Lana
22-03-23, 17:01
Hello all, I know this is not a new topic for anyone here, and I myself had horrible twitching under one eye, and then randomly everywhere in August and September 2021. My doctor diagnosed me as BFS , and told me it is anxiety and stress. I trusted him, and obviously more than a year past, and all of that stopped. Recently, however, I had a lot of anxiety and stress, since I had to have a mammogram ( all fine), and then annual Pap+HPV, the results of which I am still waiting for, although my gyno doctor told me based on the past , I am a very low risk at this point. But, my anxiety is still very high, and I am obsessing over various physical things, and then yesterday my left thumb started either shaking ( tremor) or twitching. I am not sure how to call it, because it does not feel like real twitching, but it is also not a tremor per se - it is almost like involuntary movement when I relax my left hand. Like the thumb would literally move back and forth for a few seconds and then it stops. If I flex it, it does not do that.
I had EMG about three years ago, and was officially diagnosed with carpal tunnel in both arms and hands, although I knew before that that I had it. But this thumb movement is not familiar to me, and I also have intensified tingling and some numbness in that hand. That arm I had recently X-rayed because of some weird pain/sensation, but that X ray was normal. Then from that, it sort of proceeded to this renewed tingling/buzzing and thumb moving on its own.
I would like to see if any of you guys had it ( involuntary movement )?
Shall I just wait for my Pap results ( which is still scaring me to wait for), and try to calm down. Or, is this something that would be worth asking my doctor?
Again - mentally in a sort of bad place for a few months now , OCD raging, a lot of anxiety...
Thank you ,
Lana
I had EMG about three years ago, and was officially diagnosed with carpal tunnel in both arms and hands, although I knew before that that I had it. But this thumb movement is not familiar to me, and I also have intensified tingling and some numbness in that hand. That arm I had recently X-rayed because of some weird pain/sensation, but that X ray was normal. Then from that, it sort of proceeded to this renewed tingling/buzzing and thumb moving on its own.
I would like to see if any of you guys had it ( involuntary movement )?
Shall I just wait for my Pap results ( which is still scaring me to wait for), and try to calm down. Or, is this something that would be worth asking my doctor?
Again - mentally in a sort of bad place for a few months now , OCD raging, a lot of anxiety...
Thank you ,
Lana