Terrified I have Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

About 5 days ago, I started having myoclonus (involuntary muscle jerking) at night in my left leg, left arm and left hand as I was laying in bed and my muscles were relaxing. I am now experiencing difficulty swallowing and last night I was up since 3:00 AM. I have read about CJD and all of the other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies/prion diseases and know that they are ALWAYS fatal, there's no cure nor treatment, and that myoclonus, difficulty swallowing, and insomnia are all symptoms of CJD. I think it's worth mentioning, however, that I have known about them for about a year now, long before I started having symptoms, and I have always been interested in them for some odd reason. I could probably tell you everything about them. I also think it is worth mentioning that I very often have bouts of insomnia. I almost never have trouble getting to sleep, but falling back to sleep is another story. I still worry, though. I mainly worry about having Sporadic CJD, but I was in the psych ward for a few days a week ago and worry that I may have eaten meat containing the prions that cause mad cow disease. This kind of case is known as Variant CJD and is far less common, but I still worry about it. My parents refuse to take me to the hospital and keep telling me this is OCD/Hypochondria, the former in which I have a severe case of but I know virtually nothing about Hypochondria. Can extreme anxiety and worry cause you to feel physical sensations such as difficulty swallowing? I also started taking 225 MG of Clomipramine and 10 MG of Buspar recently, so would this have anything to do with anything? Please help, I am terrified and I don't want to die, at least not a slow, torturous death from something like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Wow- I had never even heard of that disease before this. I think you anxiety/OCD is takign a big role here.

Going online fore answers is not always the best answer unless your somewhere like this. I could serch the cut on my thumb and search it online, and find out i have cancer. But it's silly right? 99.99% of the time, cuts on fingers are just paper cuts and heal just fine. So, why over think this that much? You seem to know a lot about you muscle spasms. I really dont think you have CJD. Its REALLY rare. I just read up on it, and there where only about 200 cases WORLDWIDE in 2012. The chances of you getting it are like the sun falling out of the sky. Oh, and yes anxiety can play a major role in the body sensations. I used to have very bad emetophobia, and i would feel sick all the time, but randomly, it would go away. The trouble swallowing is a main symtom. I was so fixated that i had some decease. But, i never did. Lifes to short for worry. You dont want to waste time on researching a disease you don't have. If you are very worried, you can see a doctor, but i really dont think you need too.

clomipramine is notorious for causing dry mouth by the way, which may be the reason for trouble swallowing. less lubrication for your throat to easily swallow.

Hello there.Anxiety manifests itself in so many wayss.Its awful.Mad Cow disease is fairly rare for the most part.Plus generally several cases are reported when there is an outbreak from infected beef .Dont forget that the animals show symptoms too,as their balance and limbs give out,then I think the CDC?FDA get involved and a recall is put out for the meat .Plus I think the use of feeding scrapple to farm animals was supposed to be banned in several countries,as that seemed to be mainly how it was being transmitted.Ihate to google symptoms anymore.I seem to have a different illness every week! (: