Posted by: Mick on: 1 May 2008
I’ve got this muscle twitch on the inside of my elbow on my left arm.
*twitch*
It sometimes randomly twitches by itself
*twitch twitch*
Sometimes it even goes crazy and twitches non-stop for about a minute.
*twitch twitch twitch twitch twitch twitch twitch twitch*
It annoys the crap out of me. One time, I had this twitch in my right arm at the same time as I had my eyes dilated and was in a dark room in a laser eye surgery room.
I became so annoyed and focussed on the twitch that I think I had some sort of panic attack. My ears were ringing. I sweated profusely and my eyes became blurry.
That was the last time I’ve had one of those episodes, but I’ll never forget it.
Every time I get a twitch it’s the same thing. It stays for a day or so and then goes away, only to pop up somewhere else a week or so later.
I really wish I could just poke it out with a fork to stop it sometimes.
….
Does anyone else get this?
What’s it called in medical terms?
It’s called “eat a damn banana.”
You’re probably low in potassium.
I get them in my eyelid sometimes, and different spots on my arm.
I’ve found that if I move it stops, so I keep still and just enjoy the weird sensation
)
Note: NOT IN A WEIRD WAY!
I didn’t know about the banana thing.
Happens to me sometimes, I just figure it’s early-onset Parkinson’s disease
1 May 2008 at 4:51 pm
Muscle fasciculation. Or just plain old twitching. But fasciculation is a much more cool word hehehe.
Try saying that 5 times fast lol.
Usually caused by stress but if you drink a lot of caffeine (coffee, tea, coke) then cut back n they will prolly go away.
More here: http://www.healthline.com/adamcontent/muscle-twitching?utm_term=twitch&utm_medium=mw&utm_campaign=article