Muscle Twitching/Fasciculations

Hi All,

I have seen some posts where people mention muscle twitching as a symptom of their MS, and was wondering if it is something a lot of people suffer with? I know it isn’t a typical MS symptom but curious to hear of anyone’s experiences with twitching.

For me, I started noticing persistent twitches in my left arm and right leg about 2 weeks after initially having altered sensations in both limbs. The numb feeling has since gone away, but have been twitching non stop for about 6-8 weeks now. The twitching has spread to both legs now and generally affects the calf muscles, but the twitches sporadically happen elsewhere.

My left arm was the worse for a while, my whole tricep would twitch away all day… Weirdly the twitching moved up into my armpit over the course of a week or 2 and then disappeared, which was a relief, only for the twitching to now be in my right tricep!

I do get random twitches all over my body, and for a week or so I had one in my chest, which felt like heart palpitations, not fun. But the legs and arm seem to just twitch away all day.

I am not diagnosed yet, but have Neuro/EMG appt. next week. Had a clear Brain MRI so far.

hi chris

make sure you tell the neuro next week.

they piece all the info together like a jigsaw puzzle.

good luck with the appointment

carole x

What was your diagnosis just Chris? I have muscle twitching continuously. I have been diagnosed with mononeuritis multiplex

Hi there, no diagnosis… still just twitching away!

Thankfully EMG was fine & nothing on the MRI. Decided to leave it be for the time being, but the twitching has been continuous ever since. Although just about to get back in contact with my Neurologist as other symptoms have flared up recently.

I had a pronounced twitch on my upper lip.

looked like Elvis!

Didn’t last long thankfully!

Haha yes that would be annoying! The most consistent one I have to date is the end of my nose (I even had to check there were even muscles in there), such a weird feeling.