Yes, I found this VERY helpful. I like your logic "no clinical weakness, there is no lump, then you don't have ALS". This one sentence makes so much sense. I appreciate you taking the time to address this issue from a personal point of view.
Me at 12am watching this video thinking I have ALS. This video helped me so much. I’ve been dealing with anxiety my whole life and it’s just a on going process.
Googling Eye twitching and vibrations that I’ve been experiencing for 3 weeks have brought me down a dark dark path. Here I am constantly searching ALS symptoms. From experiencing muscle twitching to random jerks, convinced I have this disease. Meanwhile I’m at the gym every night pushing heavy weight. I needed this video. Why? Because I have started questioning my mortality, how I could never live with the disease, thinking of ways of how I would have to end it. All over… eye twitching. The anxiety, stress and depression have made things 20x worse for me. Health anxiety is a real thing and google is the gasoline for the fire. We need to stop doing this to ourselves. We are hurting our mind, body and souls.
OMG this is exactly what was happening to me i started getting the twitching after i was diagnosed with anxiety and unfortunately i stated searching about the symptom and i am all over anxious again medication isn't helping anymore
Thank you so much for sharing this. I am going through the exact same fear and it is absolutely devastating. I can’t tell you how much relief this brings me.
Thanks for the assurance because the first thing that google shows is muscle twitching which really scared me. That search engine is probably responsible for a lot of anxiety attacks!
I have an Excel file with 185 lines, each line an entry of a place were I was twitching since 2002. Some lasted two days and others lasted 10 months. Some areas were repeaters, some only happened in that specific area once. It’s all meaningless. The more I focused on them the more I twitched. Listen to this video and don’t waste your time worrying about twitches. I’m still twitching 21 years later and still going strong.
I can’t thank you enough for making this video. I’ve been having same symptoms as you and my health anxiety is so bad because of worrying about ALS that I’ve been in the darkest of days. Watching your this video and some of your other videos is helping me realize there’s a way out of the darkness. Thank you from the bottom of my heart
I’ve had a pec spasm for 7 months and was convinced it’s been ALS.. these videos give me a huge relief. I still have full strength in my limbs so I’m thinking I’ll be alright. Thanks for your videos!
I have spasm near between my chest and shoulder non stop for 10 days and going still. I had twitching many times in various spots but I managed to stop them by stretching the muscle. But I can't stretch this muscle, it's like above my armpit below my collar bone, and it's going on and on, freaking the hell out of me and I am down the rabbit hole again.
If you have gone through any of this and have not had a chance to attend one of Cherelle's sessions or workshops do yourself a favor and do so. She is amazing. I have been meeting with her and it has already made a huge difference for myself and my family. Thank you Cherelle for all you do.
Thanks for your videos on twitching, I have had anxiety ever since my wife passed of aggressive cancer, now I just never saw it coming and here we are. My family always noticed it, the irritability the angry responses and mood changes. These last few weeks though have been tough, had at least two anxiety attacks what with the twitches . Started on my right calf, then my left and now get random twitches all over but no weakness or anything. Your videos are now my go to videos to be calmed down again, sorry for going on but again just thank you, and also to some of the people commenting because some of your comments help too. ❤
Thank you. I’ve been down the rabbit hole myself and this helps. I have epilepsy and it and the meds I take to cause twitching and I never thought about it until I read about a hockey player dying from ALS and when I read about it my anxiety kicked and I now believed I had ALS because I read everything about it and kept feeding the monster. Anxiety is horrible thing to suffer with, even when you know your ok, you still keep having what if doubts and it’s hard to stay strong sometimes but you have too
I've been suffering from limb twitches for about 15 months and feared the worst. However, with no accompanying clinical weakness and a recent visit to a neurologist diagnosing BFS, the information you share here has been shown to be 100% correct! (At least in my case) Thank you, Charelle. This video should be viewed by anyone with muscle twitches.
I want to say thank you. I've been having a very tough day today, obsessing and going down a rabbit hole googling symptoms to the point I worked myself up into fight or flight, shaking and panicking. This video has put my mind to rest this evening. I'm sure I will still have bouts of this terrible anxiety but this is a step in the right direction.
same for me i have suffering of anxiety my whole life and recently i had big anxiety attack and i started having twitching and trembling everyday and then i started googling
@@suppernova1184 I've convinced myself that I have several neurological diseases by constantly Googling symptoms, and it's incredibly hard to break free from that mindset. However, when I'm deeply engrossed in a game or watching TV, I forget about everything and feel 'normal' again. Unfortunately, as soon as those thoughts creep back in, it triggers my anxiety all over again. I hope you're feeling better now though.
Have been struggling with this for awhile and had been listening to your channel for the past week. Thank you so much for the amazing advice and reassurance. ❤
Thank you for this. My calves and feet have been twitching non-stop for almost 4 months now. I'm getting an EMG in November to fully rule out ALS, but my neurologist believes I have benign fasiculation syndrome. I keep telling myself, "I don't have weakness", but then I'm like, but do I? So much anxiety around all. Hopefully that's all it is 🤞🙏
I’ve been struggling with health anxiety since November. I had a lot of symptoms that would last a month. I had dizziness, headaches, i convinced myself i had HIV, a brain tumor, etc. But now, for a month, i’ve been experiencing muscle twitches that are very fast and not repetitive, also I cannot see them, just feel them. It all started when my right thumb twitched and I felt weakness in my arms. It passed, but then, I started feeling these internal twitches and feeling a weird tightness in my right hand and wrist, muscle tension all over my body. I went through A LOT since November and i am hoping all of this is because of stress, the fear is really making my life a living hell everyday. I am 20 years old, and I am desperate!!!!
Thank you for this. I’m having terrible twitches, almost everywhere and I feel like I’m weak, but I’m not actually. I need to address my mental health which deep down I believe is causing 99% of any symptoms that I have.
@@salovel23 hey! Thanks so much for asking. It’s been a journey. Beginning of February I was put on medical leave due to my mental health and was finally put on some meds that have helped. It just took a while to find one that didn’t give me terrible side effects. I did a bunch of groups and individual therapy and I’m in a better place, but still deal with my anxiety everyday. And the twitches are still there but it’s much better than it was. How are you?
This is VERY Helpful. You described me to a tee. 8m always worrying especially since my grandmother had it and I watched her go through it. It was terrible
Hypochondria is so terrible. I don’t remember when it started showing up for me, but I’ve been aware of it now for at least four years. :( it got worse when I injured my knee.
I've been having muscle twitches for 5 months now, sometimes I feel odd muscles hard etc... life has been hell. I don't recall having any anxiety before.
Im 36, and have had muscle twitches for 7-8 months now off and on…ive gone down the rabbit hole a hundred times. It’s worse when im just sitting still (but that’s the only time I really notice it). It’s so frustrating. But I’ve had no other symptoms. Just random fasciculations all over at different times. It’s scary. I’m very active and have little kids and I just worry myself to death and can’t ever stop thinking about not being able to raise them. I was a pretty heavy drinker for a couple years (2020-2022-covid times). I quit drinking. My wife’s dad died in October of 2023, she was stressed and we stayed up late one night drinking (I drank way too much) and the onset of fasciculations started the next day and have been off and on ever since. I haven’t drank since, but it’s worried me so much. I am a high anxiety/anxious person and always have been without the best coping mechanisms(work more, work harder, workout more/harder, ect). I’ll just keep waiting and seeing if things get worse or better. They don’t affect my life, but they do cause more anxiety. I just stay busy and ignore them the most I can, but laying in bed at night and feeling them starts the cascade of worry all over, over and over again. Idk. Just wanna raise my kids and be there for them.
I appreciate this video so much. I'm 31 Male, caucasian Male. I have 100% visual atrophy of my left leg, HOWEVER, I have a confirmed a diagnosed herniated disk that shows this, further more this leg had clinical strength test from a physio not long after, very clear nerve and muscle damage from my sciatica. I broke up with my ex recently 2 months ago, I was going through the stresses of worrying about my liver. I am an alcoholic of 12-10 years, in the last 3 I went absolutely mental. One day while my ex was behind me in my bed, I was about 5 beers in and I was COVERED in itching and pin pricks and needles. Few days pass same symptoms, constant, and my nerve damaged leg starts kicking off, twitching more than it did when I had my last spell of sciatica. A month and a few weeks pass I start feeling really down, my muscles feel heavy my damaged leg is going crazy 24/7 twitching spasms and cramps, I google (worst idea ever) (potential MDN / ALS) I go hooooooly shiiiiiiit, my already stress filled life ramps up by 2000x. Some nights no sleep and symptoms got worse by 100x over the nights. The twitching hasn't completely stopped, but I'm calmer. I accepted that I have health anxiety, I kept trying to play games to take my mind off that wouldn't work but I noticed when I would sit down by the telly with my mother and talk all the symptoms would alleviate, that doesn't happen with ALS or / MDN, it's forever. Like you said about clinical weakness that was key in me learning that this isn't this super rare disease, even on my atrophied leg (from sciatica), I did self-tests as I knew before it's alot weaker than my right leg but I could calf raise without difficulty, raise my toes, raise my heel and hold balance on this particular beaten up leg for over 20s
I’ve had a twitching on the upper side of my right knee for over a week now. I’m absolutely convinced that I have ALS. I’ve had sleep paralysis before and the feeling of wanting to move but being unable to is horrifying. And sleep paralysis only last a few moments. I can’t imagine living with something like ALS.
I have the exact same symptoms, even the swallowing. I also decided I wouldn’t want to continue my life if I did have it. At 24 I have gotten a nerve conduction and EMG and they came back normal. Even after a second visit at the neurologist who said I do not have it, a trip to the rheumatologist today who asked if anyone besides my grandma (who died of ALS) had it and reignited my fears. I cry about it every day. After seeing it first hand, it’s absolutely terrifying
Same here been to the doctor twice says everything is fine but can’t get it out of my mind. Not sleeping appetite off and now I’ve got this post nasal drip going on which apparently is a symptom. Just a consuming rabbit hole.
at least you are brave enouhh to go to the doctors. I sm so anxious that I don‘t even want to go. I wake up every morning terrified not knowing if I am crazy anxious and therefore have all these symptoms or if I really have ALS. Can you explain what that nasal drip thing is? So far haven‘t heard about that one. At least I know I am not alone with my fears.😢
@@alexib2070 You are not alone I wake up every morning the same way. The post nasal is having to clear your throat often I’ve researched it could be anxiety related but when you’re down the ALS rabbit hole and read one thing about a certain symptom then it becomes a fixation. I’m here to talk to anytime we are both going through the same thing. Are you twitching?
@@captainbeyond7469Thanks for the reply. I have to often clear my throat. Slmetimes it‘s more anf sometimes less. I have muscle fasciculations all day, calves upper legs and arms. I don‘t think I have weakness in my muscles but really I don‘t know anymore. How about you? Why do you still think you have it?
@@alexib2070 Mine started at the beginning of February with an eye twitch which I still have also twitching in my calves and the soles of my feet. Doctor attributes it to anxiety I’m having a hard time believing because I’ve read that ALS can take up to a year to really show itself.
Thank God I found your channel as of lately I find my self twitching everywhere and had stopped for a couple of days then it comes back but for tends to be very small and in arms, legs, face. I started staring at my tounge and it just kills me inside being a hypochondriac!
Thanks so much for you beautiful advice. You’re a wonderful soul, trying to help other people calm their fears. I’ve been worrying about this for so long and you helped me. Keep it up :)
This really helped me, thanks. I have tons of health anxiety because I've had people close to me die. I also get caught up in reading about people dying from disease. But, if I'm not having the main symptoms, why am I worrying?
When i get really anxious i can barely talk, my tongue get pretty heavy and swallowing can get pretty heavy. Out of all the symptoms i have had, the new ones where pretty scary such as fatigue, twitching mainly clafs, paresthesya(pins and needles) hands and feet
have health anxiety and A.L.S is where my fear is focused, now I have muscle twitching all over, in my lip, my calves, my finger jerks and so on, I lift weights, work out with total gym and box with a bag, als is supposed to make you weak and I am not getting weak, I have lived with anxiety my whole life, I am also an army vet, I have benign essential tremor diagnosed a few years ago, I was evaluated a few years ago for als from a doctor who was an expert in the disease and he said I do not have it and I met the widow husband of someone who just died of als so you see where this is going, I was also diagnosed with pre diabetes so I have gone kind of keto and have been drinking decaf coffee to stay warm in the winter so I think I have an electrolyte imbalance or a little dehydration which I am correcting now with drinks, I would love to here your thoughts and thanks for this video
Wow! Amazing vid for me to watch - I feel I could have made it myself given EVERYTHING you mention I went through in 2006. I was utterly convinced I had the disease - to the point I had written farewell letters to all my friends and family (I still have them BTW), and I even packed clothes and toiletries when I visited my GP for the umpteenth time in a month, convinced I'd got so bad I would be admitted to hospital immediately. My only real 'symptom' was fasciculations in my calves. They were quite obvious and came out of nowhere - did not bother me at all UNTIL I did the stupid & googled things. From then I saw twitches in my tongue, I swore my arm muscles had shrivelled, I was certain I couldn't jump as high as you used to be able to. It was ridiculous in hindsight but not at all at the time. Of course my out of control anxiety DID start to manifest some physical effects. I didn't eat for a month and barely slept, so what happened? Yeah I lost a lot of weight and I looked awful. This just fed the fire. Personally I only recovered after seeing a neurologist and as Cherelle says - she pretty much told me within a minute I didn't have ALS. I still didn't believe her and so we went through the nerve conduction tests to prove to me I was okay. I left that appointment with the most serene and joyful feeling ever - BUT within a week or do doubts crept back in. Finally the only way my eyes were truly opened was through anti-anxiety medication. I know it's not for all but it really did help me. Oh and to end my story - my calves still fasciculate regularly and often. 18 years later. I am happy, healthy, and I don't know why it happens, but clearly it can be for completely benign reasons. Take care everyone ❤ and well done on a very relatable and helpful video Cherelle.
I have had twitching and pain in my calfs and the pain is so bad I can't stand. It's hard to not think about it when it's to painful to leave your bed and be occupied with normal things in life.
I’ve had a twitch in the arch of my left foot for almost nine months now. I think I’m on top of the anxiety and I’m doing better and then will have a bad day where the twitch is nonstop for hours and each passing moment feels like a death toll. I hate it so much. Thank you for the reminders. I needed it badly today
@@KyzerGB yes. It feels like the muscles are quivering even if it’s not a full on twitch. I recently started cutting out all caffeine from my died and I have noticed and improvement but it hasn’t gone away entirely.
@@KyzerGB the only thing I was on that was different was a low dose of lexapro. I was on it three months. The month I weaned off of it, the twitching started
@@everbejoyful This could be the reason why. I've been on amitriptyline and citalopram. But have been on amitriptyline for few years now, As Dr's always think that's the answer . 😠 Have a look into glutathione iv which can help rid toxins out system when the body can't because its all out of wack .
I had twitching first on right thumb and dr DID susoect als but emg was normal. She still insisted it could be als and I should do emg again in several months. That was 6 years ago. I also had twitched in both thumbs many times and I can even trigger them! I also had them in both quads, both triceps, on tongue(!!!!!!), face, stomach and lots of places. Although it happened many times I am STILL scared I have it. Especially when I see and feel it on tongue which is the scariest. But it hapoens on and off for years now. It's horrible amxiety that never stops.
Interesting that your doctor would jump to that conclusion so fast. Doesn’t seem consistent in how neurologist tackle problems. Or, was this your primary who thought this?
@@EricStorm23 it was neurologist. She poked my hands and they were twitching and she concluded that "doesn't look good". She literally said she saw such twitches in ms or als. I was horrified. Later it was discovered that I had extensive tendonitia of all tendons in both arms and that is why it was twitching so badly. And mg deficiency. Dr shouldn't give such devastating diagnosis so easily.
@@biljam972 I agree. That should not be on the table for twitching alone. I’m sorry but that’s a bad neuro. Also, you only need 1 EMG. No such thing as early EMG once symptoms begin. No need to repeat. Sorry you went through that.
Before I found out I actually had Lyme disease, ALS was in my mind of course. I had twitching and leg weakness. I wish I would’ve found this back then. It would’ve saved me a lot of tears and anxiety
I currently fear that I developed peripheral neuropathy from an antibiotic that may cause this in very, very rare cases. I read this and my anxiety sprialed out of control. I stopped taking the antibiotic but I now experience tingling, pins and needles and all that in my hands. I am just now opening up to the idea that this may „just“ be from the constant panicking and hyperfocus on my hands. I don‘t even remember what my normal hands feel like, and it has only been a week. I have a long history of health anxiety, conversion disorder and depression. I am gonna see a neurologist next week. But if my nerves turn out objectively fine, I hope to let it go. Thank you for doing those vids, they help me through the current tough days❤
I am currently dealing with this!!! I started having calf and foot cramps a month ago and twitching in my thumb and small finger of my right hand. It’s SO stressful!!! Doing a lot of praying and listen to worship music to clear my mind!!!
Amazing to hear! I'm going on almost 3 weeks not. Exactly your symptoms! I've been so scared and I'm a believer in Christ too! I'm alone with two small kids, and I'm all they have, so need to be strong for them... Thank you for this comment, and may God bless you richly and keep you, in Jesus name I pray 🙏🕊️🙏😊@@cherylcampbell693
Thanks for the helping words. I guess I have health anxiety. Even if it is mild I google stuff too much for no good reason and visit the doctor for small things
Started having horrible twitches, but then remembered im been in a severe state of anxiety and have been laying around for more than 4 months, ofc im gonna be weaker in muscles :)
Hi im going through it right now im weak in my kegs now for 2 months and started twitching 2 months as well my leg weakness is really making ne nervous googling symptoms and it says als i convinced my self but last month i went to my dr he took a regular test in his office and said he doesn't think i have als but in my mind i convinced myself I have it im making my self sick over this but this video is helping
So basically with als the twitches follow after clinical weakness? My calves have been twitching for a week now driving me crazy! Glad I found your video
I have read all the comments on this vedio and i think I should also share how I feel so it all started 1 month ago i started having twitches in my head legs calves stomach arms neck basically everywhere Now the main thing which I am concerned about is the twitches in my head and at the back of my neck and my back as well I also feel warm blood rushing from my brain towards my back with tingling sensation stiffness in neck and tingling
Mine comes with my ledt arm feeling fatigue faster and burning faster which gets me in a "the weakness is setting in" zone nevermind ive probably already been flexing subconsciously and using my left to do heavy lifting to see if I'm getting weaker. Thank you so much for this
Im currently in this hell. I've never had health anxiety but began twitching last year and the first thing that comes up in Google is ALS. After cutting down on coffee the twitches slowly vanish. A few months ago I developed an ankle injury and it's Just just hanging on. Now Im more anxious than ever. I wish the anxiety would just stop.
Struggling with this now and to top it off I’ve had a bump above my ankle for about 8 years and I keep thinking that is related also I got a horrible foot toe crank the other day and left my nerves on my feet buzzing when I took my ankle freaking out can someone reassured me I’m also very scared to go to dr and check it out
Thank you for this video. I have twitches mostly in my right hand and there is a postural tremor in the fingers in a certain position, too. But there is no weakness. Can I calm down now?
I have twitching under the rib on the left side. have read that rectus abdominis fasciculations are a red flag. i'm a little flatter there compared to the left side but don't know if that's new. did you also have twitches in this area?
It’s so weird, I have had for 1 week, weird feeling in my right foot, like the foot is not mine when I’m walking, or a weird feeling compared to the left foot, but no clinical weakness or foot drop, I can perform all the things that my neuro said that I should be able to do. And today ofc the twitching have started. Is anyone else feeling same at things as me? Also one finger feels stiffer then the others.. so worried about als
I’m currently going through this I started twitching in my eye lid then my arm then leg now my feet and occasionally my head and I went down the rabbit hole and I get better for a couple hours then I crash again I went to the ER and they said my symptoms seem like stress and my inhaler because of my asthma but even though I get that reassurance I still think bad even though they took my blood and did a test they said it all seemed great I still panic
My muscles are jerking, my shoulder, my legs.. not twitching its like just randomly jerking but it only happens while laying down if im up and about it doesn't happen nd now im scared i have also smh i went down a rabbit hole
Like when u watch videos of als its like happening inside of the muscle nd u see it twitch througb the skin.. my actual body part is just jerkin.. like my right leg will move a little bit when it jerks.. i noticed me focusing on it makes it worse and only happens when layin down i was out nd about today and not one jerk. Soon as i lay down bam the jerkin happens nd i feel like i feel it happening from my brain to ea muscle that jerks its weird idk
Just a tad late in the comments, but I’ve had twitching all over my body since when I was around 13 ( it was just a toe twitch back then) and now I’m 54 and still going strong. So in my case what is it? Too much caffeine? Too little magnesium?
I have a really small atrophy on my right leg for no reason and mild tightness once in a while I didn't have any injury on that leg I don't know what this is 😭 I don't have anything else yet
i will be sitting fine & then suddenly i start feeling like my body or my head is moving forth & back , its just like a movement which leave on the trees make. i make myself pretty sure about the fact that i may have Htn now atm! & then when i eat something spicy i am convinced that my bp might shoot & i may have a stroke and this was my last meal maybe! pls help me are those all symptom’s anxiety or moving of body a little bit forth and back is normal?
Cherelle is teaching us to sit with the symptoms and not seek reassurance. The more you ask if your symptoms are normal, the more your anxiety heightens.
as someone who is dx as an als patient. this is not correct. my speech was effected and i didnt have muscle weakness for 2 years. you dont all of a sudden have the inability to walk or pick something up. many times breast cancer is not painful....u need to do more research
Hi all, I am 39 years male. 8 months back my neck flexures went very weak and I had been doing neck flexures excercises to fix them. I had been feeling trouble in my speaking & chewing food since last few weeks. When I visited ENT last week, he told to see nuero as he feels may be my tongue is getting wasted a bit. My speech is not slurred though. The tongue was actually fluctuating a lot - I saw the twitching for the first time. The next day I visited nuerologist (my tongue was not twitching that time), he saw my tongue and told nothing to worry. He had been my nuero since 1 year and has conducted NCV test & EMG test 5 months back which were normal. I was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy back then. After visiting my nuero, my tongue again started twitching the next day. I am dreading if its ALS???? I have no limb weakness or any other symptom. Please help.
i've been dealing with this now for 1 month.. started when i suddenly lost my falsetto voice, so then i thought hmm weird, maybe i'll try vocal rest, did that for 2 weeks, nothing changed and now i struggled to swallow my own saliva and today i got twitches in my lips and face.. i've had this fear before as u said. but now i feel like i cant swallow properly and its been 2 months now and i still don't have my falsetto voice back.. and im a singer so i know how to use it, its just not there. and i never did anything to damage my vocal cords either, so now im feeling like i have als..
Could be a number of things. I also have some swallowing issues. Like the muscles suddenly feel thick and they don't seem to move right to help me when I'm eating or drinking. ..... my hands are stiff more now and pinkies don't move the same. This all within last month. ALL I can think of is ALS!!! I'm almost convinced. Doc said he doesn't believe so... but he said that even after I told him my symptoms which perfectly match ALS. ..... so I am afraid and I KNOW it could be many other things. Parkinsons....M.S. .... BFS....all similar ...or nothing! So I'm with you there.
@@Sindre5 i am doing so much better. My ringing seems a tiny bit worse and higher pitched but that could be me noticing it more since I'm coming off Gabapentin. Idk. All I know is I am mentally managing and surviving. And that's what I will continue to do. I have good days and bad. Some I don't even notice it even though I can hear it CONSTANTLY. Sounds crazy but Tinnitus is crazy.
