Anxiousman1357
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Hello All
I am a 36 year old man with health anxiety. However, in August 2021 I went through a stressful period of time and began having body wide twitching. This completely scared me crapless and sent me into a spiral out of control about ALS. Went to my PCP and he ordered an EMG. Got the EMG toward the end of September 2021 and it was performed by a Physiatrist. He said that I had “subtle chronic denervation” in both of my calves but everything in my arms and back were normal. No PSW or Fib. He basically said it was a fairly normal EMG and he wasn’t concerned about anything
I followed up with the neurologist and he examined me and looked at my EMG report and just said that I was very young and there was nothing worrisome on the report.
I have been seeing a psychiatrist ever since which has helped in some capacity but I still twitch all over every single day. Recently, I have been stumbling upon some of my words. I hesitated when I said the word “twitter” and I tried saying the word “WNBA” and completely botched it and tripped over my tongue. However if I think about the word I can certainly annunciate it fine. Just feels like the more I talk the more my tongue can’t keep up sometimes. Also have horrible post nasal drip and a weird dry tongue sensation.
Does any of this sound off? Is there any chance this is something that has been manifesting over 1 year? I thank you all so much for your feedback and wish you the best.
I am a 36 year old man with health anxiety. However, in August 2021 I went through a stressful period of time and began having body wide twitching. This completely scared me crapless and sent me into a spiral out of control about ALS. Went to my PCP and he ordered an EMG. Got the EMG toward the end of September 2021 and it was performed by a Physiatrist. He said that I had “subtle chronic denervation” in both of my calves but everything in my arms and back were normal. No PSW or Fib. He basically said it was a fairly normal EMG and he wasn’t concerned about anything
I followed up with the neurologist and he examined me and looked at my EMG report and just said that I was very young and there was nothing worrisome on the report.
I have been seeing a psychiatrist ever since which has helped in some capacity but I still twitch all over every single day. Recently, I have been stumbling upon some of my words. I hesitated when I said the word “twitter” and I tried saying the word “WNBA” and completely botched it and tripped over my tongue. However if I think about the word I can certainly annunciate it fine. Just feels like the more I talk the more my tongue can’t keep up sometimes. Also have horrible post nasal drip and a weird dry tongue sensation.
Does any of this sound off? Is there any chance this is something that has been manifesting over 1 year? I thank you all so much for your feedback and wish you the best.