Could muscle twitching indicate anxiety?

I am suffering from anxiety and my biggest symtom is random muscle twitching in my abdomen and chest.  It has taken over my life.  I worry about it constantly.  I have been checked out by my doctors and told everything is fine.  But the twitching contiues and increases during exertion and times of stress.  I am taking Xanax to sleep but don't want to take it forever.  Any suggestions?

I also suffer from anxiety and can't leave home without my Xanax. This condition is really taking over my life if I could I would stay home all day everyday. I feel like when I leave home I have to pretend that I am ok when I am actually fallng apart on the inside. Now with this added facial numbing/tingling sensation it has just increased my fear. I am a Christian woman who believes in the power of God and I feel like my faith is being tested and I'm failing. I guess I just want to hear if anyone from the previous posts have had any relief.

I am 17 male and have very bad anxiety I always feel like I'm going to die when I have an attack or when I get like a weird feeling somewhere I think I'm dieing and it Leeds me to a attack if itteressted please email info and advise becase I am tired if it and need help on what meds I should check out and or websites or whatever.  ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** private e-mails not allowed*** Please read our Terms of Use

just give urself to the entity of god the all knowing n only one who decides what happens next i mean u become anxious about things that r unknown m i gonna get selected for job or anythng like that....just surrender to the fact u r nothing n all that happens is Gods will...ur annxiet will go away slowly...as for twitching its because of anxiety when anxiety goes away it will go away as well...so just be happy n dont hide in ur flat pls go out meet ppl n try not laugh to much try to b serious make it ur habbit that keeps the adrenanlin in check :)...best of luck

hi i have twitching now and it drives me crazy. Started about 8,9 months ago when i had what i assume to be a panic attack. Well the doc gave me klonopin which I took irregularly for a month or so - .5mg roughly. I didn't like the side effects so I quit, and then I got a really bad panic attack and had twitching, etc. Ever since then it's been present when I go to bed.. but the past couple of days it's been worse.. i have had a couple bouts of vertigo and have felt 'off'.. last night i couldn't sleep til 5:30 in the morning due to the constant twitching and worrying.  Yeah i know you're going to say go see a doctor.. how? I don't have insurance and an MRI would cost 1000$ or more. Seems like i'm going to be suffering on my own.. just hope it's benign

Ha! Only 250. Got jokes?

I am a 42 year old white male with the same symptoms as all the above. My dad died from ALS, so the twitching freaked me out really bad for awhile. I get weird depressive episodes where I can think through the sad feelings knowing it is depression, but still feel the emotional power of it. Half a 5mg lexapro keeps that at bay, the twitches are still there. Prior to this recent twitching or depression, historically: I flush and feel weird taking niacin, Rockstar energy drinks would make my triceps twitch strongly and have been described by friends as being too worried about stuff.

I have been to my doctor and a neurologist and both say BFS. I was relieved when EMG results did not appear to be ALS. My dad was diagnosed quickly with no doubt by the doctors. No prior family history of ALS.  My mom had a panic attack when she was dianosed with sarcoidosis, but was explained as cancer (so I have a family history of anxiety).

My anxiety and depression really started after moving into a different house. The buyer of our old house threatened to sue and wanted all sorts of stuff fixed. I had a hard time sleeping, Dr prescribed Lexapro and said I was too anxious. We had the house bug sprayed before moving in. The storage units our stuff was in smelled like bug poison. Rumors there was a bedbug infestation in the storage units which may explain the pesticide smell of the units. They said bug bombing was standard policy though. I stopped the lexapro after the evil house flipper sold the old house after 3 months and felt fine.

A few months later, my wife started getting unexplained rashes. She had eye surgery and developed a month long eye twitch. She had them before, so no alarm. The rash started getting really bad and her Dr. and a referred allergy Dr. said it was allergies or cancer. This cause some anxiety, i did not need the lexapro since I did not get deressed feeling. $3k of testing and visits later, I saw on the internet that the rashes looked like bedbug rashes. That is what it was.  More anxiety, bugs eating your children at night, try and sleep.... 

I don't know if it was the storage units, a business trip or our new from out-of-state neighbor's kids who spent the night a few times brought us the crawling curse. Tip, if your neighbors put spray paint X's on their mattresses and put them by the dumpster, watch out. Ayway, more pesticide in the house to kill the cooties...

I am back on Lexapro since Christmas. I had convinced myself I had ALS. Look at the internet, and there is so much scary nerve diseases. I was realy afraid of ALS and the effect it would have on my family. Hard to believe the doctors when they say anxiety and BFS. Months later with anxiety / depression controlled with Lexapro. I think I have the anxiety behind me, but I am still twitching. 

Just recently my wife started getting her eye twitch and similar muscle twitches to mine. Anxiety? Sympathy twitches? Hysteria is a well-documented phenomenon, Im not too proud to rule it out.  

Could pesticides ( or pesticide sensitivity) be the real reason?

Could bedbugs transmit lyme diease or a similar disease with these symptoms?

 

This is a symptom of nervousness and stress. I have had severe anxiety, facial muscle twitching, vertigo, and chronic fatigue syndrome for months, all due to extreme stress. Fortunately, I have improved in days by taking natural Homeopathic medicines. They have worked wonders on me and others I know. 

 I have had this type of twitching for the past 5 months.  It is all over my body - arms, legs, stomach, chin, lips, you name it.  Some days its almost non-existant but other days (when i physically exert myself or dont get much sleep) it can be twitching every minute.  It started when I was working a job that was 24/7 and lots of stress involved.  I started to get anxiety attacks to because i was so stressed out all the time.  Constantly dealing with pissed off union employees.  Getting woken up in the middle of the night because of catastrophies going on at work.  I did that for 2 years and toward the end the symptoms started.  I used to have anxiety in middle school and it went away and I was pissed it came back in full force.  (I am 28 years old now).  I went to a nurologist and they did a physical exam where they tested my reflexes and strength in arms and legs.  They said i did perfect on this.  They said if i had any weakness or numbness that would be more indicative of a nurological disease like parkinsons.  They then scheduled me to do an EMG because that would be the only way for them to be sure that I didnt have a serious nurological disease.  I did the EMG today and everything was normal.  They hooked up a bunch of electrodes to me and tested my muscles for weakness and watched the twitching i was having on a pico scope.  They diagnosed me with "Benign Fasiculation Syndrome."  Basically it is harmles and won't progress.  Sometimes it goes away sometimes it doesnt completly.  Also, people are known to have a genetic predisposition for it from what i hear.  It actually more common than you would think.  It is typically brought on by extreme stress, lack of sleep, or too much caffine.  They also did some lab work on me - my blood test came back with low levels of B12 which can also be a factor in the twitching.  Why i have low B12 i have no idea because i definitley get my fair share of meat, fish, poultry...etc.  But luckily it is an easy fix - just take B12 vitamins over the counter and hopefully it will help.  I am now in a less stressfl job which has really helped my anxiety and twitching.  Good luck to everyone on here and please dont freak out- just go see a nurologist and get to the bottom of it and you will feel a million times better.  Also excercise (running in particular) really helps my anxiety and stress big time...probbly more than anything else does.

Yes, this can indicate an anxiety issue. I have been struggling with anxiety since I was 16 yrs old and now im 29 yrs old. Whenever I get into my down stages associated with job loss, marital issues, family issues, school stress etc my anxiety comes back and the #1 thing that starts is my chest muscles twitch. Its almost involuntary and if I stop it feels awkward. My body is so used to it jumping during stressful times....He should check his doctor to rule out anything else but if you said when he's sad and depressed this occurs its more than likely a symptom to anxiety. I know these feelings all too well and can and are overwhelming...

i hVW twitching problum too im not sad or anything how iu get my miond off of it?

ALS is more of muscle pain and degeneration. Parkinsons is more of a tremor not twitching. You are fine. Enjoy your life. That's what the doctor told me as well. Anxiety and fear causes these symptoms and the symptoms cause anxiety and fear! This cycle goes on. To come out of it, my doctor advised me to go for movies, have fun doing things I like to do and not worry about family or kids for a few hours a day at least and spend more time with friends. Try "Vipassana meditation-youtube."Course of 10 days. Listen for an hour each day on youtube. Enter "vipassana 1" "vipassana 2 " etc.

My son-in-law has been having severe leg spasams at night for ove a month.  He has had two mris but they don't seem to be able to find out what is causing the problem.  The other night he had one so bad that he feels like he tore somthing in his knee.  It is swollen and now he can't put any pressure on it.  He has been depressed for about a year and I'm wondering if this could be the cause.

I have a condition called pseudo (Pseudo, meaning they have no clue why I have this or how I got it) hypoPARAthroidism. Not to be confused with the thyroid though. It is a condition that means that my parathyroid glands are NOT producing the hormone needed for my body to *process*, if you will, calcium. It causes tetany (sometimes my hands are so clamped shut, if you can put a full two liter in my hands, (big IF there though, since the tetany tends to make it impossible to open my hands)I could swing it for hours, and it would never leave my hand!! It also causes one to feel like they are being strangled, but not as bad, more like an irritation like someone is just "holding" onto my neck. Doesn't hurt, DOES become bothersome though. Also causes SEVERE muscle spasms, and charlie horses that could put down Charlie's Horse, lol. Anyway - go to your Dr. have them run a parathyroid panel for you. Your answer may lie there. Cheers!