Recurring muscle spasms, normal EMG and MRI, what could it be?

So I (35, male, no smoke or drugs, healthy) first noticed muscle spasms in September/October 2018. There was no pain, but it often woke me up at night. It could be randomly on both sides, left or right. I did a EMG test on October 23, 2018 for all the four members (lower and upper) and it was normal. Then I started taking a muscle relaxant containing benzodiazepine, and the spasms went away. Note here that, I didn't feel tired, neither constipated, nor fell down.

Recently, it's been two days the spasms seem to have come back. Last night, I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep, and the spasm in my upper left arm has lasted for about an unusual TEN or ELEVEN hours at stretch. Recently for about a week, I was feeling a bit of dizzy, which I mentioned in another post (https://patient.info/forums/discuss/recurring-heavy-head-head-pressure-in-the-middle-of-the-back-of-my-head-691427). So I did a brain MRI on January 21, 2019 and it was normal. I started taking advil and am feeling better regarding dizziness.

Now, recently, I've been under lot of stress because of job search and some family issues. So I wonder if the symptoms are from there, or it points to something deeper? I've been in stress before, but this never happened.

What should I do now? What kind of specialist should I see?

Thank you so much for your response!!!

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