Crazy Muscle Twitching (Page 1)

I get that too, its a common thing with anxiety

Hey asyf25:

i had crazy muscle twitches when I was suffering from anxiety really bad. I still have a few weird ones now and again even though my anxiety is pretty much gone. They drove me crazy... Even though they don't really hurt they are so annoying. Mine were persistent too, like every 30 seconds or so, usually everywhere in my body. I got really scared about them, but in the end they were nothing. The ones I hated the most were in my stomach muscles. I had never had a muscle twitch there before and they felt so weird. Bu hang in there... I wouldn't worry about them too much. I know its hard, especially when they keep coming, but try to forget about them. Hope this helps. Have a good one.

OMG Thank you so so much for your post! Im going through it and I was afraid the twiching was something else which made me panic even more.,,But After I read your post almost all my anxiety went away...And thank you to everyone here,,I really needed some support I was going through this alone..Godbless you all!

how did you get over anxiety

I have the same thing-twitching for more than 8 months. Sometimes it is almost on continuous basis and sometimes they are gone. I think that I have anxiety as well (i have the other anxiet )symptoms . From the beginning it was every once in a while and now it is almost every day 24/7. I was afraid it can be something dangerous but I had neuro check and mri and everything was ok.
Does someone know for how long anxiety can last? Can it be on continuous basis like I think it is now or this is something else.
Thank you

Hi all,

anxiety will last until you figure out what is causing it and then do something to fix it. Try talking to a psychologist (helped for me). I also started on zoloft. The meds took about 2-3 mos before I really felt a change. As of now I no longer have panic attacks or insomnia.

The twitching can also be associated with dehydration and exhaustion. I know when I was at my worst (the point where the anxiety and insomnia were so bad that I became depressed) I noticed that I wasn't drinking much of anything. Try upping your water intake.

Take a deep breath and don't sweat the little things... They'll still be there tomorrow.
Eb

Thank you very much for your support. Its easy to say not to think but its something stronger than us. But we will overcome it. I meant for how long continuously anxiety can last, I mean all the time every minute. Could it be months or so? Also, I agree with you that medication helps. People are scared but definitely many people overcame anxiety with proper medications. I see that the success rate is around 80%. Do you beleive this or they are just promoting drugs.
Thanks

Anxiety can last all of your life. It can be caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain and medication definitely does help. I am currently on anti-anxiety medication because of the intensity of my anxiety isn't managable without it. If you feel like you have an anxiety problem that is affecting your every day functions, making them harder, unable to think straight, etc... go see a psychiatrist - an MD, not a psychologist (they just council you). On the other note - i do have twitching in my hands and i do believe it's caused by anxiety. even though i'm on medication, i'm not so heavily medicated that i don't feel stress... i still do, but i can manage it now. I plan to ask my dr on my next visit if the twitching is related to either my anxiety or to my medication... hope this helps.
KM

For everyoen who has twitching please check this website: Nextination.Com/aboutbfs/
could be that we have bfs - benign fasciculation syndrome which is as it says benign but I dont like benign ilness as well. Anyway, this is a good website especially forums where you can find what people thought abou twitching. It is interesting that 50% of people suffering twitching are doctors. I got my twitching after I had very bad flu.

When I sleep sometimes this happens. Its my legs n arms that twitch. And sometimes its like my whole body jumps and actually wakes me up.

Hi there! If it is coming from your legs, it could be restless leg syndrome, I am not a dr but you might ask a dr about it, it might be caused from a lot of other things, you might talk to your dr about it all!
Good luck to you all!

This is what I have been going through. I am a 43 year old male. I am going through some stress and my anxiety is flairing up. For the last trhee weeks my muscles have been sore and are twitching. I have had this before and it turned out to be nothing. Of course since I worry about my health my thoughts go to a life threatedning disease.

Anyone else have this problem and how long did it last?

Hey worriedjeff, Im 18 and Ive really stressed out about something lately, so im getting muscle twitched too! I totally get what you say about your thoughts going to some serious disease.... that happens to me, and I think I just go paranoid and imagine my symptoms are worse, or that im getting some other symptoms that werent there before.

Hi bluebell 90. I'm 34 and have all but completely cured the exact things that you guys are talking about. My anxiety got very bad when I was about 28, so about 6 years ago. I couldn't bring myself to take a medication and I was too scared to go to any dr. for fear I might actually have something serious. I couldn't eat or sleep. The only thing I could do was try to sleep or lay there and make the pain stop, but that never worked either. I am not a believer in antidepressants or anti anxiety meds. I attempted them for a very short period and I felt numb and I was too nervous of the side effects. It has been a long road and as of this past 2 years I can call the entire experience beautiful. It has been exactly what I needed to wake up. I don't take meds, I still experience some residual effects on my body, like twitching once in a while, and I still have thoughts come and go. None of these things are a problem for me anymore, I simply watch them and allow everything to be as it is. I guess the reason I felt like responding to this is because I know how everyone feels that has experienced anxiety and depression. I just want to say that if you feel like there's no hope or that these feelings and the fear or pain might not ever stop, your wrong. There is nothing wrong with you. What is happening to you is happening for a reason. I found that there are a million theories out there and people saying they know how to solve these things. I think this is your path, embrace it. I can promise you when you come out on the other side there's no going back. My advice would be to stay present. Allow everything to be as it is. Every thought, every ache, every pain... everything. My experience has been very painful, very scary and completely worth it. One thing that always went through my mind when I was so scared or in so much pain I couldn't move move was, the process of alchemy is turning a base metal into gold through intense heat and extreme pressure. I always felt like I was that base metal being transformed through suffering. Hang in there. You can be a victim of this and continue to suffer, or embrace it and someday realize this was a gift.

Muscle twitching can be a sign of a magnesium deficiency, and magnesium is often used up more quickly during anxiety and stress. Worth looking into.

I am so glad to hear that others have this twitching or jumpy muscles. I have anxiety as well, so I am glad its very possibly from that. It is so aggrevating. I need to go back on med for it I guess, but I hate taking it. Is there any that is low on side affects, weight gain, etc. that anyone knows about?

I am going through alot of stress right now and the twitching has been hangin around, so I am sure if I pay attention from now on it will be when I am stressed that I do this. Thanks again for posting about this.

Yes I believe its only when your stressed that the twiching begins cause theres times I wake up in the morning feel great untill those couple of seconds kick in and i remember my stresses,,then the lil twiching comes...But Im feeling alot better so far from reading what everyone has to say...im so thankful

It's good to hear i not the only with twitching, and that is not nothing terrible. My twitches are tiny, but some last for a long time in one area, and I get them all over sometime. Usually in in weird places like my neck, head, stomach. chest, between toes, wrist, and anywhere you can name. I am very tense at times. It's just good to know what it is!

Hey.......im a 21 year old female and for the past few weeks i have been suffering really bad with anxiety and just this last week i went to the doctor and she put me on Propranalol 80mg for a month and i think its starting to work. I do keep worrying about a soreness and twitching in my left side. It feels like there is something there but there cant be because the doctor has had a feel and there was nothing. she said it was a muscle strain. The soreness/pain is under my last rib and down on to my lower abdomen and i get alot of twitching in my stomach muscle on my left side. I would love to know if anyone else has got or had this as it would make me feel a little better to know that im not the only one!! Thanks x

Anxiety can make you twitch, try to relax and take your mind off things, like try to stop thinking about the thing thats worrying you.

Amen to that Matt! thru the help of our savior Jesus Christ we can do everything! all thing happen has its own purpose... and try to remeber this... God is only the 1 who's in control, learn to trust Him and everything will be fine....

I have had a muscle spasm in my eye for the past two weeks. It started on a plane ride back home from vacation. I have also had several muscle spasms in my arms, legs, and that lump I sit on. My psychologist says it is all stress related and once I can learn how to deal with the stress they should fade. He also suggest I get a physical to see if anything is wrong other than mentally. Twitches can have a variety of causes but if you know you are stressed out then that is all it is. I can honestly say I've tried everything to try and stop the twitches and failed. It isn't easy to rid them, that's a fact.

Thank goodness I found this forum. I started suffering from anxiety attacks after I got a kidney stone on my 25th birthday (nice birthday gift from my own body, eh?) and any time I feel ANYTHING unusually, I start to freak out. A couple days ago I started to get a little twitch in my right side, below my last rib, combined with a bit of gas and boom, nearly full blown freak out. Reading here that its normal pretty much calmed me right down. Just wanted to say thanks.