Upper Abdominal area twitching

Yes, it probably is related to the gallstones, that's what I was told in the ER. They gave me Buscopan, which stopped it.

Hey,

As someone in the medical field I can say that what you learn on WebMD and the internet is usually more scary than accurate. It then doesn't help when people who are uninformed get on these forums and post nonsense that startles people. Muscle spasms in the stomach are NOT at all a common symptom of MS or ALS so please keep your personal opinions (cause that's what they are) to yourself, and do not startle people who are already confused and probably scared.

I have feeling it's related to coffee exciting some organs, or messing with muscle contraction a bit (since it counteracts magnesium absorption which relaxes muscles).

OMG you are soooo right, it DOES feel like a baby kicking! At 54 & not being in a relationship for quite a while, it freaked me out when I first felt this "movement" right under my left rib cage!!! It's not at all painful but has been going on for several days & like you, I don't want to have to pay a doc to look at me like I've lost my mind! I'm glad for Google & being able to research anything & everything from the comfort of my own home & as long as there's no pain involved, I'm not guna worry about it :)

Here's an update....after a few weeks, my twitching went away suddenly.

I had an ultrasound....which concluded nothing, except for that it's not my unchanged gallstones because the twitching is happening on the opposite side of my gall bladder.

My DR. thinks it was gas?   or a stressed stomach muscle?  or anxiety?  one of the 3.

Well, it's back again for no reason...

Very odd, no pain, just some twitching in the same Left side under my lower rib cage twitching...no where else.   

Good diet and exercise...mild anxiety (maybe that's the culprit).

Still weird.

Mine seemed to have stopped... and hasn't re occured for a while. Not sure if I was doing anything differently or eating something that might have caused it.

 

I am 14 years old and I am experiencing abdominal twitching(upper and lower) for 2 months now. I have had a lot of pain on my right side, right next to my belly button also. I also have a burning sensation in my lower back. When I urinate the pain and twitching gets worse(during and after). I went to the doctor and they did a urine test and I do not have an infection at all. I'm going to the doctor again in about a week or so, but I'm worried about this. Does anyone know what this could be?

Burning when urinating, could be cause by a urinary tract infection. It's common for some women, more rare for men.
But they'd usually find that out from the urine test results. Maybe get tested again maybe at another Dr. (some dr's don't know what they're doing).

I actually had some burning once after drinking lots of cranberry juice.

My stomach has been doing the exact same thing.. but for over 2 days now and it is in the abdominal area as well. I don't think its anything serious just caused by dehydration, anxiety, stress, etc.

Here's a possible solution to some people's problem. I experienced the same thing today. About 8 months ago, I had one of those $10 massages they give in the mall. The guy pressed so hard on my back, that he popped a rib out of place. Immediately, I began having major problems, including heart palpitations. The nerves going from my spinal column (which control my heart) were almost surely injured. A few years prior, I had a chiropractor do the same thing, and he injured the nerve that controls my diapgragm. After he twisted my neck, my diaphragm on my right side did not work for about 6 months. The chiro had injured the phrenic nerve. Very scary stuff. When this massage guy in the mall hurt my rib, I realized that it was another nerve injury. I have had liver, gall bladder, and digestive problems for the last eight months. Ideas: Do a liver cleanse. This actually helped. Also, go to a very good osteopathic physician who does manipulation. I saw one in Escondido, CA who actually helped my problem go away for several weeks. Saw her twice. Each time, she stopped my problem while in her office. If you live near Escondido (San Diego County), she could help. Her name is Aline Fournet. If you live in Florida, I know of a world-class osteophathic physican named Brett Thomas in Orlando (we were roommates about 20 years ago - - amazing doctor). Hope this helps. Again, you need to find a rare osteophathic physician who actually does "manipulation." They can help. Be wary of osteopaths who don't do manipulation - - they aren't nearly as good.

Glad to read others are experiencing this...I'm 70 and it sure ain't no baby kickin in there.  I do notice it when I'm sorta stressed so am wondering about the anxiety angle.  I don't take suppliments.  Sure feels weird.  It doesn't hurt at all, just because I'm already anxious, this invisible baby kicking is making me more anxious..the unknown..so glad I'm not alone in this odd thing!!

Yes, I had the same issue. Went to neurologist who said it was just a tic. It gradually got worse, and finally I saw a post online that recommended use of magnesium. I took 1 250mg magneisum capsule, and the twitching stopped that night. I now take one magneisum capsule each day. and my symptoms are gone. I believe because I was taking aa PPI for reful for so long, it stopped my body's ability to absorb magneisum

First, for any readers of this thread and all "twitching" threads: ignore trolls who try to frighten you with "ALS" and "MS."  These are rare diseases.  It's as crazy to worry about them as it would be to worry about a "brain tumor" when you have a headache.    

In fact, I believe I know the troll who posted as "Guest" earlier in this thread.  He used the same style to post on a bunch of web forums years ago, until he was banned and his posts deleted.  I suppose he came here to spread his lies and have his "fun."  It's sad when people have nothing better to do than scare others with ridiculous suggestions of rare diseases.  They do a lot of damage to frightened folks, who, as a result of reading such garbage, may suffer great anxiety for no reason and waste a lot of money and time at doctors.  All for nothing -- all for some nonsense they read on the web.  It's outrageous! 

Now, let me ease your anxieties.  

My muscle twitching began in my right calf muscle over 10 years ago.  I was a healthy 30 year old man at the time, not a problem in the world.  Six months later I was total wreck, my life nearly destroyed by health anxiety and health misinformation on the web.  It seems incredible to me now that such a thing can happen.  But it did happen.  All because I had a painless twitch in my calf that would not go away, and a sudden urge to know what the heck it was.  I spent many months combing the internet, reading every medical article I could find on (rare) causes of twitching.  Since I'm not a doctor, I could not possibly interpret what I was reading -- but, since I am curious, anxious and intelligent, I imagined I knew better than all the doctors who kept giving me tests and telling me nothing was wrong.  

Then the twitches spread.  Over a 2 year period there was hardly a place on my body that did not twitch.  My other calf; my lower/upper abdomen; my tongue (6 months, constantly!); my left triceps; my right thigh.  I could go on.  I refused to believe that anxiety could cause these physical phenomena -- I insisted that the docs were missing a serious, fatal disease!  After all, I had six scientific papers printed out right here to show them...

Good Lord.  I was a disaster.  One day I was so disgusted with everything I wrote my will (lol!) and said the hell with everything and decided I would just let myself die.  Here I am, a decade later.  In perfect health.  Like everyone, my muscles twitch on occasion for a thousand, trivial reasons: too stressed; eating wrong; too little sleep (big one!); too much or too little exercise; dehydrated; too much caffeine.  Another list that could go on all day.  

Muscle have little, mischievous minds of their own: they like to twitch.  It can start anywhere and go on for hours, days, weeks months or years.  And guess what? it's totally normal, totally benign.  Yeah, it feels "weird," and you think, geez, what's wrong with me? and the more you think about it the worse it gets.  Or not.  Totally unpredictable is the only thing I'm sure of when it comes to twitching.  

Relax.  Let it twitch.  The truth is it's simply no big deal, an annoyance that you learn to accept and shrug off.  But please! don't let your anxieties get the best of you and don't search for medical information on the web.  It's an insane mess of misinformation and trolls trying to scare you.  Take it from someone who's had your twitch and then some: get off the web and live your life.  

Time is too precious to waste.

 

 

I've been having the same thing too - I sort of freaked out at first because it does feel like a baby kicking.  I'm not pregnant so that's ruled out.  If I touch the area I can actually feel the muscle jumping.  It's so bizarre.  I don't smoke but I have had a pretty bad cough recently and I wonder if maybe that caused some muscle to go into spasm?  It's not at all painful but it's so annoying especially at night.  I exercise regularly but haven't been for the last week because of having sick kids at home.  I'll be back at the gym tomorrow and hopefully the exercise will fix it.  If anyone's interested there's some excellent gentle movements that help tremendously for all kinds of muscle pain and spasm -

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 and check it out.  I'll repost tomorrow after I exercise properly to let you know if it's stopped or not.  AAgggghhhhh - it's driving me mental. 

I'm a guy (so its definitely not a baby!) and I'm having this.  Epigastric region, just to the right of the xyphoid process.  I can press in and up and feel something spasming.  There's no gall bladder there, either.  It's been removed uneventfully several years ago.  There is no pain when this happens, and a jumping is visually evident from the outside.  I am overweight and have a "gut," but am not otherwise unhealthy and I have no other medical problems that could cause something like this.  

More history: I've had my gall bladder removed a few years ago and I've had lower abdominal hernias which have been repaired.  For me, this started about a week ago and now happens continuously through the day and seems to be more frequent after I've eaten or drank something.  Yes, I do drink coffee.  It's what keeps my head from crashing into the keyboard each morning.  Giving it up seems to be a non-solution.  Eating bananas or taking magnesium supplements seem to be a non-solution.  Meditation seems to be a non-solution.

I don't believe I'm getting Lou Gehrig's Disease or anything like that, but I am distressed that so many other people have whatever this is in a relatively long and old thread, and no one has ever seemed to be diagnosed - except by incredulous or dismissive docs. Since my health insurance plan has gone from good to a terrible "high deductible" plan, I can no longer afford to spend a great deal of money only to have a physician run a number of tests (which I must now pay for out of pocket up to $6,000) only to take my money and tell me there's nothing wrong with me. 

So, it's been seven years since the first post.  Anybody ever get a real diagnosis?