Patient's Query
Hello,
I have been suffering from GAD for the last two years, and most recently illness anxiety. I have been experiencing from what I believe to be anxiety hyper-stimulation twitches for the last two weeks. Twitches are are very subtle in the calves of both legs. I had laboratory taken and all was normal. I am able to exercise as normal, but now I am fixated on these twitches and jerks causing more anxiety, making me think I have a serious illness. Not to mention I had a co-worker diagnosed with MS recently, so ALS keeps running through my brain. Do you have knowledge or experience with these? Do you have recommendations products that may stop such twitches? They are the worst when sitting or laying down.
Hello,
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Muscle twitching may happen because of many reasons. Commonly they happen because of anxiety, stress, benign fasciculation syndrome, as a side effect of certain medications, rarely as a result of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). Please do regular physical exercise for 20 minutes, yoga and meditation for 20 minutes on daily basis. Avoid oily, spicy food; drink plenty of water. Avoid using mobile phone at bedtime. Please get your vitamin levels checked. Please also get NCV (nerve conduction velocity test)and EMG (electromyography) tests done to find out the exact cause. Medicines like Carbamazepine (silicon dioxide, microcrystalline cellulose) work well in low doses to control such muscle twitching. I hope I cleared all your doubts.
Thank you.
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