Muscle twitching

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wintersocks
wintersocks Member Posts: 922
edited October 2019 in Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned

Hi I have developed muscle twitching in the arm, thumb and thigh for about 4 weeks now and it's increasing to different areas. I know this can be a sign of too high calcium which can be a sign of bone mets, cos Dr Google tells me.

Any one else has this and I wonder if I should see a GP?

Thanks


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  • DATNY
    DATNY Member Posts: 358
    edited October 2019

    Muscle twitching was what prompted my to seek medical help 11 years ago. It started in the thumb and spread everywhere. Testing showed I had Hashimoto. Got treated for it, but muscle twitching did not go away. I was then evaluated for ALS, and then settle on benign fasciculation syndrome diagnosis. I learned how live with it and did for long time. Nowadays, two years after cancer treatment they are gone.

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  • wallycat
    wallycat Member Posts: 3,227
    edited October 2019

    Stress is huge for causing fasciculations (twitching).

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  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 5,109
    edited October 2019

    I would get to the bottom of it and see your GP.

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  • wintersocks
    wintersocks Member Posts: 922
    edited October 2019

    DATNY your description of the twitches sounds exactly like what i am having now and mine started in my thumb too on my left hand especially when relaxed. I read up on Hashimotos and it definitely sounds like a possibility for me. Thanks for taking the time to flag this.

    Wally cat - Ah yes, stress I definitely have that in spades mostly caused by the antics of my now 22 year old son.

    KBee- yes I have an appointment to see my GP but not until the 26th and that was pre booked for something else. guess I will have to decide which is disease is a priority!.

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  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 5,109
    edited October 2019

    wintersocks, can you message your GP to let him/her know?

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  • wintersocks
    wintersocks Member Posts: 922
    edited October 2019

    Kbee

    It's absolutely impossible to get GP appointments within a month here in Britain as the NHS is in a dire state at the moment. we have no way of contacting a GP by email. I will just have to wait until the 26th. My thumb has been going crazy tonight!

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  • DATNY
    DATNY Member Posts: 358
    edited October 2019

    wintersocks, you are welcome! Quick question, do you take enough calcium? As I said, my muscle twitching is gone now, but I am on 1000 mg of calcium per day and 5000 Ui vitamin d have been so for one year for osteoporosis.

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  • wallycat
    wallycat Member Posts: 3,227
    edited October 2019

    Magnesium can calm twitching...but it can cause diarrhea.

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  • wintersocks
    wintersocks Member Posts: 922
    edited October 2019

    DATNY

    Thanks for this reminder i am prescribed calc and vit D *as I am a Coeliac also. I do forget to take it, perhaps I should re start it. Walllycat I will look in to magnesium also.

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited October 2019

    My muscle twitching/cramping is largely relieved by magnesium. I use several forms of magnesium since sometimes one (e.g., carbonate) works and sometimes citrate works, etc.

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