mltg
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Hello,
I'm not wanting to post but I've had 10 months of hell and really would like to get people's thoughts on my story. I've been on the bfs forum for a few months.
Brief history
anxiety for 2 years. Hypochondriac with health anxiety. Married early 40s and female with 2 young kids. Was working but been off for a year. Started twitching in Feb 13 shortly after starting escitalopram and a viral illness. Body wide and in places I had no idea you could twitch. Sore thumb that comes and goes.
Dr Google not my friend and I panic so spend hours self testing etc. Twitches subsided a bit finally in June 13 until one day I get out of bed and left knee clicks. I test it and it starts to twitch all the time. Finally see neuro (expert in mnd) in September 13 who does tests and says no to EMG as clinically fine. Leg calms down eventually but in Oct 13 hurt my right leg so go back - still same story no EMG.
December 13 twitches have changed - more focused in ribs back and shoulders plus left leg 4th toe numb no pain but clicks when press ball of foot. GP says no to mortons neuroma even though feels like a guitar twanging. Go back to neuro who says not neuroligical and no EMG.
Now left calf feels tighter and also semi cramp - not full blown but arch and sole of that foot aches on and off. Calf very twitchy. I'm now freaking out and very down. Still twitch in other places but never tongue (according to neuro) and they mainly seem to be in this leg.
Questions: what do you think is causing my leg to do what it's doing? Does this sound like anything sinister?
I've stopped the medication and still twitching but it's not that which concerns me. It's the supposed progression. I also can't put my finger on it but my right hand sometimes feels weird. For example I can intermittently snap my fingers (ie sometimes a snap and sometimes a dull thud). Left hand always a snap. Husband thinks I'm a psycho and I'm starting to go crazy.
Any advice / thoughts would be so fantastic - I've read all the stickies and more and it's taken me until now to post here as I feel there's no where else to go to ask for information.
Thanks so much
I'm not wanting to post but I've had 10 months of hell and really would like to get people's thoughts on my story. I've been on the bfs forum for a few months.
Brief history
anxiety for 2 years. Hypochondriac with health anxiety. Married early 40s and female with 2 young kids. Was working but been off for a year. Started twitching in Feb 13 shortly after starting escitalopram and a viral illness. Body wide and in places I had no idea you could twitch. Sore thumb that comes and goes.
Dr Google not my friend and I panic so spend hours self testing etc. Twitches subsided a bit finally in June 13 until one day I get out of bed and left knee clicks. I test it and it starts to twitch all the time. Finally see neuro (expert in mnd) in September 13 who does tests and says no to EMG as clinically fine. Leg calms down eventually but in Oct 13 hurt my right leg so go back - still same story no EMG.
December 13 twitches have changed - more focused in ribs back and shoulders plus left leg 4th toe numb no pain but clicks when press ball of foot. GP says no to mortons neuroma even though feels like a guitar twanging. Go back to neuro who says not neuroligical and no EMG.
Now left calf feels tighter and also semi cramp - not full blown but arch and sole of that foot aches on and off. Calf very twitchy. I'm now freaking out and very down. Still twitch in other places but never tongue (according to neuro) and they mainly seem to be in this leg.
Questions: what do you think is causing my leg to do what it's doing? Does this sound like anything sinister?
I've stopped the medication and still twitching but it's not that which concerns me. It's the supposed progression. I also can't put my finger on it but my right hand sometimes feels weird. For example I can intermittently snap my fingers (ie sometimes a snap and sometimes a dull thud). Left hand always a snap. Husband thinks I'm a psycho and I'm starting to go crazy.
Any advice / thoughts would be so fantastic - I've read all the stickies and more and it's taken me until now to post here as I feel there's no where else to go to ask for information.
Thanks so much