Spasms or what?

Madimac · Post by **Madimac** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:19 pm

I have been having spasms in my back, stomach, in my legs, well basically everywhere!!! I have been to so many doctors for what I thought were heart related issues and I have spent over $20K in medical bills and all the doctors tell me is that I am having a anxiety attack. Something has to give here. What I am supposed to do? I have change my diet, lost 12 pounds, been reading the bible, started to change things in my life and now these spasms..Has anyone experience this? What has helped you?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:23 am

In October 2007, it was muscle twitching that finally "broke the camels back" so to speak and sent me over the edge. After a lifetime of anxiety, with occasional bouts of mild depression, my body was finally reacting. Initially I pulled a muscle in my back while exercising...and the twitching started. For a couple weeks, I didn't over-react to the twitching but I got the idea in my head that my birth control pills were messing up my potassium levels so I googled "twitching". The first thing that came up was ALS-Lou Gehrig's Disease! Like people gawking at a crash on the freeway, I couldn't look away...or stop thinking about it. I was sure I had it, my anxiety ramped up to panic attacks and full-blown depression. I went to the doctor and she said it was anxiety and gave me a prescription for Lexapro and Klonopin. I ordered this program...did the program and 6 months later, finally gathered up the courage to go to the neurologist to see if I had ALS. Mind you I was still twitching...the injury in my back long gone, but the twitching continued especially around my eyes, calves, and feet. But any muscle in my body can twitch sometimes for seconds, sometimes all day. Long story short...the neurologist did some nerve studies and diagnosed me as Benign Facsilation Syndrome: basically, you're twitching...we don't know why...and it won't kill you. I still twitch, especially after caffeine and when stressed, but I don't let get to me anymore.

Now I just have to get past this swollen gland...! The curse of hypochondria!!!!!!!

http://psychology.wikia.com/wi...sciculation_syndrome

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:57 am

Omg, tweaky1h, I was just reading through some of these posts, (I don't get to come on here nearly enough) and I felt like laughing and crying to your post!!!! You sound like me and what you went through with your twitching in '07 is like what I went thru with swallowing that same year! Now, you mentioned a swollen gland...I've got floaters in my eye!!!! I went to the eye doctors, he checked, said I was fine, they're normal......I am fighting the thoughts of having many diseases. You are soooooo right...

The curse of hypochondria!!!!!

Good Luck to you all...keep up with the program, only thoughts, only thoughts, only thoughts......

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:03 am

OMG u guys Both are Hysterical. Not in the real way. But u both sound like me.lol
my left eye started twitching one day after the dentist and then i had a panic attack that night about. that was in january. Never had a twitching before. but since then its like day to day that im like.Oh my God My eye is Twitching and i google. it too. Unreal. Im not alone. Then i do the staring at a car crash thing to im GLUED to the internet,and i work myself up.lol Ive been to the eye doctor last month but i think i shuld go back. just to double check.lol I too am seeing floaters not so many and not everyday. but since this anxiety monster got a hold of me i notice im looking at every detail of myself. like oh whats this or that. Craziness.lol not funny but i have to laugh.
i did go to the nuerologist and i told him about the twitching,he said he twitches in his eye when hes stressed.lol well,now i wait and just try to concentrate on other things besides twitching or floaters etc. hypocandriac club here we are.lol