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Peroneal neuropathy, fasciculations - depression?

Hello,
  About 15 months ago my left foot lose strength and started falling down. It didnt happen suddenly because i experienced a weakness in left toe much earlier - i cant tell you that exactly when but it was rather a long pierod of time (3 months for sure, maybe a year or more - i dont really dont know when but i remember that i noticed it much earlier). So about 15 months ago the proggression (foot drop), paresthesias, numbness, tingling, sensory loss occured. My physican wanted me to be examinated by a neuro. Neuro described me Nivalin 10x injections, cocarboxylasum, diplopor(?), vit. b12. After injections i got Neurex (1 month). Paresthesias and the rest disappeard, so i started rehabiliation. After a month i recovered about 90% foot  and 70% toe strength. I have to add that im 23 years old now.
3 months ago I noticed paresthesias(month) and little strength loss again. Sensory loss still presents on the top of my toe and about 1 cm below. The strength diminished to 80% in my feet and about 40% in my toe. No proggression was noticed till today.
In both cases problems occured after long-term sessions in the front of my monitor (12-14 hours a day for 2-3 weeks, my desk is narrow, i often sit in weird positions with my legs crossed, with my knee touching the sharpen edge of the desk etc.).
Second time so about 3 months ago my neuro told me to make an EMG. It showed normal velocities and low amplitudes (almost zero) on the ENTIRE peroneal nerve (no compression point on it). F-wave didnt showed too. Tibial and Sural nerves - all parameters OK. 3 days ago i had a MRI of
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I too have had progressive fasciculations and paresthesia and it now extends into my face and tongue.  Truly toe to head. The twitches are maddending and very hard to ignore.  I have been to a number of doctors and I basically leave with them scratching their heads.  The only abnormal issue I have is high methylmalonic acid (with normal B12 level), thus diagnosed with early B12 deficiency.  Have had 3 consecutive B12 injections (3 weeks apart.)  The last injection remedied about 90% of the symptoms, but they returned, progressively within 3 days.  Oral B12 supplements don't do a thing.  

Maybe this is psychological.  Am visiting a psychologist this week.  Will try anything!
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I have been going through many symtoms also and am worried about MS..I am female 35 yrs. Fasciculations are awful...I get them all over and recently they began in my face...do you have myoclonus? (muscle jerks...leg twitches)...I basically wrote to say hang in there and you are not alone...A Canadian looking for answers.....
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twitching, jerking - especially before falling asleep - yes.
Damn, i try not to think much about it but... :/
Good luck and hang on too
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MRI of a lumbar spine. It showed protruded disc between L4 and L5 and lower disc space between L5 and S1. My neuro told me that changes were too low to make any nerve compressions. 6 weeks ago i started feeling fasciculations on the whole body excluding face.
I feel anxiety and im worried that it can be smth serious.
3 years ago i was diagnosed with depression (3 weeks head ache, dizziness/vertigo etc.) After 6 month treatment symptoms disappeard. Yesterday my neuro described me fluoxetine again. He probably thinks that my problems are due to psychological nature.
Im concerning SM or ALS (but with sensory changes and getting better year ago?) On the other hand fasciculations for 6 weeks ?
I hope you understand me, sorry for my bad english, Im a Pole.
I would be grateful for any ideas and suggestions.
Leve
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