Pride before the fall... relapse the day after I share how I finally won.

[sTeaLth 239]

Ironic isn’t it? I went to a counselor on monday to talk about how to handle anger and frustrations with my kids. I was VERY nervous about the appointment for some reason. The morning of the appointment, I woke up with severe anxiety like I hadn’t felt in over a month. That day I had twitching all over my body again. First time that’s happened since I kicked all of my ALS fears in early December. After the appointment, which wasn’t a big deal, the anxiety vanished again. The twitching has slowly lessened again over the last two days since the appointment. Today was my first day back to work following a work trip last week out of state. Today I felt some twitching, though it was random and intermittent. It didn’t really bother me too much. My mind has accepted that ALS is very unlikely so now my mind is grabbing onto MS as the cause. My feet have also been having some sharp tingles every now and then starting today and I’ve become way too focused on it. I sit at a desk most of the time and I can’t help but think the anxiety attack on monday, stress from travel and family, being back at work for the first time in a while, and sitting at a desk all day is causing these tingles and freaking me out. I’ve even felt junk like this on occasion many times before. It’s so easy to fall back into this anxiety trap and I’m doing my best to stay out before I tail spin. I could feel those familiar fear strings tugging at my mind a little earlier and I’d rather keep that crap at bay. Thoughts?  Thanks guys. 

[Holls 1505]

9 minutes ago, sTeaLth said:

Ironic isn’t it? I went to a counselor on monday to talk about how to handle anger and frustrations with my kids. I was VERY nervous about the appointment for some reason. The morning of the appointment, I woke up with severe anxiety like I hadn’t felt in over a month. That day I had twitching all over my body again. First time that’s happened since I kicked all of my ALS fears in early December. After the appointment, which wasn’t a big deal, the anxiety vanished again. The twitching has slowly lessened again over the last two days since the appointment. Today was my first day back to work following a work trip last week out of state. Today I felt some twitching, though it was random and intermittent. It didn’t really bother me too much. My mind has accepted that ALS is very unlikely so now my mind is grabbing onto MS as the cause. My feet have also been having some sharp tingles every now and then starting today and I’ve become way too focused on it. I sit at a desk most of the time and I can’t help but think the anxiety attack on monday, stress from travel and family, being back at work for the first time in a while, and sitting at a desk all day is causing these tingles and freaking me out. I’ve even felt junk like this on occasion many times before. It’s so easy to fall back into this anxiety trap and I’m doing my best to stay out before I tail spin. I could feel those familiar fear strings tugging at my mind a little earlier and I’d rather keep that crap at bay. Thoughts?  Thanks guys. 

It's just a small set back. You will pull out of it. When I had my als fear I thought I got over it then my husband and I went on a mini trip and I was very anxious to be away from the kids and while away a cyst I had for a few years burst and got infected..well my twitches came back fierce along with buzzing band vibrating muscles. Well my als fears went out of hand and I was deep in the hole. I'm glad you can see that your anxiety is at play here. Stay strong, journal through it. Hugs. 

And it's not MS. It's anxiety and expect these set backs to bring twitches for awhile. .. i rarely get them anymore even with high anxiety. But they also don't scare me anymore. 

[emma2 33]

I know exactly how you feel. I was doing so well since like November. I had occasional worries but nothing serious. I hate feeling like I’m slowly going back to my old ways. I’ve been feeling some tingling in my hands and every time it happens I just wanna cry. So frustrating.

[sTeaLth 239]

1 minute ago, emma2 said:

I know exactly how you feel. I was doing so well since like November. I had occasional worries but nothing serious. I hate feeling like I’m slowly going back to my old ways. I’ve been feeling some tingling in my hands and every time it happens I just wanna cry. So frustrating.

That’s what I feel in my feet and legs tonight. Random and just small pings. I’m so focused on it I’m sure that’s why it is continuing. The twitching is basically gone again and last time it persisted as I focused on it. So dumb. 

[PennyPanic 276]

Been there done that and it's to be expected. Even when I think I'm not anxious I think I am subconsciously anxious so any little thing can set it off. This is just a small bump in the road. Bumpy roads happen from time to time...but you know you can get passed it. You got this.

[Sharon65 2]

On 1/23/2019 at 8:28 PM, sTeaLth said:

Ironic isn’t it? I went to a counselor on monday to talk about how to handle anger and frustrations with my kids. I was VERY nervous about the appointment for some reason. The morning of the appointment, I woke up with severe anxiety like I hadn’t felt in over a month. That day I had twitching all over my body again. First time that’s happened since I kicked all of my ALS fears in early December. After the appointment, which wasn’t a big deal, the anxiety vanished again. The twitching has slowly lessened again over the last two days since the appointment. Today was my first day back to work following a work trip last week out of state. Today I felt some twitching, though it was random and intermittent. It didn’t really bother me too much. My mind has accepted that ALS is very unlikely so now my mind is grabbing onto MS as the cause. My feet have also been having some sharp tingles every now and then starting today and I’ve become way too focused on it. I sit at a desk most of the time and I can’t help but think the anxiety attack on monday, stress from travel and family, being back at work for the first time in a while, and sitting at a desk all day is causing these tingles and freaking me out. I’ve even felt junk like this on occasion many times before. It’s so easy to fall back into this anxiety trap and I’m doing my best to stay out before I tail spin. I could feel those familiar fear strings tugging at my mind a little earlier and I’d rather keep that crap at bay. Thoughts?  Thanks guys. 

The tingling is very much a response to anxiety. Its your fight or flight response. I know this for a fact as I had it 20 years ago and assumed it was some rare autoimmune disease. Your blood vessels constrict and then release and the blood flow gives you that tingly feeling