Nerves going crazy inside Options

[janis r]

I guess this thing inside of me is the internal shaking..It is worse in the morning when I am waking up...my brain and upper part of my body feels like the neves are going crazy and when I get up out of bed I feel like shaky all over..I had three doc tell me that it is anxiety due to menopause. I am on lexapro helps some but does not stop it. I feel that my sleep, food, stuff in my life, exercise all play of part on if I shake worse than oters...I hope I hear from some one on this...I talked with my gyn doc and she just looked at me..I think that this thing that we are dealing with is rare......please help.. janis

[lidge26]

Janis-

As you can see from the categories on PowerSurge, anxiety attacks, internal shaking, palps, panic attacks seem to suddenly plague us in peri and meno. It amazing to me that you found three doctors who actually said it was anxiety due to meno.
What type of doctors were they?

I too tried Lexapro and it did not help. These symptoms are horrendous, but you are not alone.

Many of us, including me, find it worse in the morning. A horrid way to start the day.

Since you actually found three doctors who agreed on the cause, did you ask -

1. What is the best remedy?
2. Why is it worse in the morning?

Did you ask the gyno who seemed clueless why three doctors told you your anxiety came from meno?

I should tell you that Lexapro and SSRIs in general are known to increase anxiety despite the marketing.

I wish I had an answer. I have hit rock bottom trying to figure this out.

All I can offer you is that if you read through the site, you will find
you are not alone.

My own belief is that this all becomes a viscious cycle as hormones increase anxiety which feeds depression which feeds hopelessness, etc.


Who prescribed Lexapro? Was it a general practitioner?
Most of them are not trained in the psychiatric drugs and simply throw the nice little sample pack at you that they get from the drug companies.

Did all three doctors recommend Lexapro? Perhaps an anti-anxiety drug might be more helpful.

You are extremely fortunate in that you found three doctors who agree on the cause of your problem. Why not ask all three what the best cure is? Maybe you will get some kind of consensus there too. If you do, please come online and share it with us!

It may be rare, Janis, but you do have alot of company here.
You are definitely not alone in your misery.

[denise520]

hi... i get the shakey thing right after and before my period... ugh!!! i have not had a dr. confirm peri... at least you have some docs.... keep pumping them for info and report back for the rest of us... hugs to ya!!! denise

[janis r]

hi... i get the shakey thing right after and before my period... ugh!!! i have not had a dr. confirm peri... at least you have some docs.... keep pumping them for info and report back for the rest of us... hugs to ya!!! denise

well, what a doctor friend, my reg. doc and gyn doc said when I told them what I was going through was that it was anxiety but it souded like the gyn doc really said nothing to the fact that she had really heard of it...this Lexapro only has help some but not totally..when my brain starts shaking is when it really gets scary. I am taking note to what I do during the day to see why some days are better than others...when I tell other women about this they just look at me so it must be really rare..janis

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I guess this thing inside of me is the internal shaking..It is worse in the morning when I am waking up...my brain and upper part of my body feels like the neves are going crazy and when I get up out of bed I feel like shaky all over..I had three doc tell me that it is anxiety due to menopause. I am on lexapro helps some but does not stop it. I feel that my sleep, food, stuff in my life, exercise all play of part on if I shake worse than oters...I hope I hear from some one on this...I talked with my gyn doc and she just looked at me..I think that this thing that we are dealing with is rare......please help.. janis

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Janis..sounds like you have what I do, I just had a blood workup done and my hormones right now are at 46..which for my age which is "60" I should be through with all of this stuff but I AM NOT!!! I rarely have hot flashes, very little anxiety but the "internal" shaking thing really bothers me, I notice it more so at night when I am trying to go to sleep..sometimes it feels like my head, other times my legs, and sometimes in my stomach area, and sometimes ALL over..don't notice it everynight and usually through the day I try not to think about it..hope it goes away soon, it is very SCARY..keep me posted..

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[janis r]

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Janis..sounds like you have what I do, I just had a blood workup done and my hormones right now are at 46..which for my age which is "60" I should be through with all of this stuff but I AM NOT!!! I rarely have hot flashes, very little anxiety but the "internal" shaking thing really bothers me, I notice it more so at night when I am trying to go to sleep..sometimes it feels like my head, other times my legs, and sometimes in my stomach area, and sometimes ALL over..don't notice it everynight and usually through the day I try not to think about it..hope it goes away soon, it is very SCARY..keep me posted..

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yes, it is very scary. It goes on in my head most of the time. Sometimes at night when I am trying to go to sleep but mostly in the morning I can feel it. It sometimes wakes me up at night because it is in my head...It feels like my nerves are going crazy. I am on lexapro and it has helped some but what I am doing is trying to take note everyday to why some nights it's worse than others. What I have noticed is if I have any choc or cafine or sugar(like ice cream) it is bad..when I walk or exercise in the evening the shaking seems to be better. What has your doctor said about this...my doctors said it is anxiety but I have nothing to be anxious about..I just want the shaking to stop...hope to hear,,janis

[Giada]

I guess this thing inside of me is the internal shaking..It is worse in the morning when I am waking up...my brain and upper part of my body feels like the neves are going crazy and when I get up out of bed I feel like shaky all over..I had three doc tell me that it is anxiety due to menopause. I am on lexapro helps some but does not stop it. I feel that my sleep, food, stuff in my life, exercise all play of part on if I shake worse than oters...I hope I hear from some one on this...I talked with my gyn doc and she just looked at me..I think that this thing that we are dealing with is rare......please help.. janis

Hi Janis,

I, too, have the shaking--it is very scary. It ususally wakes me up from sleep. It feels like the back of my neck up into my brain stem is literally shaking; I have to get out of bed otherwise it will throw me into a panic attack. I am 53 and post meno about 2 full years but continue to have strange sympioms. It may be because I just stopped HRT in January. Anyway, I have had the internal shaking and vibrations (mostly on my arms and back and upper body) and the pins and needles in the skin of my upper body (esp my back) for quite some time--also palps--but this brain and neck shaking is something new. I don't even tell doctors anymore...they look at you like you are crazy--so I go along hoping it is nothing serious--just like ALL the other strange sensations. I hope this helps---Good Luck!!!

[Mele]

HI

Yup - I am also an internal shaker - mostly notice it in stomach area - and it is also associated with PVCs

I am not scared of it anymore cos it just goes on and on and comes and goes - more so when I have Aunty Flo to visit. My cycles are so weird - every 15 days or so for last few months - so goodness only knows what hormones are doing - I am just doing all I can to let body do its thing cos it is trying to balance everything out wih this storm going on internally

At the mo I am trying a herbal tincture from my herbalist - has licorice in it - and also taking sage tea which is very relaxing and tasty

I know exactly what you mean Giada when you say you dont bother to tell Drs anymore - I do tell my Dr and ignore the strange looks - they need to hear it even if they dont like it - tough - it is the DOCTORS problem if they think you are crazy NOT yours - you are not crazy - believe in yourself - your perception of your body is what it is all about and if the DR doesnt get it then they shouldnt have set up business as a healer in the first place

Mele

[SCRAPPER]

HI

Yup - I am also an internal shaker - mostly notice it in stomach area - and it is also associated with PVCs

I am not scared of it anymore cos it just goes on and on and comes and goes - more so when I have Aunty Flo to visit. My cycles are so weird - every 15 days or so for last few months - so goodness only knows what hormones are doing - I am just doing all I can to let body do its thing cos it is trying to balance everything out wih this storm going on internally

At the mo I am trying a herbal tincture from my herbalist - has licorice in it - and also taking sage tea which is very relaxing and tasty

I know exactly what you mean Giada when you say you dont bother to tell Drs anymore - I do tell my Dr and ignore the strange looks - they need to hear it even if they dont like it - tough - it is the DOCTORS problem if they think you are crazy NOT yours - you are not crazy - believe in yourself - your perception of your body is what it is all about and if the DR doesnt get it then they shouldnt have set up business as a healer in the first place

Mele

Hi Mele and Janis..I keep reading about this "internal" shaking thing which I have had now for about the past 6 months..I keep reading about everyone on here having it and some have had it longer than others..I know it has to be hormones!!! WHY do us women have to go through all of this garbage?? Does not seem fair at all to me..wish there was a majic switch we could flip at between 40 & 50 and be done.. Lets keep hoping this will end as quickly as it started..I AM RIGHT THERE WITH ALL OF YOU..

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[choco]

Hi, Janisr, read the posts here and you'll find many women going through the same process.It does get scarey I know I've had tremors for 19mths now! At the moment I seem to have this buzzy thing happening in the base of my neck, it seems to be the brain area but I put it down to nerves. I may seek physio help as I really don't know if this is my neck playing up or not. The tremors seem to be all nervous system orientated because they become worse with anxiety. Try magnesium 1000mg per day, ask at a healthfood shop. I even found a man at my local shop knew about tremors, surprizing!! When this all starts it's very frightening it's such an abnormal thing for our bodies to do. Plus it's not in the "normal" range of menopause symptoms. I quite often wake up at night with tremors in my thighs and back sometimes my face. They vary greatly during my cycle, even though I don't always have a period they still happen at the right times. Try not to stress over tremors, you will eventually get used to them......believe it or not!!

Isn't it great being a female not at times!!

ciao Cheryl

[janis r]

Hi, Janisr, read the posts here and you'll find many women going through the same process.It does get scarey I know I've had tremors for 19mths now! At the moment I seem to have this buzzy thing happening in the base of my neck, it seems to be the brain area but I put it down to nerves. I may seek physio help as I really don't know if this is my neck playing up or not. The tremors seem to be all nervous system orientated because they become worse with anxiety. Try magnesium 1000mg per day, ask at a healthfood shop. I even found a man at my local shop knew about tremors, surprizing!! When this all starts it's very frightening it's such an abnormal thing for our bodies to do. Plus it's not in the "normal" range of menopause symptoms. I quite often wake up at night with tremors in my thighs and back sometimes my face. They vary greatly during my cycle, even though I don't always have a period they still happen at the right times. Try not to stress over tremors, you will eventually get used to them......believe it or not!!

Isn't it great being a female not at times!!

ciao Cheryl

Janis r here--what I have found to help is 20 mg of Lexapro and magnesuim...I does not all go away but many times I do not feel the shaking....but what I have experienced with this is I have to be carefull to what goes on in the day that would cause anxiety. and too my food, drink, sleep and exercise have alot to do to where or not I shake that night..........Who ever reads this I hope there is a response...well, it seems that what we are going through is not regular stuff (shaking)( yes, I feel that it is nerves)...why? well, I do not know about you guys but when I look back at my past life I feel that my nerves have been woren thin. I have raised three sons all with disabilities and yes dealing with schools, society and doctors has been very very stressful plus dealing with other parts of my life....well, maybe the reason we all are going through this is because our life in the past has been extra unnormal stressful....thanks for all the response, at least I know that I have others dealing with the same wird thing....janis r

[choco]

Hi again janisr,

Funny you should say you've had a stressful life (and who wouldn't with the 3 sons you've had to raise). One of the ladies here saw a doc and he said the same thing that women lead stressful live and when they come to peri the stress sort of catches up with them and then it comes out at this time in their lives. Who knows he could be right!!

I do feel it's our nervous system as it gets worse if we stress over it. Nothing makes any difference with me sugar, chocolate or exercise.Have a look at the past posts and you will see loads of women with this problem.

Always come back and have a look then we don't feel so lonely and think we are the only ones in the world with this problem.

Cheryl

[angelindskies]

"God made woman from the rib he had taken out of the man...the man said "this is now bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh"...for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and they will become one flesh..." Bible

Okay, I just don't get it! How come if we're one flesh, the man isn't going through all of this too????
My husband is supportive, understanding and patient, but I haven't heard him express having any of the 34 signs!
I think maybe the rib that was removed from Adam is the key to all of this!

(((( ))))
Angel

[Ann123]

Angel, your too funny. Thanks for the laugh!

[janis r]

Hi again janisr,

Funny you should say you've had a stressful life (and who wouldn't with the 3 sons you've had to raise). One of the ladies here saw a doc and he said the same thing that women lead stressful live and when they come to peri the stress sort of catches up with them and then it comes out at this time in their lives. Who knows he could be right!!

I do feel it's our nervous system as it gets worse if we stress over it. Nothing makes any difference with me sugar, chocolate or exercise.Have a look at the past posts and you will see loads of women with this problem.

Always come back and have a look then we don't feel so lonely and think we are the only ones in the world with this problem.

Cheryl


So, maybe the ones of us how are going through this have had a extra ordinary stressful life in the past...janis

[Gwenhuvera]

I just started on Klonopin and it has helped. I take a very low dose at 6:00 a.m. and another at 6:00 p.m.

The morning shakes and anxiety was killing me. I dreaded the morning. I didn't want to have to take any kind of medication but I felt I had no choice. The klonopin is working for me. Just make sure you don't suddenly go off of it.

I haven't had the morning shakes since I've been taking this drug and hopefully I won't always have to be on it. For now it is helping. I'm also taking Zoloft (just started) and it too is supposed to help with anxiety.

[janis r]

I just started on Klonopin and it has helped. I take a very low dose at 6:00 a.m. and another at 6:00 p.m.

The morning shakes and anxiety was killing me. I dreaded the morning. I didn't want to have to take any kind of medication but I felt I had no choice. The klonopin is working for me. Just make sure you don't suddenly go off of it.

I haven't had the morning shakes since I've been taking this drug and hopefully I won't always have to be on it. For now it is helping. I'm also taking Zoloft (just started) and it too is supposed to help with anxiety.

[i]what is klonopin? The shaking has not been bad lately..I guess the 20mg of lexapro and 1000mg of magnesuim is helpling..janis :[

[Gwenhuvera]

[i]what is klonopin? The shaking has not been bad lately..I guess the 20mg of lexapro and 1000mg of magnesuim is helpling..janis :[

Klonopin was prescribed to me by a psychiatrist. It is in the same category as valium, ativan, zanax, ext. except that it is much milder and stays in your system longer. He explained that zanax is strong, goes into your system immediately and leaves in about 2 hours - same as valium; ativan is milder but only stays in your system for about five hours. Anyway, I take the klonopin (0.5 mg) first thing in the morning and then half a tab at night. When and if the Zoloft kicks in I will be slowly weaned off the klonopin. For now it is working - Thank God. The morning anxiety and the internal shaking was driving me insane. [size=7]

[SCRAPPER]

Klonopin was prescribed to me by a psychiatrist. It is in the same category as valium, ativan, zanax, ext. except that it is much milder and stays in your system longer. He explained that zanax is strong, goes into your system immediately and leaves in about 2 hours - same as valium; ativan is milder but only stays in your system for about five hours. Anyway, I take the klonopin (0.5 mg) first thing in the morning and then half a tab at night. When and if the Zoloft kicks in I will be slowly weaned off the klonopin. For now it is working - Thank God. The morning anxiety and the internal shaking was driving me insane.

Has anyone tryed MAGNISIUM tablets yet for the "internal" shaking?? I keep reading on this site that it really helps with this..does anyone know anything about this??

Thanks Scrapper

[Pegasus]

Has anyone tryed MAGNISIUM tablets yet for the "internal" shaking?? I keep reading on this site that it really helps with this..does anyone know anything about this??

Thanks Scrapper[/size]

Hi Scrapper:

Yes Magnisium is great for the internal shaking. There is a fountain of information on it here. I take 300MG in the moring and 300MG later in the day if the shakes are real bad. It also helps to settle the anxiety a little. I also take 200MG before bed and it helps to calm.

Peggy

[roeben]

Hi, Janisr, read the posts here and you'll find many women going through the same process.It does get scarey I know I've had tremors for 19mths now! At the moment I seem to have this buzzy thing happening in the base of my neck, it seems to be the brain area but I put it down to nerves. I may seek physio help as I really don't know if this is my neck playing up or not. The tremors seem to be all nervous system orientated because they become worse with anxiety. Try magnesium 1000mg per day, ask at a healthfood shop. I even found a man at my local shop knew about tremors, surprizing!! When this all starts it's very frightening it's such an abnormal thing for our bodies to do. Plus it's not in the "normal" range of menopause symptoms. I quite often wake up at night with tremors in my thighs and back sometimes my face. They vary greatly during my cycle, even though I don't always have a period they still happen at the right times. Try not to stress over tremors, you will eventually get used to them......believe it or not!!
Hi Choco
I too have been having the tremors scares the life out of me, I will ask my doc if it is ok to have them , because of my other med probs. I have missed talking to you all as our p.c. is in for repair at the moment. hope you are feeling ok and thanks for the advice.
Hope to talk to you and my wonderful sisters soon.
roeben

Isn't it great being a female not at times!!

ciao Cheryl

[Mele]

Hi all

My IS is driving me insane - at 2 in the morning - I wake - hot and bothered and shaking inside like someone turned the ignition on.......I am on Mag and have been for 8 months....?

Drs also look at me like I am talking Mandarin to them....I have been down the anxiety/depression route - and nothing helped

I find that deep relaxed belly breathing cool me down and seems to slow stuff up - sometimes when I wake I almost feel as if I am panting......? Weird? I am in hyperdrive in my sleep and it is outwith my control it seems.....guess that is why I cant sleep at night for longer than a few hours

I am knackered - to put it mildly

This journey is testing every bit of my body and soul - and oh boy I am finding it hard going

Hey ho

Mele

[peachygirl]

The bad thing mele is that the less you sleep the more you shake. I have to take something otherwise I sleep a few minutes here and there through the night. I wish this shaking would stop, it is true not many women experience this shaking I don't know any personally. Guess were the lucky ones.

[Earthflower]

Hi Ladies,

I have this shaking problem, too and it's the way I start my day off. As soon as I wake up I feel stressed out. It's so weird. I've never had this problem before in my life. I used to love waking up in the mornings. Now, I hate it. I used to be a morning person and now that's all changed. Seems like everything now is all about hormones. Blah! lol!

God Bless!

[roeben]

Hi Girls . I don't know what happened to my post seems only the quote I was replying to and my banner came up.
I have been taking magnesium after listening to the girls and it does seem to help quite a lot. I have not had so much bother with the internal tremors since starting it.
Just waiting for some other strange symptom to hit me to add to the rest , but it is so good to find something that helps you deal with the wierdness of peri/meno .
Roeben

[Nevermore]

Hi Ladies,

I have this shaking problem, too and it's the way I start my day off. As soon as I wake up I feel stressed out. It's so weird. I've never had this problem before in my life. I used to love waking up in the mornings. Now, I hate it. I used to be a morning person and now that's all changed. Seems like everything now is all about hormones. Blah! lol!

God Bless!

Everything changed for me, too, Earthflower. Same thing. The morning was an optimistic time.

Last night I actually fell asleep naturally. Get this, then our fax line rang. I woke up. I started to fall asleep and it rang again. My hubby said he'll go turn the ringer off. Only he didn't do it correctly and, yep, it rang again. Then he did it correctly. I then took an Ambien (mind, I had almost won some natural sleep), since three awakenings were far too many. I slept through the night, ok, but now I feel groggy and miserable. Hopefully that's just the Ambien. Hopefully my ert will give me what is necessary to sleep naturally again.

Do you take hrt, earthflower? Never in my life till I started did I think I'd take the stuff. Never.

[dorry]

The bad thing mele is that the less you sleep the more you shake. I have to take something otherwise I sleep a few minutes here and there through the night. I wish this shaking would stop, it is true not many women experience this shaking I don't know any personally. Guess were the lucky ones.

hi peachygirl,

i haved had this internal shaking, along with twitching, i too have never had this until peri started. it is so true the less u sleep the more u shake. this is why i recently had to give up a job because it involved working nights, i just couldn't manage it. The thought that the shakes would stay was unbearable. i have been taking 300mg of magesiuim for about 4 months now and its has stopped internal shaking and twitchy, as long as i get enough sleep!!!

[trikelady]

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Janis..sounds like you have what I do, I just had a blood workup done and my hormones right now are at 46..which for my age which is "60" I should be through with all of this stuff but I AM NOT!!!
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Scrapper -- This was very interesting to me, as I am 55 years old -- and I'm going through internal shaking, twitches, and heart palps really bad. I too wonder where my hormones are, and need to get tested again. I haven't had a period for 6 years -- thought I went through menopause early, but was a relief to see that even at 60 this still happens. I go to GYN once a year, but have not had her check to see where my hormones are right now. I've been so scared. I've had all kinds of medical tests, to include heart, and everything comes back normal. I do not take HRT, but don't want to. But again, at 55 years of age, I thought I was through this, but interesting to see maybe we are not.

[DianeScott]

I've had this internal vibration for almost two years. At first I attributed it to a tolerance withdrawl from Klonapin. I weened myself off of that horrible drug and the vibrations were really terrible every time I would cut the medication. Sometimes I would feel like I was actually trembling in bed. I've been off the drug since 5/04 but these vibrations come and go.

Last week, I woke up to the trembling movement of my head pulsating on my pillow. It almost felt like it was related to my heartbeat, which has been very forceful since the vibration started. My heart beats so hard that it shakes my hands and head with every beat. I had my heart checked out and everythings okay. I also get an earthquake feeling in my trunk and arms when standing still at times.

I've been using bio- sublingual progesterone but discontinued the bi-est because my estrogen level was too high on saliva testing. Now my estradiol level is 10 which is low, so maybe I'll go back on to see if it helps. Lots of other symptoms since 2002, some debilitating. No one can diagnose me.

So glad that this site is here to let us all comiserate!!

What ever became of the study group? Did it get off the ground and where can I find it?

Thanks,

Diane

[SCRAPPER]

Scrapper -- This was very interesting to me, as I am 55 years old -- and I'm going through internal shaking, twitches, and heart palps really bad. I too wonder where my hormones are, and need to get tested again. I haven't had a period for 6 years -- thought I went through menopause early, but was a relief to see that even at 60 this still happens. I go to GYN once a year, but have not had her check to see where my hormones are right now. I've been so scared. I've had all kinds of medical tests, to include heart, and everything comes back normal. I do not take HRT, but don't want to. But again, at 55 years of age, I thought I was through this, but interesting to see maybe we are not.

HI THERE..well from what I have read and listened to on here and everywhere else..NO ONE WOMAN is alike..the going age persay is 51 for menopause, but that is just a number..my girlfriend just went through a whole bunch of testing and her Doctor wants her to BLEED for another year and shes 55!!! I started taking MAGNESIUM tablets, but only 125 millagrams for the "internal" shaking and it has helped me a lot..some woman on here take up to 1400..I am not a pill taker and I am not on HRT either..I tried Estroven, but was having some stomach problems..BLOATING..gassy..so I stopped them..I since have started eating the ACTIVIA yogurt and all my stomach problems went away..I am hoping all of this goes away as quicky as it came..
Fun being a woman huh??? KEEP IN TOUGH.

HUGS

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