Nerve / Muscle Twitching

BoozyBabe

Ok, this isn't a very serious complaint & I don't think warrants a doctors trip all on its own, but it's extremely annoying & I was hoping maybe someone here has got some advice on it, or experience of it.

My nerves twitch EVERY day, regularly, almost constantly. Be it my eyelids, inside my ear, my fingers, thighs, side of my boob, etc, etc.

They're ALL the time twitching & it's extremely annoying. I hate the sensation. There is no pain or anything from these.

Have any of you ever discussed this with a doctor & if so, what advice did you receive, or have you made discoveries yourselves that alleviate the problem.

This has been ongoing for years with me, but I think it's getting more regular of late.

I mean, right now as I type, in the last 5 minutes, my thumb has been twitching, inside my ear & at the back of my leg.

Any advice would be very appreciated.
Thanks,
BB

Lawless_Samurai

Hey BB, I suffer from something kinda similar to what you're describing. You when you're whole body shakes and someone says "ooh sombody just stood on your grave". Yeah I get that about four or five times an hour. It comes and goes though. I've had this since I've been about 12 or 13 years old. Sometimes I go without having one for ages and I have found when its cold I get them more frequantly. I've never gone to the docs about it but I thought I'd post this to let ya your not alone

shoegirl

Sounds like you've got St Vitus dance, mate.
I'm sure there is something that can treat that.

cornbb

Same thing happens to me, but not to the extent you describe OP. Mostly happens to some thigh muscles just above my right knee and to my eyelids. Don't have a clue what it is. I'd suggest talking to a doctor if you are worried about it.

BoozyBabe

Lawless_Samurai wrote: »

Hey BB, I suffer from something kinda similar to what you're describing. You when you're whole body shakes and someone says "ooh sombody just stood on your grave".

No, that's not what I'm talking about.

Like my thumb for instance will go into a sort of spasm where you can physically see it moving up & down involuntary.

Same with everything else, except inside my ear I suppose:- I can feel & hear it.

In my leg, if you looked you could see a muscle jumping up & down.

It doesn't worry me, it's just extremely annoying when it keeps happening, especially when you're trying to sleep

John Mason

i get that sometimes, it just muscle fatigue

BoozyBabe

Fatigued from what!!!!!
I barely get off my big behind most days!!!

lezizi

i have had this for years, but i have myasthenia gravis, so maybe you should go see your Gp if you are worried

Cathmandooo

Overall advice is go to your doc! I have a sorta shake in my hand, it's very annoying but I find if I stay off the alcohol for a few weeks it eases off. Maybe try that?

oh also stay off caffeine!

Kurumba

I remember reading somewhere that this can be caused by a lack of iron ( or too much iron, can't remember which). Try googling it.
Might be no harm to mention it the next time your at the doc's if it's happening that often.

Victor

Dehydration is linked with eye twitching. Try to drink 2 litres of water per day (tea and coffee don't count)

BoozyBabe wrote: »

Fatigued from what!!!!! I barely get off my big behind most days!!!

That might be the problem, your muscles aren't being stretched and your blood flow is poor.

I think bring it up the next time you see the doctor.

Balmed Out

Sometimes i might get a muscle twitching after doing weights or my eye lid if im under a lot of stress. Id go to the doctor if i were you, that'd drive me up the wall. Fairly annoying.

tazamia

I get them all the time as well mostly legs and arms. they are muscle spasms they happen to you if you over or under exercise, knocks, bangs, posture, sitting down too much,... etc Do you bruise easily? I thinks it related. as one previous Poster siad could be a lack of some vitamin or somthing

I have gotten used to most of mine except one right in my eye ball starts to twitch not sore or anything just terribly annoying

Any way I don't think there is anything physically wrong with you it just happens

BoozyBabe

tazamia wrote: »

Do you bruise easily? I thinks it related.

Interesting you should ask that.

I bruise VERY easily.

I was joking about the lack of movement comment. I play sports, so I'm by no means inactive, yet I wouldn't be over doing it either.

Also, there's no pattern to it. I don't notice it affecting me more after drinking, after hard training, after lying veging for a weekend etc.

Elessar

I have exactly the same thing. Convinced myself when I was younger that I had some form of epilepsy :eek: . Has never caused a problem though so I never did anything about it. Was too afraid to mention it to the doc, incase I was diagnosed with some brain illness. Don't think it's that bad anymore but I might mention it to him next time.

tazamia

BoozyBabe wrote: »

Interesting you should ask that.

I bruise VERY easily.

I was joking about the lack of movement comment. I play sports, so I'm by no means inactive, yet I wouldn't be over doing it either.

Also, there's no pattern to it. I don't notice it affecting me more after drinking, after hard training, after lying veging for a weekend etc.

oh I though you were serious about the activity thats it then it the muscles repairing thems after exercising they best thing for this is to hyrade before exercise properly at least 2-4ltrs every day then 2ltrs up to 2-1hrs before exercise

also if possible increase your in take in vitamins D and E (helps in cell repair) best through plenty of veg this will reduce the twitching and make you less likely to bruise

Orlee

BoozyBabe wrote: »

Same with everything else, except inside my ear I suppose:- I can feel & hear it.

In my leg, if you looked you could see a muscle jumping up & down.

I know exactly what you mean - I get it in my eyelids (can your eyelids get fatigued?) and in my thumb usually. It's quite a strange sensation. I've no light to shed on the situation though, sorry :rolleyes:

Varkov

It means your dying.

Maybe two or three times a day my right shoulderblade sort of spasm's. Kinda annoying but I wouldnt worry about twitches.

edit : YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE! NOT YOUR!

Dord

My left thigh goes into a muscle spasm sometimes, kinda annoying but whatever.

tampopo

Yeah, I get that from time to time, not as much as you say in your first post though. Usually the eye or my right calf. The eye is a bit annoying after a couple of weeks.

I am instructed my mrs. to let her know when my leg starts going. If wearing shorts okay, if not I have to roll up me trouser leg and she stares intently at the rippling, letting out a scary shreik when it goes mad!!!

Sometimes above my knee, but not often.

SarahSassy

Its possibly dehydration and lack of magnesium....

TPD

I get that in my eye sometimes, not always the same eye. I quite enjoy the sensation, only happens every few weeks for about 30 seconds.

January

I have exactly the same thing. My upper arms, my thighs, my calves, my stomach, my cheek. It all happens. Never my thumb or hand though. Its like you can see the nerve/muscle moving in it, I never worried about it... but maybe it is something...

Victor

Varkov wrote: »

It means your dying.

We are all dying, it just might take some of us another 80 years to do so.

Nunu

BoozyBabe wrote: »

Ok, this isn't a very serious complaint & I don't think warrants a doctors trip all on its own, but it's extremely annoying & I was hoping maybe someone here has got some advice on it, or experience of it.

My nerves twitch EVERY day, regularly, almost constantly. Be it my eyelids, inside my ear, my fingers, thighs, side of my boob, etc, etc.

They're ALL the time twitching & it's extremely annoying. I hate the sensation. There is no pain or anything from these.

Have any of you ever discussed this with a doctor & if so, what advice did you receive, or have you made discoveries yourselves that alleviate the problem.

This has been ongoing for years with me, but I think it's getting more regular of late.

I mean, right now as I type, in the last 5 minutes, my thumb has been twitching, inside my ear & at the back of my leg.

Any advice would be very appreciated.
Thanks,
BB

I have the exact same 'symptoms' as you!
When it started a few years ago it was a problem. I used to get fairly unsettling twitches in my stomach and legs. In my case it would be accompanied by feeling totally drained and I would just sit/lie there while various muscles were twitching/rippling. I went to my doctor and he basically put it down to worrying too much that there was something seriously wrong and this mental worrying was manifesting itself physically. I didn't agree with him then and I'm not sure now.

Presently, I'm in the same boat as yourself. Pretty much all the time there is a twitch somewhere - be it so slight you can barely feel it or a major muscle acting the maggot! Actually, nowadays I never get it in the eyelids/inside ear/fingers, more in the legs / arms / stomach/ pec muscles(I don't have boobs:D). One place I have constantly got it is in my right calf muscle for whatever reason? - its in a constant state of mild rippling and then the odd major twitch. It's actually quite mesmeric to look at if you study it - like little craters forming all over it!

Unfortunately I've yet to conquer it...and it's been about 7 years happening now. But, it's definitely not as bad as it used to be, I've sort of accepted it. Although, it is annoying.

Just a quick question - Do you find it hard to unwind and relax?
I don't mean socially or anything like that, I'm talking about in the comfort of your own home just chilling. I've always struggled to just totally switch off and forget about everything and have always associated the twitching with this.

Anyway, better stop writing now:o ... you're the first person I've ever heard with the same predicament so I couldn't wait to reply:D

Sangre

Know exactly what you mean, however it only happens to me around exam time i.e I'm not getting enough sleep. Had it very bad aboce right knee in October there during exams, a strong spasm every 20 minutes or so. Took about a week of rest after the exams to stop.

Daithio

This used to happen to me quite a bit, and still does from time to time. It would happen in my thigh, and I'd be able to see my muscle through the skin going mental. I found that doing stretches helped alot, and would clear it up altogether for the most part. No idea about the inner ear thing though.

Reku

Get this from time to time in my eye and on my arm, can even watch the arm muscle twitching. It's not the main arm muscles that do it but some little ones which I haven't a clue as to the purpose of. Of the two the eye is the one I feel more selfconscious over since it's right there on the face.

Afraid the only help I can offer is that hitting the muscle doesn't help (you can imagine how much it must have been bugging me at the point I tried that).:(

BoozyBabe

farohar wrote: »

Afraid the only help I can offer is that hitting the muscle doesn't help (you can imagine how much it must have been bugging me at the point I tried that).:(

Don't worry, been there, tried that!!!
Punched my thighs SO hard sometimes that I left bruising!!!!
That was after about an hour of twitching at around 2 in the morning, so you can imagine how thin my patience was wearing!!!:o

How Strange

I get the eye twitching thing every so often but for me it is always linked to stress. It's usually my sign to slow down a bit.

A shaky hand (unless you have a medical condition and its a symptom) is a sign of dehyration and/or a hangover.

Other muscles twitching is most likely a sign that you are deficient in a vitamin or mineral.

BoozyBabe, are you taking a multi-vitamin with magnesium? Are you drinking enough water? Are you stressed?

Elessar

Eye twiching is very common and a well known phenomenon. It's caused by tiredness.

Twitching of other muscles though can have different causes. Taking it up with a doctor is the best bet. I would imagine that for the vast majority it's nothing too serious.

Reku

Elessar wrote: »

Eye twiching is very common and a well known phenomenon. It's caused by tiredness.

Twitching of other muscles though can have different causes. Taking it up with a doctor is the best bet. I would imagine that for the vast majority it's nothing too serious.

Don't think it's as simple as tiredness though as often I can be tired without it happening and other times I can be well rested and have it happen.

As for going to the doctor for the other muscles, for me at least, it's not a great option as they aren't particularly reliable as to whether or not they'll twitch (e.g. been about a month since it last happened for me) as such it could well be a case of me trying to explain to them but being unable to actually show them.