u/TheBronyCynic

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I would say my twitching mostly consists of internal shakes, throbbing and vibrating. At the height of my anxiety in July I did notice some fasiculations but as I tried to investigate them they stop as if they don't like being looked at. Now I hardly get them. Is it possible for BFS to act like this?

It doesn't often happen but it happen when I sit down and be still for a while. It happened to me yesterday while I was watching the Odyssey in Imax. Can anyone relate?

Hello, I'm new here. For over a month starting in the beginning of July I've had a left that is very prone to pain, strain, and tension compared to my right arm. I initially feared the worst and had two doctors take a look at me and they didn't seem too concerned. One prescribed me meloxicam and since I've been taking it, I've been having less pain, but I still get tension and strain whenever I lift up heavy objects. I've been doing light weightlifting with each arm daily (50 regular curls and 50 overhead curls). Should I continue with that or stop? Also let me know if anyone can relate.

I've been having a left arm that feels more prone to straining and tension when carrying or pushing heavy things compared to my right arm which doesn't get much strain when doing the same task. It's been going on for about a month. I used to get a lot pain in my left arm until I took meloxicam and started icing it but the straining and tension remain.

Like having one arm that's more prone to pain, aches, soreness constriction, tightness, when doing tasks like heavy lifting or opening certain caps but still able to do them just not as efficiently as your right arm? I've been having this feeling for over a month and I'm wondering if anyone else has similar experiences and what it ended being for them.

Hey all, I'm a pretty recent lurker in this sub because I've been dealing with bad stuff as it pertains to my arm if you've seen my other posts. In the beginning of July, I started having some perceived weakness, things just felt heavier when picking up with my left hand compared to my right. I would get trembling, aches and soreness when doing heavy lifting. Somewhere in that time I heard about the Chris Johnson case, and he mentioned that his grip didn't feel right as a first sign. At work I would sometimes notice things slipping out of my grasp which only increased my fear of the big A. Then I would have widespread twitching when trying to sleep or when I was sitting. It would be so bad I would usually wake up with throbbing or burning sensation or numbness at 5 in the morning (I still have trouble sleeping but it's gotten slightly better since then). I'd also have an array other weird symptoms like my left hand getting hyperhidrosis when playing games, temporary hypersalivation, fasciculations that come and go after a few seconds, knee jerks that happen every once in a while, a feeling that my bicep was getting squeezed, etc.

Now today, I still feel like things are heavier when picking up certain items like pots, pans, water cans, and 10-pound weights but I can still lift them and can even do a lot of reps with the weight. The pain has mostly subsided ever since I started taking meloxicam and putting ice on it, but I still get aches and soreness then and there. When opening things with caps, some caps give me more trouble than others. I'm still able to walk my 55-pound dog using my left fingers on her leash with the exception of when she starts pulling. As for my twitching it's largely subsided but I still get internal vibrations in my arm and occasionally my other arm. I think the magnesium glycinate has helped. I don't get much burning sensation anymore, but I'll still get numbness sometimes and it's most prominent in my left pinky finger.

My mind is still a bit uneasy because of the timeframe because I didn't get to see my PCP because she had an emergency, so I ended seeing another doctor and the visit was pretty brief. But she did say that the bulge they found in my neck during a 2025 MRI could be irritating or compressing the nerves. My neurology appointment isn't scheduled until the end of October, but they have me on a waiting list.

If anyone has any shared experiences feel free to leave them.

Hey all, I'm a pretty recent lurker in this sub because i've been dealing with bad stuff as it pertains to my arm if you've seen my other posts. In the beginning of July, I started having some perceived weakness, things just felt heavier when picking up with my left hand compared to my right. I would get trembling, aches and soreness when doing heavy lifting. Somewhere in that time I heard about the Chris Johnson case, and he mentioned that his grip didn't feel right as a first sign. At work I would sometimes notice things slipping out of my grasp which only increased my fear of the big A. Then I would have widespread twitching when trying to sleep or when I was sitting. It would be so bad I would usually wake up with throbbing or burning sensation or numbness at 5 in the morning (I still have trouble sleeping but it's gotten slightly better since then). I'd also have an array other weird symptoms like my left hand getting hyperhidrosis when playing games, temporary hypersalivation, fasciculations that come and go after a few seconds, knee jerks that happen every once in a while, a feeling that my bicep was getting squeezed, etc.

Now today, I still feel like things are heavier when picking up certain items like pots, pans, water cans, and 10-pound weights but I can still lift them and can even do a lot of reps with the weight. The pain has mostly subsided ever since I started taking meloxicam and putting ice on it, but I still get aches and soreness then and there. When opening things with caps, some caps give me more trouble than others. I'm still able to walk my 55-pound dog using my left fingers on her leash with the exception of when she starts pulling. As for my twitching it's largely subsided but I still get internal vibrations in my arm and occasionally my other arm. I think the magnesium glycinate has helped. I don't get much burning sensation anymore, but I'll still get numbness sometimes and it's most prominent in my left pinky finger.

My mind is still a bit uneasy because of the timeframe because I didn't get to see my PCP because she had an emergency, so I ended seeing another doctor and the visit was pretty brief. But she did say that the bulge they found in my neck during a 2025 MRI could be irritating or compressing the nerves. My neurology appointment isn't scheduled until the end of October, but they have me on a waiting list.

If anyone has any shared experiences feel free to leave them.

What baffles me is that I can do quite a bit of things with my left hand. I can walk my 55-pound dog and can even cradle her in my arms. I can do 50 curls with a 10-pound weight but when I was playing a card game, I had 11 cards in my left hand and after a period of about a few minutes my hand and forearm would start aching. Just today, I woke up with numbness in my left pinky finger. It still feels like I make more of an effort when doing things with my left hand compared to my right and things like meloxicam and ice packs only seem to provide temporary relief. I hope someone can relate to these weird symptoms I've been having.

I'm a 30-year-old guy who's dealt with left arm pain and some twitching for a little over a month. At first it was a little twitch in my middle and ring finger and internal shaking. Then in the beginning of July my left arm started aching more often compared to my right and spiraled over the big A, which increased my twitching. Since then my twitching has decreased and while my arm doesn't hurt as much as did before I still get aches and pains that come and go on in my bicep and sometimes my forearm. I've tried looking over the net to see what it could be but couldn't get a straight answer. My only theory is that when they did spinal mri they found some bulges in my neck that my doctor diagnosed as degenerative disc disease but that was back in Nov 2025 and don't know why it would be affecting me now.

What baffles me is that I can do quite a bit of things with my left hand. I can walk my 55-pound dog and can even cradle her in my arms. I can do 50 curls with a 10-pound weight but when I was playing a card game, I had 11 cards in my left hand and after a period of about a few minutes my hand and forearm would start aching and just today, I woke up with numbness in my left pinky finger. I'm trying to figure out what's going on and why I'm getting all these weird symptoms.

I'm a 30-year-old guy who's dealt with left arm pain and some twitching for a little over a month. At first, it was a little twitch in my middle and ring finger and internal shaking. Then in the beginning of July my left arm started aching more often compared to my right and spiraled over the big A, which increased my twitching. Since then my twitching has decreased and only occurs at rest with mostly internal shakes. While my arm doesn't hurt as much as did before I still get aches and pains that come and go on in my bicep and sometimes my forearm. The pain varies throughout the day, sometimes it's a dull ache, other times it's a sharp ache and that usually comes after lifting something heavy. The meloxicam does make it feel slightly better. I've tried looking over the net to see what it could be but couldn't get a straight answer. My only theory is that when they did spinal mri they found some bulges in my neck that my doctor diagnosed as degenerative disc disease but that was back in Nov 2025 and don't know why it would be affecting me now.

Has anyone ever been in this situation?

I'm a 30 year old guy who's dealt with left arm pain and some twitching for a little over a month. At first it was a little twitch in my middle and ring finger and internal shaking. Then in the beginning of July my left arm started aching more often compared to my right and spiraled over the big A, which increased my twitching. Since then my twitching has decreased and while my arm doesn't hurt as much as did before I still get aches and pains that come and go on in my bicep and sometimes my forearm. I've tried looking over the net to see what it could be but couldn't get a straight answer. My only theory is that when they did spinal mri they found some bulges in my neck that my doctor diagnosed as degenerative disc disease but that was back in Nov 2025 and don't know why it would be affecting me now.

I've had on and off again left arm pain for about two weeks usually characterized by soreness but also other sensations like burning, numbness and tingling, pins and needles, throbbing, and generally not as strong as my right arm. I can still do things with my left arm and even carry 3-4 bottles with it. Sometimes it feels fine but other times it doesn't. I've had health anxiety around ALS and had twitching that has since gone down. I just don't what it could be and it scares me.

TL;DR my left arm is prone to soreness, tingling, numbness and burning sensation along with other pain symptoms that come and go. In addition, today, I notice my hand started sweating more when I hold stuff for a while. I went to an urgent care, and they checked for a blood clot and did my bloodwork. Bloodwork came back good. I've been having healthy anxiety around ALS. But looking at the symptoms, I'm suspecting peripheral neuropathy. What sucks is i have to wait three months to see a neurologist.

Hi 30M with pretty bad health anxiety here. I've had soreness in left arm since yesterday. My left arm started soring up when I was mopping and that doesn't usually happen. I can still pick things up with and do tasks with it but not without accompanying soreness. I also had tingling in the lower half of my left hand when I was holding a game controller yesterday and tingling today in.my pinky when I was holding my phone. When I held my xbox controller today I didn't feel tingling, just a slight arthritis-like pain. In addition I also have what I like to call an "open hand twitch" which is when I spread out my fingers and there's a little twitch on my middle and ring finger.

For my medical history I've had a head and upper spine MRI and the only worth note is that I had a slight bulge in my neck which was nothing to worry about according to my doctor and this was in oct-nov of 2025. I'm trying to see Neurologist for my symptoms but it's a long October wait.

Hi 30M with pretty bad health anxiety here. I've had soreness in left arm since yesterday. My left arm started soring up when I was mopping and that doesn't usually happen. I can still pick things up with and do tasks with it but not without accompanying soreness. I also had tingling in the lower half of my left hand when I was holding a game controller yesterday and tingling today in.my pinky when I was holding my phone. When I held my xbox controller today I didn't feel tingling, just a slight arthritis-like pain. In addition I also have what I like to call an "open hand twitch" which is when I spread out my fingers and there's a little twitch on my middle and ring finger.

For my medical history I've had a head and upper spine MRI and the only worth note is that I had a slight bulge in my neck which was nothing to worry about according to my doctor and this was in oct-nov of 2025. I'm trying to see Neurologist for my symptoms but it's a long October wait.