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Soda 08-29-2012 07:12 PM

Who has muscle twitches?? Please respond!
 
I'm new here, my neuro said that she's 99% sure I have MG. waiting for blood test results.. Who has muscle twitches & how often?? I have droopy eyelid & tiredness issues and had a horribly weak neck for a month But I'm just kinda afraid & want your opinion while I wait.. Any comments appreciated! Thanks!

bny806 08-29-2012 08:39 PM

I am not diagnosed with MG (though every muscle is weak and i have droopy eyelids, double vision etc.. esp with heat and at the end of the day).. I have a diagnosis of CIDP, though it is atypical.. I have twitched for 4 years, never thought twice about it until i got weak all over, then i was officially freaked out! every single muscle in my body twitches, though the IVIG helps tremendously with that . good luck!

southblues 08-29-2012 08:59 PM

I have had some muscle twitches for sure. I am seronegative, but my doctor is sure that it is MG.
So if he is right, I have it.

StephC 08-29-2012 09:07 PM

I am not yet confirmed via testing but believed to have MG. I have had twitches mostly in lower legs for at least 6 years

southblues 08-29-2012 10:10 PM

Dang. Everything that goes wrong with me seems to be MG related.

Soda 08-29-2012 10:35 PM

Why are you guys all undiagnosed??? Is the testing not so clear??

catie 08-29-2012 10:47 PM

I'm a twitcher too!
 
I'm seronegative, though my neurologist is confident that I have MG. My twitching/fasciculations occur mostly in my legs and seem to be more prominent when my legs are fatigued. My neurologist can't really explain why it happens but thinks that it is related to the myasthenia.

Mestinon will make the twitching worse; my twitching started about a year after my other symptoms (double vision, weakness) started. I didn't start taking mestinon until about 6 years after the twitching started.

Cate

Soda 08-30-2012 09:42 AM

Hmmmm, I don't have double vision, I just have crappy vision!! The heat makes me wanna sleep & I can't take hot showers for very long at all, I have passed completely out on 5 occasions. Now I've leaned to open the door & cool the water down. But that has only been in the shower. I can still do everything, other than being tired & that my eye is droopy & occasional weakness in a localized spot you wouldn't think anything is wrong with me other than I complain about it!! I guess I've had some sensory issues but that's about it..

wgreen19 08-30-2012 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soda (Post 910004)
I'm new here, my neuro said that she's 99% sure I have MG. waiting for blood test results.. Who has muscle twitches & how often?? I have droopy eyelid & tiredness issues and had a horribly weak neck for a month But I'm just kinda afraid & want your opinion while I wait.. Any comments appreciated! Thanks!

I have just been diagnosed by my Neurologist at Shands, though all my tests were negative. He put me on Mestinon and that has greatly improved my conditions, though it still wears off just before taking the next pill. He increased it to my taking 90 mg ever 4 hours. Seeing him again next Wednesday.

Yes, have muscle twitching, droopy eyelids, sore neck, double vision, FATIGUE, and sore muscles in legs. I've also been diagnosed with having Sensory Neuropothy.

Kage12 08-30-2012 07:29 PM

Twitchiness can also be caused by too high of a dose of mestinon. If it is wearing off before the next dose, you need to move the dose, not take more. If it isn't strong enough, then that's different.

I am seropositive for MG. I have had too much mestinon and the typical indicator is lots of twitching, esp the eyes and face. But I do still have other twitches, with the larger muscles, like down my side. Those are for no good reason, other than MG. :-) Hope that helps.


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