sam3030
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- Templestowe lower
hi
I'm 39 year old male and suffer from significant health anxiety . approx a couple of month ago I started getting issues with the following:
1- twitching on left side of body 24/7 very fine twitching that feel like spider crawling on my legs.
2- twitching more prominent on my right calf and foot again non stop but also occurs randomly all over including my eyes .
3- internal vibrations specially during the night . it feels like im shaking on the inside and sometimes wakes me up . it comes in waves ... vibrate for a minute then pause then vibrate again etc...
4- this is what has really got me concerned . I noticed my right calf slightly smaller than my left . I also noticed I have very brisk reflexes on my right knee than me left
5- I went trying to prove to myself I have no issue (which is how I usually deal with health anxiety) by excercing.i tried to do calf raises raises . I managed about 30 on the left leg and 15-20 on my right which felt weaker than left . oddly enough it wasn't sore the next day like my left leg was
6-ive got constant ringing in my ears !
saw a neurologist who confirmed the brisk reflexes on the right but didn't seem too phased and said it could be caused by anything . he acknowledged the difference in size between right and left but said it wasn't significant enough yet to concern him .we did an MRI of the head which was unremarkable. he suggested of I really want I could do an emg as a next step but wasn't insisting on it
he said it's up to me .his thoughts were it's unlikely to be anything significant .
so needless to say with the one side hyper reflexes , twitching on that side and reduced muscle size I cannot get Al's put of my head . the fact that the muscle isn't getting sore after leg raises in my anxious mind is also making me thinking maybe it's not working correctly and hence why it's shrinking . my dilemma and where I need advise is whether I should go ahead with an emg . if I get an anolomy on it it will really screw with my head ! given the symptoms above would you recommend I risk it and go for the emg ?
thanks
I'm 39 year old male and suffer from significant health anxiety . approx a couple of month ago I started getting issues with the following:
1- twitching on left side of body 24/7 very fine twitching that feel like spider crawling on my legs.
2- twitching more prominent on my right calf and foot again non stop but also occurs randomly all over including my eyes .
3- internal vibrations specially during the night . it feels like im shaking on the inside and sometimes wakes me up . it comes in waves ... vibrate for a minute then pause then vibrate again etc...
4- this is what has really got me concerned . I noticed my right calf slightly smaller than my left . I also noticed I have very brisk reflexes on my right knee than me left
5- I went trying to prove to myself I have no issue (which is how I usually deal with health anxiety) by excercing.i tried to do calf raises raises . I managed about 30 on the left leg and 15-20 on my right which felt weaker than left . oddly enough it wasn't sore the next day like my left leg was
6-ive got constant ringing in my ears !
saw a neurologist who confirmed the brisk reflexes on the right but didn't seem too phased and said it could be caused by anything . he acknowledged the difference in size between right and left but said it wasn't significant enough yet to concern him .we did an MRI of the head which was unremarkable. he suggested of I really want I could do an emg as a next step but wasn't insisting on it
he said it's up to me .his thoughts were it's unlikely to be anything significant .
so needless to say with the one side hyper reflexes , twitching on that side and reduced muscle size I cannot get Al's put of my head . the fact that the muscle isn't getting sore after leg raises in my anxious mind is also making me thinking maybe it's not working correctly and hence why it's shrinking . my dilemma and where I need advise is whether I should go ahead with an emg . if I get an anolomy on it it will really screw with my head ! given the symptoms above would you recommend I risk it and go for the emg ?
thanks