cajete
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For about a week or two now I've been experiencing these muscles spasm/twitching/fasciculation. I'm not sure what the proper terminology is but it's like when your eyelid does an involuntary twitch and it moves by itself. I'm young, 26, 185 lbs pretty good health. Been getting them a lot in my inner thigh above both knees on both sides. At first it was more frequent on the right thigh, now it's on the left thigh. I noticed a few things like- It seems happens more often when I sit down rather then while I'm standing. I noticed in the mornings (during the the first 4-5 hours of my day) the twitching is minimal and it seems to intensify as night approaches. (The longer I'm awake?) I sip on water all day to maintain myself hydrated so I'm not sure if it's hydration related. I also get them in many different places like my biceps, my calf's, I even get twitches in my ear drums and (this is embarrassing) but even my anus twitches sometimes.
I've read up some pretty crazy stuff about ALS and other neurological diseases but I know the power of the mind and how anxiety can affect you so I've been trying to ignore it as much as possible. Admittedly it's difficult because it's something physical that occurs and is hard to ignore. I haven't experienced any pain or muscle fatigue. I can only assume that's a good thing. I can walk fine, lift things fine with no pain or weakness. Although I will say my legs are beginning to get a little "wobbly" feeling, specially when they twitch while I'm standing. (I'm still trying to decide if that's just me freaking) I have no medical insurance and I'm currently unemployed. I'm really trying to keep my sanity here- it's a little strange and it's starting to make me feel uneasy because I'm generally the type of person that will ignore something and let it pass. But after almost two weeks, going on three now, I'm a little damn worried about what's going on upstairs. I was reading about how it could be lack of potassium or magnesium, but I've been eating bananas, potatoes and carrots for the last few days almost religiously to see if it would have any effect. Like I said, I'm pretty healthy, I take multi vitamins, I exercise when I can. another thing I wanted to mention, not sure if it's a big factor or not but- I do smoke marijuana. But I have not smoked in about two weeks a little before the symptoms started. I should definitely get check out but how silly is it for me to walk into an emergency room like "Oh hey, my muscles are twitching. I just want to make sure I don't have some neurological disease". Any recommendations or advice?
I've read up some pretty crazy stuff about ALS and other neurological diseases but I know the power of the mind and how anxiety can affect you so I've been trying to ignore it as much as possible. Admittedly it's difficult because it's something physical that occurs and is hard to ignore. I haven't experienced any pain or muscle fatigue. I can only assume that's a good thing. I can walk fine, lift things fine with no pain or weakness. Although I will say my legs are beginning to get a little "wobbly" feeling, specially when they twitch while I'm standing. (I'm still trying to decide if that's just me freaking) I have no medical insurance and I'm currently unemployed. I'm really trying to keep my sanity here- it's a little strange and it's starting to make me feel uneasy because I'm generally the type of person that will ignore something and let it pass. But after almost two weeks, going on three now, I'm a little damn worried about what's going on upstairs. I was reading about how it could be lack of potassium or magnesium, but I've been eating bananas, potatoes and carrots for the last few days almost religiously to see if it would have any effect. Like I said, I'm pretty healthy, I take multi vitamins, I exercise when I can. another thing I wanted to mention, not sure if it's a big factor or not but- I do smoke marijuana. But I have not smoked in about two weeks a little before the symptoms started. I should definitely get check out but how silly is it for me to walk into an emergency room like "Oh hey, my muscles are twitching. I just want to make sure I don't have some neurological disease". Any recommendations or advice?