHY]

I have recently discovered a website with tons of perimenopausal women experiencing the same symptoms who have been to DR after DR with nothing showing up. I talked to my Dr about this, and he does feel that hormones can greatly effect women this way. I'm not sure of your gender or age...but thought I's put that out there!

[feed up]

Hi,
I tooam inflicted with the dreaded twitching. They started in my stomach about 6 weeks ago...........THEN....I decided after a week to look up the problem on the internet, and was amazed to find some people twitch all over. You wouldn't believe it, but with 2 days I had started twitching ALL over as well. I don't know it this was because I read it or co-incidence. Now my life is consumed by this........
Nice to find out I'm not alone though.......but I'm sorry for the rest of you !!!!!!!!!!
Take Care..

[feed up]

Oh yeah.........I too have a "metallic" taste ........not all the time, but I will ofter notice it. Maybe it is the artificial sweetners?

[SNORCHY]

Thanks for the info...I have read about BFS...may be what is causing this stuff...Dr thinks anxiety possibly due to hormone fluctuation. So many things cause these symptoms. Thanks again!

[SteveIT]

Benign fasciculation syndrome (BFS) is reported to occur during times of anxiety, and sufferers also say, after a viral illness. You can find other people with the odd symptoms you are talking about at www.aboutBFS.com. Short answer: If this is what you have, it's annoying but no more; BFS is not the symptom of some dread underlying disease.

[stclee]

I recently developed what my neurologist says is tics.  I've never heard of this before.  I've had MS since 1989 and have done remarkably well with relapsing/remitting exasperbations.  Always in the past I took the round of steroids (Prednisone,etc) and usually relieved my symptoms. I get these tics eveyday at one time or another and if I don't take the prescribed valium they really escalate from just a little twitch to major movement. The doctor gave me depacote and I'm currently taking 500mg a day.  I have been on this for only 10 days. Has anyone else had this before?  I keep wondering if I should be on a round of prednisone like before or not. I also have the concern of torrets(sorry about the spelling) syndrome.  Anyone have any thoughts?