Motor tics/twitching

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I'm trying to figure out if I should go see a doctor about this.
Since I was a kid, occasionally my right leg would kinda drop ouut from under me. noone else would notice this, because I could tell when it was going to happen, and would shift my weight to my other leg. When I was in school, in phys ed, occasionally my right arm would drop out when doing pushups. I'd see the school nurse, where I'd end up with an ice back on it for a little while, and be back in class later. I was on Ritalin from either K or 1st through when I graduated HS, and I would always get a chill down my spine when I would take my pill(s). All of these problems would be worse when I had more stressful things going on. Recently (since earlier this year) I've been having lots of twitching in my shoulder/neck area, and again, I usually can feel this starting. Between buying a house, and my job going crazy, I've been under a bit of stress this year. Does this sound normal? I'd rather not be on a medication long term if i can avoid it, , but sometimes these twitches just get really annoying. Does this sound like I have something relatively minor that I shouldn't worry about, or something more serious that I need to seek medical care for?

If you are worried about it, it doesn't hurt to see someone just to put your mind at rest. I don't think it is anything to worry about myself. A lot of people, quite often people with autism have minor motor tics which can vary hugely from person to person. Also, some people who take Ritalin may develop permanent tics (which continue after the Ritalin is stopped). If it gets to the point where the tics are ruining your life or physically hurting you then definately seek help for it, although unfortunately as a Tourette sufferer, I know that there isn't much anyone can do except offer medication (which I refuse).

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Wll, what made me think about it more is that one of my friends (who I hadn't seen in a while) mentioned that he never noticed them before. I was already kinda expecting it wasn't really something to worry about, since I had been on Ritalin for so long, and my looking up info on that drug told me that is one of the possible long-term (and short term) side effects. I kinda wish I would have realized that my leg dropping out from me was unusual when I was a kid.

I have mild motor tics, which I believe is due to an ASD.
I wish I could describe how they were...

sounds like a couple different things, the leg droping out, and arm droping out while doing pushups in gym class, or when your working out, that sounds like typical muscle fatigue. There have been times were I finish a bike race and have trouble walking afterwards my legs are so fatigued, it is like you legs, arms or whatever turn to 'noodles' and give out without warning sometimes.
The muscle 'twitching' could be many different things, most common it is related to stress, or low magnesium levels. If the twitching keeps up you might want to go to the doctors and get blood tested, make sure your iron, magnesium, etc are not low. Even if they are normal and the twitching keeps up you might want to talk to your doctor about taking magnesium supplement. If the twitching goes away while taking it you can be sure you have low levels, and need to take it, or change your diet. If you dont eat to healthy, sometimes just changing the way you eat might help.