Twitching Shoulder: What's Going On?

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Just thought I'd post, rather than googling "shoulder twitches" which is what I want to do. But, I know that won't help in anyway. I had three random twitches yesterday morning in my left shoulder and had this just full feeling in my left shoulder all day (is it twitching or what, just a funny feeling). Then I was feeling like I was having twitches in the evening, but I couldn't tell if it was just my pulse because the more I panic the stronger my pulse seems to be. Last night I was up at 3:00 AM the rest of the night analyzing whether my shoulder was twitching or not. Running to the mirror, looking at my shoulder and arm to see if I can see twitches. Doing handstands and seeing how long I can hold them. It was a crazy night, definitely a set back.I don't know why I can't just take all the logical stuff and two doctor's opinions that everything is okay. Back in my googling days, I found three disturbing posts (one on this forum) that just stay lodged in my brain and cause me to focus on my shoulder. I've been in this state of anxiety since early March and things have been getting better, but I just can't seem to latch onto the fact that I WILL twitch. I have an appointment with the neurologist in two weeks to go over sleep clinic results, but I feel like calling a doctor today. I wish I would have pushed for the EMG. I wonder if I could get an appointment with my PCP this morning. This stinks...I know what I should do. Try to push the twitching from my mind, exercise, do some yoga, pray, journal and get on with life...Easier said than done!Thanks for your reassurance and all the great posts.
 
HI there, so what if your shoulder twitches?? Mine started in my shoulder and then moved to everyplace else. It has been almost 9 months and my twitches are basically in remission now. They have been replaced by buzzing and sporadic muscle pain. grrrr....Try not to focus on any one area. The twitches will move from place to place. It doesn't matter if it is your calf, your arm, your shoulder, your eye, or whatever. They are random. A twitch is a twitch is a twitch....and they are benign. As you know the anixety just amps them all up.Please try and relax and we are all here if you need us :)Linda
 
Thank you so much. I'm a little bit better.I'm just disappointed that I'm having such a significant setback after my attitude was so much better. I did get an appointment with my PCP again today. He is SO kind. He wants to increase to 100 mg zoloft and he assured me I don't have ALS, but he thinks part of my treatment (emotional/mental) may be to hear it from an expert. He referred me to a neurologist (he doesn't know I saw one on my own last week). Well, I'm going to insist on an EMG at this one, because I'm one of those OCD/hard cases that needs the extra push. Thanks for listening...
 
Has your doctor considered Zoloft possibly exacerbating your fasciculations? I take Paxil, which is also an SSRI, and when I went from 20 mg to 30 mg my twitching increased (I also started having less anxiety about them though).
 

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