Zaphoon
Extremely helpful member
- Joined
- Aug 2, 2008
- Messages
- 2,857
- Reason
- DX UMND/PLS
- Diagnosis
- 08/2011
- Country
- US
- State
- Missouri
- City
- Springfield
The fasciculations and cramps in my calf muscles (both legs) have been cranking it up lately. This has led me to research the whole BFCS issue and it seems to me, I fit this bill to a "T". It could be that my hyperreflexia and Babinski problems are just flukes and I may not have PLS at all.
At any rate, this is the direction I plan to drive my next neruo appointments in.
With BFCS (Benign Fasciculation Cramp Syndrome), you have cramps, twitching and even intermittent problems with strength (difficulty raising a limb, going up steps, etc). I'm beginning to think I may be naturally hyperreflexic and the Babinski thing may just be normal for me.
I know the fascics are benign from last years EMG's and doubled with the fact that they have been getting stronger in the same location over a year's time.
I am doing really good at talking myself out of this PLS business and hope to convince the neurologist to share the same mindset.
Zaphoon
At any rate, this is the direction I plan to drive my next neruo appointments in.
With BFCS (Benign Fasciculation Cramp Syndrome), you have cramps, twitching and even intermittent problems with strength (difficulty raising a limb, going up steps, etc). I'm beginning to think I may be naturally hyperreflexic and the Babinski thing may just be normal for me.
I know the fascics are benign from last years EMG's and doubled with the fact that they have been getting stronger in the same location over a year's time.
I am doing really good at talking myself out of this PLS business and hope to convince the neurologist to share the same mindset.
Zaphoon