r/MuscleTwitch

Can someone please tell me if this is tongue atrophy? I don’t have this on the other side of tongue and didn’t have it till last one month

Hey guys I’ve been in here a few times and talked about my fears of ALS and since I’ve posted last I’ve have an emg which was clean but my thenar muscle was not tested for some reason on either hand. My left hand has been my main hand of concern and I see a “dent” in my thenar muscle when I flex it across my hand to the other side. My left hand has been painful and weak (probably from constant testing) and I’m looking to let go of this last bit of fear I have over me. Does this look like muscle wasting to anyone?

My muscle fasciculations originally started in my triceps back in February, but went away after 2 or 3 days. On March 25th, I had a cramp in my right calve for the first time ever. On April 1, I began experiencing VIOLENT AND AGGRESSIVE twitching in my right thigh, which then spread to my left thigh in the same day.

I also noticed my left hand tremoring around April 8th.

After 2 days, the twitching became less violent. Around April 4th, the twitching spread from my thighs, to my calves. Around April 20th, it spread from my calves to my forearms and knees. The twitches, overtime, became less frequent.

Eventually, the twitches became widespread across my body except my face and tongue. (For now, anyway)

Fast forward to today, I still get occasional widespread twitching, but it is now mostly in my right knee. The twitches are not very frequent now, but still there.

So I have no idea wtf is happening to me? Has ANYONE experienced what I’ve experienced at all? Is it MS, Parkinson’s, or ALS? This is stressing me the hell out. (29, male)

Hey everyone,

So I’ve been on a bulbar onset ALS kick with my health anxiety since December. (I’m 25m)

It started with speech that feels effortful and occasionally slurring. I feel like I’m talking slower and my mouth movements aren’t as precise or flowy.

My lips quiver like crazy when I purse them or do a ‘kissy face’

I’ve also been having GERD symptoms which makes me think I may have weakening in my diaphragm or upper esophageal sphincter.

Recently I noticed my smile has been somewhat uneven - and when I puff my cheeks to test air seal (which feels more difficult on the right side [side with the mole on my nose])

I noticed that when the air goes into the left cheek - a weird divot appears on my right cheek. I’ve never noticed this before and I check my face a lot.

IMAGES:
https://imgur.com/a/FJeaHgR

Has anyone had these symptoms?

It’s not only when I’m acutely anxious / having a panic attack. Sometimes I’m just casually talking and then it’ll be like my speech just glitches. Sometimes when I’m not even consciously watching my speech.

Does this look like atrophy? Has anyone had these symptoms? Could this be early ALS?

Thanks!

So in the video here is what my feet look like 24 seven I’ve posted here before

My question is has people felt mentally and physically off with these twitches and did they turn out to be just bfs ?

I’m in the psychiatric ward right now because I do believe I’m dying. I don’t even feel like I’m real like things are real right now. I’m so overthinking everything. The fact that my forearm is an excruciating pain now and my feet are twitching 24 seven and in pain as well.

Anybody else suffer this?

And I’m not talking about a twitch here and there I’m talking about in your feet every second of the day I can literally take my socks off and see the fasciculation happening constantly all the time that’s the kind of twitching I am talking about

I have it in both left and right foot spreads to my ankles and the back of my calves lower calfs should I say not the upper ones not near my knee and then I get this weird feeling/pain or whatever it would be in my ankles, almost like they’re about to fall off

Everybody here keeps saying it’s bfs or stress and anxiety that has anybody taken any kind of medication that helps with the twitching and don’t tell me magnesium that shit does not work

I’ve been twitching in my left tricep for 2+ weeks now. Nothing notable caused it, I was just sitting at my desk at home after work and it started. Hasn’t stopped since. Twitches every second, nonstop. Now the muscle is getting sore like I got vaccine. What do I do?

55/m Started after golf and a workout. Has not stopped for 11 weeks. I also have intermittent, quick and short twitches bodywide.

Repost as I got a better video with better lighting
While I have mostly gotten past my fear of *** I am terrified I will still get atrophy after being diagnosed with ulnar nerve compression and paired with the twitching in my arms I am going insane. I keep getting this thumping feeling in my elbows and the side of my hands (pinky on the palm) will thump and feel like it’s puckering (I don’t have a better way to describe it). I can’t tell what is in my head, what is a fasciculation, and what is from my ulnar nerve compression. I saw my doctor Monday and they said everything looked like normal anatomy but I feel like it’s somehow gotten worse since then and I just need some advice and second opinions right now.

I’ve been dealing with muscle twitching and ALS fear for around 3 years now. The twitching started in my legs and eventually spread all over my body, including calves, arms, back, feet, and even my tongue.

Over time I became hyperfocused on every small asymmetry or dent in my muscles and started constantly checking for atrophy. Recently I’ve been especially worried about my right foot/ankle area and whether it looks like muscle wasting.

What has been done so far:

• Multiple neurological evaluations
• Multiple EMG/ENMG tests over the years
• Leg ENMG in December 2023
• Whole-body EMG testing
• EMG of arms/hands and legs
• Tongue EMG
• MRI studies
• Clinical strength testing by neurologists

Latest EMG was normal, and all EMGs/ENMGs have been normal with no evidence of motor neuron disease according to neurologists.

I do have widespread fasciculations daily and sometimes internal vibrations/tremor feelings, fatigue, brain fog, foot discomfort, and health anxiety. Neurologist suggested benign fasciculation syndrome (BFS).

Despite this, I still obsess over whether certain areas look abnormal, especially my foot and ankle. I’m posting photos because I keep worrying about possible atrophy there and wanted outside opinions from people experienced with BFS/ALS anxiety.

Has anyone else gone through this cycle of constantly checking body parts even after clean EMGs?

Leg tensed is this atrophy?

17 months and first time I’ve had a few light pops in the tib and the other muscles around the outside side. I know my physio told me I was really strong last July and still seems to be a decent sized muscle? I have hEds too and pain, subluxations, dislocations ect so it adds to worrying at times. xx