Question: Hello. I was working many long hours because at work we had a huge project. I was drinking many energy drinks and very low on sleep. In the first week of October I noticed random muscle twitching, where there would be a slight twitch of a muscle, mainly my legs. And sometimes when I'd make a movement I'd feel I move with more of a jolt like movement instead of a regular movement. I have health anxiety so every year I fear I have a grave illness. I started to then have a dull headache on the rear left side of my head. I googled the symptoms and saw deadly diseases such as multiple sclerosis. I decided to lay off the caffeine and get back into the gym. I noticed a reduction the following week in the muscle twitching and the headache disappeared. However in the third week I went binge drinking and after recovering from my hangover, I feel the headache now and I still notice the muscle twitching (and I am feeling very paranoid). I do not normally get headaches. Once in 2017 I had a headache for 2 weeks and proceeded to do an MRI but there was nothing wrong with me. Could I really have a serious problem now based on the symptoms I have laid out above? Do I really need to go do another MRI? Is it just anxiety?

Hello Dr. Spaho,

Thank you for your answer. I read it and felt at ease. However, when I read the symptoms of what Google showed me, it said numbness in the face is a symptom, which I didn't have. And now today I feel a numbness in my left cheek. I also had a headache again today with the twitches. I'm feeling very worried. I feel a sensation on the back left of my head. Is it just my health anxiety again? Or should I do another MRI two years after the one I did in 2017.