Hi there , anyone else have body wide muscle twitching , electric like flutters all over the body , jerking movements ? ive suffered health anxiety for years on and off but this started recently just before an operation and been going on for 2 months now, i stupidly googled and comes up with awful illnesses so now i think ive got that ! ive been to doctor twice who says its anxiety and had all blood test recently but all fine , im convinced its more as they just wont go ! im 44 and family all think im nuts and my husband for years has said its hormones but nothing gets done ! im at my wits end with worry which is probably not helping with the twitches ! can anyone pit my mind at rest ?
Hey Melissa, I am 42 and the weird muscle twitching and popping started for me over a year ago after I had my first panic attack. please, please don’t Google anything anymore! it’s hormones or anxiety or a combo of both. please just try your hardest to just ignore it. the more I ignore, the less it happens. i actually don’t know if it will ever go away but oh well! I’m just going to do my best to ignore it. i had extreme health anxiety when all this hit me last year but I’ve learned to stay away from Google and just enjoy every good day! good luck!! i hope you get some comfort on this forum!
Hi Mellisa,
Sorry to know your suffer. I had the same experience last year. My one was inside my body, the twitch lasted for one month. It was very bad. And then I had firework like inside my body and so on. That must be related to hormone.
yes, yes, yes!! Mine is predominantly my right side, but it makes me crazy. And of course, nothing turns up on bloodwork or doctor visits I personally think ignoring and exercising work best with this whole mess! Hang in there!!
thank you for that , i think its ever since i turned 40 its all gone down ll ! i was hoping life begins at 40 ! x
i think it must be !!
just been to an excercise class now to tey and help with my mind and body !!
I’ve had the muscle twitching for 22 years but its gotten much worse in menopause (I’m 56 now). I too suffer from severe anxiety and have been told the twitching is the anxiety. i also just recently started getting this weird tingling down the back of my body starting from my mid back and arms all the way down the back of my legs. Feels creepy. Any of you get this too?
im on my period now and is worse but then my anxiety is always worse around this time too !! , i either get specific muscles twitch or random / pop once its all over and feel like lots of tiny electric pulses in my body ! it weird and i too sometimes get tingling !
Hi Melissa, my hell began at 40 also. I always heard that 40 was the new 30. I am now 41 feel like a corpse.
I sometimes get a twitch or a jerk while I am almost asleep…like having a dream that you are falling. I assume it is my nervous system in overdrive. Maybe our lives begin at 50 樂
well thats what im hoping for now as the last 4 years for me have been pants !
Hi Melissa,
Oh yes, that is me. I have posted about it before, as have lots of other women.
My twitching has been going 2 to 3 months now and I morbidly think I have the dreaded ALS/Motor Neurone or MS.
I mean twitching in the feet , calf muscles, buttocks, arms , abdomen and even my neck on two occassions. Add tingling, muscle pain, burning, dry eyes, dry mouth, breast pain, headaches, restless legs and never ending insomnia combined with sky rocketing anxiety.
I’ve every test my GP can think of, reluctantly he gave me a referral to a Neurologist to get tested to (Please god!!..) rule out the worst neuro diseases. ( he thinks a lot of it is anxiety combined with menopause)
As yet, despite all my talk, I still haven’t mustered the courage to do it. I may as well, I’m living my life like I have got it. The most I’ve done is cut caffeine down and starting to tweak my poor eating habits brought on by stress.
Menopause just SUCKS. If I get brave enough, I’ll visit the neuro and post results. I feel quite fragile atm to be honest.
It really does give me comfort though, reading of other people’s similar experiences, hang in there.
mines exactly the same , ive been to Gp twice and she said muscle
twitching alone is not an indiction of ALS and that its anxiety and they if she tried to refer me they wouldnt see me just in twicthing alone as alot of people
get it ! mine is daily all over body which apparently another good sign but still doesnt stop the health anxiety worrier from relaxing !!! x
Oh my goodness you are SO not alone!! I have those twitches that come n go, make me think I have Parkinsons or MS…my mind just goes there. And I’m not making light of either of those diseases.
I know many women who have these sensations that come and go…sometimes they stay for hours or days, then disappear for months.
Right now I’ve been trying to ignore a sensation in one leg, although I’ve felt it in the other…like there’s something on my leg…a rubberband or a sock is there. Praying it disappears as suddenly as it appeared.
But you’re not alone with those muscle spasms!
yes!..just…yes!!!
Your post is EXACTLY me! How have you been doing lately with the twitching?
still getting them but nit as bad , they seem to get worse near my period , just so fed up with it all !
I know this is an old post, but I’m 41 and have the exact same symptoms! Wondering if they got better for any of you?? I’m also at my wits end. Been twitching all over but mostly in one arm for months now. Help!!