by Totto on March 4th, 2008, 1:26 pm
1. Age - 24
2. Gender - M
3. Race - Caucasian
4. Length of time you have been twitching? - 4-5 Months
5. Was there anything that appeared to trigger the twitching. (i.e. viral infection)?
-It might have been due to not working out for a long time, when i used to work out heavily 4-5 times a week some months before the twitching started.
- Other possible factors might include lack of sleep, change in eating habits, more stressful days due job.
- I also went off nexium as a try-to-see-if-this helps-drug , due to long time throat issues, possible silent GERD.
- Got some sudden fever a couple months before twitching started, and noticed I was trembling not long after this fever. I think the twitching started after searching up trembling, and weird stiff-leg feeling and finding some info on ALS, i.e., reading about twitches.
6. Do you have any Anxiety or OCD disorders? Haven't been diagnosed with anything. I have had some weird stuff going on the last years that have made me anxious after searching on the Internet, i.e.throat -> throat cancer scare, molluscum-> HIV scare, and now this. I probably have a not-so-healthy case of health anxiety.
7. Any other medical conditions that may be connected to BFS? None that i am aware of
8. Did you go through the typical ALS scare so common on this forum? Absolutely, I am still quite scared of ALS and other non-benign causes of the twitching
9. Body region most affected? Mostly left arm/shoulder in the beginning, although lately my right arm, feet, legs, hands, stomach etc have become more common than before so not really sure any more.
10. Most unusual area affected? Throat and lip.