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MarioMangler wrote:What do I think? I think you should stop self-checking for muscle spasticity.
Self testing and self checking is the first thing that has to stop if you are serious about ever beating BFS.
anxietyisinme wrote:I agree, I need to stop doing all the self-testing and self-checking. It's just that I am new to this and only been twitching a little over a month, so I do these things to make sure I am okay. I've been to a neurologist, but I don't remember him feeling my muscles or anything like that.
anxietyisinme wrote:My knee reflexes were a little brisk, but the neurologist didn't seem very concerned with it and attributed it to anxiety/nervousness.
anxietyisinme wrote:What do you mean the leg after a patellar reflex will continue to contract?
anxietyisinme wrote:I can't remember exactly, but my leg kind of kicked out, it seemed ratchety-like, not smooth. It seemed to me like it might have went out, then a little more before the whole action was over. II hope that's not what you're describing to me! I knew the reflex didn't seem right to me when he did it, but the neurologist didn't seem concerned, attributed it to worry, and commented that my other reflexes were just fine.
anxietyisinme wrote:You're right and that's what I keep trying to tell myself. If he was concerned even the least bit I suppose he would have recommended I have the EMG done which he explicitly commented he wasn't going to have me do one. I know he has at least one *** patient which he mentioned briefly so I suppose he knows what he's doing and what to look for. Thanks Shawn.
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