BFS Survey

[greenmermaid]

1. Age
40
2. Gender
Female

3. Race
White

4. Length of time you have been twitching?
On and off for over a year

5. Was there anything that appeared to trigger the twitching.
Don't think so

6. Do you have any Anxiety or OCD disorders?
Yes - panic, anxiety, health anxiety

7. Any other medical conditions that may be connected to BFS?
Fibromyalgia

8. Did you go through the typical ALS scare so common on this forum?
Yep

9. Body region most affected?
mostly in calves and soles of feet.

10. Most unusual area affected?
Palate and face

Feel free to add more. Also get vibrating sensation (whole body) on waking, burning hands and feet, buzzes and random hotspots.

[rdharding]

33
female
caucasian
6 months
strep throat
I am obsessive and have suffered anxiety of differing degrees my entire life (no meds...exercise, sunlight, keeping busy)
?, back injuries, neck injuries that may or may not be connected
Oh, yes...ALS, MS etc.
legs
lip, buttucks

[acudoc11]

68, male, caucasian, started 4-5 months ago, twitches appeared to be major strong ones, calves, thighs, knees, glutes, elbows, shoulders, - now the intensity appears to have decreased but frequency and location has increased. No anxiety...just a Type A personality battling all the evil doers in my world. lol I connected this in my case to the ACE enzyme inhibitors (hypertension meds). Obvious that not all twitching is caused or triggered by the same. As I said in another posting.....the drug classification statistics that I found on internet documents that 65% of men and 50% of women wind up muscle twitching at or about two years on this type of medication. Could other meds contribute? I suspect so such as cholesterol lowering drugs.

[jast]

1. Age:30
2. Gender: Male
3. Race: White
4. Length of time you have been twitching? 10 months
5. Was there anything that appeared to trigger the twitching? I tore the meniscus cartilage in my right knee and my right quad was where is started.
6. Do you have any Anxiety or OCD disorders? I am a little OCD.
7. Any other medical conditions that may be connected to BFS? Not that I know of.
8. Did you go through the typical ALS scare so common on this forum? O yeah and everything got worse after I read about ALS. But once I calmed down it got better but not to the point before I read about ALS.
9. Body region most affected? legs, arms, and hands some.
10. Most unusual area affected? face

[acudoc11]

Jast....coming from Chinese medicine perspective I am doing a little informal information gathering to compare to my own twitching. If you choose to answer....the additional questions are: 1) do you own any pets? If so...what kind (cat, dog etc)? 2) Are the twitching locations close to joints? Richard

[LaurentCH]

i have four cats. and twitches are just everywhere...

[acudoc11]

Well I had two cats for 17 years and had the pleasure of cleaning the cat liter several times per day. We even had 2 liter boxes for their convenience since we have a two story dwelling. I am DETERMINED to get to the bottom of this since if I can't fix myself what good am I to my patients. Unfortuantely my investigation so far in discussing this in depth with a vetenarian who is one of my patients....in her opinion toxoplasmosis (parasite) is like most viruses...it is near impossible to get rid of. The MAIN thing we need to do is SUPER BOOST our immune system. As a practitioner of Chinese herbal medicine I will dig further to see if there are ways to get rid of this..... IF this is ONE of the problems as there maybe several. I AM firmly convinced of the mechanism thoough....in each case something caused a drop in our immune systems and in came the disturbance causing the twitching etc. For ME the insult was taking the high blood pressure meds for two years which messed up my immune system and then the cat situation which was already there......and there I was twitching. For others it might bve a different combination but the general idea in my experience is the truth.

[LaurentCH]

my immunesystem is far to active as i have several autoimmune issues. i need to calm it down instead of boosting it:-)
however, i do tibetan medicine for half a year. helped me a lot with my rheuma and twitching until i got these bloody nerve burning stabbing sensations allover. began after x-mas and x-mas food. chinese medicine did not help me at all. but i quite trust the tibetan one,

[acudoc11]

Tibetan and Ayurvedic are excellent choices. As to Chinese medicine - unfortunately as with most medical modalities - it's all in the hands of the practitioner.

[whatmeworry]

1. 38
2. M
3. European castaways and cutouts
4. 2 months
5. stress
6. to say "yes" would be an understatement of unspeakable intensity
7. chronic pelvic pain syndrome
8. yes
9. calves
10. twitch in mouth like a ghost is trying to make me smile

[germantwitcher]

1. Age
33
2. Gender
male
3. Race
european
4. Length of time you have been twitching?
3 years
5. Was there anything that appeared to trigger the twitching. (i.e. viral infection)
no
6. Do you have any Anxiety or OCD disorders?
no
7. Any other medical conditions that may be connected to BFS?
no
8. Did you go through the typical ALS scare so common on this forum?
yes
9. Body region most affected?
legs, tongue
10. Most unusual area affected?

the symptoms are twitching, tremor and speech problems

[trueromance]

1. 43 years old
2. male
3. white
4. Twitching 15 years - did the whole neuro thing back then - now back with spreading stiffness, soreness, fatigue, electric sensations, perceived weakness.
5. Perhaps a virus around the holidays
6. No anxiety disorders
7. Perhaps severe acid reflux in throat may cause a couple of my symptoms.
8. ALS fear? yep, had it, went away, back again with newly increased symptoms.
9. Body region most affected? Legs, and hands second.
10. Most unusual area affected? Occasional facial numbness.

Having been through the twitches 15 years ago I get the fears everyone hear has.

What has me kinda crazy about this latest is the spreading stiffness and soreness throughout my legs which has gotten worse every day.

Neuro appointment 4/26 - wish me luck folks!

[Yuliasir]

1 Age 42
2. Gender Female
3. Race Caucasian
4. Length of time you have been twitching? 5 month
5. Was there anything that appeared to trigger the twitching. viral infection (flu) 4 weeks before, and A LOT of stress for many years preceding
6. Do you have any Anxiety or OCD disorders? Yes, I have GAD since I was 6 years
7. Any other medical conditions that may be connected to BFS? Subclinical thyroid problems, low Ca level, joint hypermobility syndrome
8. Did you go through the typical ALS scare so common on this forum? YEEEEESSSSSS
9. Body region most affected? hands, feet, abdomen
10. Most unusual area affected? rectal sphyncter

[tastemaker]

1. Age: 34
2. Gender: Male
3. Race: Caucasian
4. Length of time you have been twitching? -- 2.5 months
5. Was there anything that appeared to trigger the twitching -- No
6. Do you have any Anxiety or OCD disorders? -- Yes
7. Any other medical conditions that may be connected to BFS? -- No
8. Did you go through the typical ALS scare so common on this forum? -- Yes
9. Body region most affected? -- right arm
10. Most unusual area affected? -- Scalp, Eardrum, private parts

[crazys]

1. 40
2. M
3. C
4. 22 years
5. Drank a lot of alcohol
6. Yes
7. ADHD
8. No
9. Lower legs, feets
10. Inside body near heart
Feel free to add more