retrospective

i posted this same post on the weekend in the teen health section and havent recieved a reply yet, i realise i may be being impatient but i really need some help as with each passing day i find myself becoming more angry and bitter because the twitching is making me depressed... anyway yeah i asked for a mod to delete my thread in teen health, but it hasnt been deleted yet, so sorry for breaking the rules, but im reposting here as it seems theres more of a likelihood of getting a reponse in this section.

i am a 17 year old male who has suffered quite frequent twitches in various parts of my body for coming up to a year now. the seriousness of it remained on the same relatively low frequency as when i first experienced it, for a while. but this year ive been experiencing twitching more regularly than before and over the last week or so it seems to be even more often - from soon after i wake up til i go to bed, with brief respites in the day when my mind is completely taken off the thought of the twitching.

generally i tend to find myself twitching when i am (even just slightly) uncomfortable (both physically uncomfortable in a supposedly relaxed position & uncomfortable in certain surroundings and in the company of others). also when i am very intoxicated with thc (weed) and sometimes alcohol. the twitching i experience could probably be noticible to others, in that it the individual twitches will move a part of my body momentarily (both legs sometimes, though usually just a single area of my body - foot/leg/arm/torso/hand). the twitches arent painful, just annoying and it becomes very difficult to relax completely unless my mind is completely off the matter. the twitching is seemingly random, sometimes ill feel twitches in one area, followed almost immediately by one in another area and that followed by another in another area. or sometimes itll be every say.. 5 seconds in random areas for a random of period of time.. sometimes 5 minutes, sometimes ages). the twitches are completely involuntary, and often in a period when i try to stop them they get more frequent. eventually they subside.

the following is a summary of aspects of my life that may be useful for determining the cause and remedy of my symptoms, if personal details are irrelavent for cases of twitching then feel free to skip the next paragraph...

i have drunk alcohol and smoked dope for a number of years, as well as munched the occasional mushroom and within the last 8 (or so) months have taken certain harder drugs such as ecstacy, acid, speed. i dont do any sports and may get too little exercise for, especially, a growing teenager. but i am not overweight, in fact im a slim, slightly toned person, and used to regularly play football (around 2 years ago). i eat regularly and have a considerably good diet (no macdonalds etc, pretty rounded meal every evening except in occasional circumstances). im not a shy person (or at least i wasnt; lately ive found myself feeling less confident as well as generally doubting myself. all this i attributed to the effects of teenage hormones and natural teenage mentality, but im beginning to worry that the way im feeling at the mo as a teenager will embed itself in my psyche, and growing into an adult i will retain this lack of confidence etc.. anyway thats not what wrote this post to discuss, thats just teenage angst) i was perhaps overly confident for a period of about 6 months over the course of the first half of last year, but with the ensuing drop in confidence combined with the increasing regularity of the twitches, i have experienced a loss in ability to maintain interesting conversation and all the usual things unconfident people dont have the self-belief to.. well, believe they can do. i think all this has affected my posture, and i have also more recently noticed on occasions, the twitching of the left-hand corner of my left eye.
i am quite a stressed person; i didnt enjoy much of secondary school, during which time i experienced a young persons version of depression, but then when i went to college (september 2003) i regained confidence. the first year and half of college, ignoring the natural teenage disposition for disliking the learning process and ones elders and teachers, it was pretty much an enjoyable time. more recently ive found it difficult to have motivation to work and have lost any interest in my subjects (as have all my friends), and that topped by the looming a-level exams, i have once again become very stressed with that area of my life.

i am becoming increasingly concerned as its quite scary facing up to the fact that i might have a regular twitch for the rest of my life, and so i would really apreciate any help and advice anyone could suggest to relieve this grrr-ingly annoying phsyical defect. oh and i apologise for the length of this post!

p.s could a mod please delete the old thread ([url]http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?p=1643254#post1643254[/url]) i dont wanna be breaking any rules!