SeekingGuidance
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I have been daily twitching body wide for nearly 2.5 years now, with “hot spots” in my lower extremities (calves/feet) that are constant and have been constant the entire time. I am a male in my early 40’s who is otherwise healthy and on no medications.
My doctors have not been able to diagnose any direct cause for the twitching. I had an EMG a long time back that did not find anything related to ALS.
I fear that because my twitching has remained constant for this long of a period, despite every imaginable lifestyle change in hopes of rectifying it, that I am stuck with a very slow progressing case of ALS.
I have read statements online that it takes up to 5 years to dismiss twitching as being completely benign in nature.
Do I need to move on and accept this as just a new normal in life? Or do I continue to wait and see if this progresses?
My doctors have not been able to diagnose any direct cause for the twitching. I had an EMG a long time back that did not find anything related to ALS.
I fear that because my twitching has remained constant for this long of a period, despite every imaginable lifestyle change in hopes of rectifying it, that I am stuck with a very slow progressing case of ALS.
I have read statements online that it takes up to 5 years to dismiss twitching as being completely benign in nature.
Do I need to move on and accept this as just a new normal in life? Or do I continue to wait and see if this progresses?