Twitches twitches twitches!!!

[Rubybleu]

I’ve had quite bad anxiety over the past month but it’s been a lot better the past week. When I first started getting anxious I was experiencing twitching in my legs and arms which has now subsided but now I’m dealing with facial twitching!! First it was my eyelid which went on for a week. That stopped today but now my upper lip and below my nose area is twitching!

Has anyone else experienced this? It’s driving me crazy!

[Peppermintbach]

Hi Rubybleu,

I know anxiety can be very debilitating. It sounds like it has even particularly intense the past month, but I’m relieved that it has improved the past week.

The facial, and other, twitching sounds very stressful, confusing and frustrating. Sorry, I’m afraid while I’ve experienced anxiety, I haven’t really experienced twitching...so I don’t have any personal experience to share...

I don’t know if you have visited your doctor before or not about it, but my gentle suggestion is to perhaps make an appointment with your GP. Maybe s/he can then help you get to the bottom of/find reasons for your twitching (or even refer you to a specialist if that’s appropriate) and then hopefully will be able to help it subside. Granted, that’s only a suggestion and you can see how you feel about it...

Is it okay to ask how have you been since your posted on this thread?

Kind and caring thoughts,

Pepper

[kitkatsoppy]

Hi Rubybleu,

My left eyelid kept twitching for like two weeks straight before I suffered from panic attacks and all that stuff that happened with me.

These days though, I am still a very jittery and jumpy person. As an example or two, I jump out of my seat every time somebody makes a loud noise or touches me on the shoulder. I also daydream a lot as well (I am not sure if that is my schizophrenia kicking in - could be voices or could be just my own thoughts who knows).

Anyway, I don't know if anxiety ever goes away or not. It just comes in a lot of different physical and mental forms.

[44Max44]

Hi Rubybleu,

I've too have experienced the twitching you describe. I've had eyelid twitches, head twitches, leg twitches, the whole lot. I have to constantly be doing something, whether it's tapping my leg, tapping my fingers, biting my nails, touching my hair, or whatever, but this is all due to anxiety and is very normal. I find it extremely difficult to sit still, and when I force myself to sit still I usually find myself twitching in some way. It's as if my body needs to constantly be doing something, so if I'm not consciously doing something (tapping my leg, etc) I'm unconsciously doing something (twitching).

I know what you're going through and know how debilitating it can be, my best advice would be to train your mind not to worry about these things by telling yourself that it's your anxiety causing these things and that you have nothing to worry about. If you start to give these feelings no respect in your mind, eventually you'll be completely desensitized to them and will stop worrying.

I hope you feel better soon.

[Rubybleu]

Thank you so much for your response! I feel like you’ve exactly described how I am! Can’t sit at peace and always need to be doing something. Then when I’m actually trying to relax - twitch twitch twitch. I will take on board your advice of welcoming the twitches and trying to stay calm.

[Rubybleu]

Yeah I agree, does it ever go away? Just always lurking in our minds and body. Leg currently twitching my trying to ignore and welcome it at the same time

[Rubybleu]

Hi Pepper

Thank you for your response and care.

Since posting I’ve been the same really. Twitching in face has stopped but my legs have now been twitching. I’ve reluctantly taken a certain medication my GP prescribed me to relax my body.

I do need to go back to my GP to discuss all this but I just feel so stupid. Like there are other people out there needing to see him more than me and I feel like I’m wasting his time. But then of course it’s not stupid and that’s what he’s there for but just going isn’t seemingly really hard for me at the moment

[Robbie8888]

Hey ruby blue I have also experienced anxiety muscle twitching for almost 2months my forearms, shoulders, legs, calves actually my whole body I was so scared I also thought I had terrible diseases I had countless tests and even when I felt calm it would still twitch it was even worse at night but the fact is I am healthy and the twitches was caused by anxiety. I am now starting to feel a lot better twitching have almost stopped and the only way to make it stop is to contain your fear and you will gradually fed better i hope you are feeling a lot better now 🙂

[CJ1998]

Hey Rubybleu,

I hope you are doing better now and its great that you have gotten responses from other people experiencing the same thing!

I just wanted to add that I also was experiencing constant twitching all the time as a result of anxiety in different muscles all over my body. I still suffer bad anxiety but am slowly improving and have not experienced twitching in a while. I started taking vitamins which had magnesium in them which helps with muscles twitches and found it helped me a lot.

[Guest5643]

Hi Rubyblue. I'm excatly the same. 44max44 is spot on with advice. Your definitely not alone in this. Oh the fun of anxiety and its quirks