Thumb twitching

[laine2018]

About 2 weeks ago i developed a thumb twitch in my dominant hand. For the first few days it was relentless. And it has since slowed down. If i clench my thumb and finger together it makes the twitch happen. I made the mistake of googling. And finding ALS as a cause. I have convinced myself my hand now doesn't function like it used to. I believe cause i am hyperfocused on it. I have cut out all caffeine for a week, upped my water intake, proper sleep, vitamins.. etc and had false hope it would go away. Im on a bad rabbit hole for fear of ALS. How long is too long for a twitch? Should i be afraid of it being ALS... its ruining my life.

[Midnight-mouse]

My husband and I have competitions with how long our twitches last, if I get one in my eye or hand he knows he’s lost! I have had them for easily a month before, but normally they can be a couple of weeks.

Everyone gets twitches, his are fun to watch because they are super visible. Most of mine (other than hands and eyes - those are funny) aren’t that spectacular but last an age!


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[ankietyjoe]

Thumb twitching is completely normal with anxiety.

It's the Googling that's 'ruining your life', not the twitch :winks:

[pb]

I’ve got this at the moment, but I have also had it in the past and it has always gone eventually. I think it might be caused by over use or stretching.

[laine2018]

I’ve got this at the moment, but I have also had it in the past and it has always gone eventually. I think it might be caused by over use or stretching.

I was just out in bright sunlight and could see tiny ones happening that i couldnt even feel... that has really freaked me out. I am in a bad spiral.

[laine2018]

I was just out in the bright sunlight and could see tons of little ones happening that i couldnt feel. Now im really freaking out and in a bad spiral. I hate HA .

[BlueIris]

My thumb twitches all the time.

[laine2018]

Its the ones i cant feel but can see in super bright light that are now concerning me. I must of read somewhere that ALS ones.. sometimes are unseen until a light is on them

[laine2018]

Do you think there is a time frame where i should be concerned of how long it goes for? It flared back up yesterday really bad. So easily 3 weeks now

[ThrowawayLurker]

My husband and I have competitions with how long our twitches last, if I get one in my eye or hand he knows he’s lost! I have had them for easily a month before, but normally they can be a couple of weeks.

Everyone gets twitches, his are fun to watch because they are super visible. Most of mine (other than hands and eyes - those are funny) aren’t that spectacular but last an age!

What an amazing attitude! I love it!

[jojo2316]

I’ve had a thumb twitch for nearly two months once.