I am so glad to find this board. I too have been having this twitching. It's almost a popping feeling in my legs. My right thumb and forefinger twitch too. The place that really is bugging me is in my tongue. (Please someone tell me that they do this too) Of course, the internet can be your best friend or worst enemy. I have read that this is also a symptom of ALS! I have been having irregular periods now for about a year. Last one was three months from the one before. Now I am late again. Hot flashes, migraines..all the classic symptoms. I am 43 which my Dr. thinks is too young.

I just read about the tongue twitching......for the past week or so,when i am trying to get to sleep,my tongue starts doing a little tickling/twitching,and it feels so strange.....anyone else have this happen?

Anyone have head twitching? It's very weird. It's like tremors that start in my neck and go up, and it's getting worse - probably cuz I'm so TENSE!

HI Christina55 Yes, it feels in a way like that part of your head is numb. Or millions of tiny little insects are doing a dance inside your scalp. LOL!! Seems to be a very common symptom. Peace AA

Hi Anxiety! No, it's not like itching or crawling......it's an actual tremor. My girlfriend noticed it first about 2 months ago. I've always had very tense neck muscles and sometimes my head will twitch to one side if I have to hold my head still like at the dentist or hair dressers - I probably tense up or something. Then right at the same time I started this stuff about 3 months ago it turned into a consistent, slight tremor. Could it be hormone related? It's a little scarey.

Hi Christina, I have this too - it's such a pain at the hairdresser's, isn't it? Mine has gotten a little worse with perimenopause (I've had it for years), and I'm assuming that with many of the other symptoms, it will pass in time. Relaxation and deep breaths!

Hey Christina - if it's hormonal I'd be surprised, since my dad has had the same thing for decades. His is benign positional tremor - never got worse - just happens when he holds his head a certain way. Maybe his estrogen was low. Otter

Otter - LOL - It's just really strange that this has happened just as I really went full swing into hormone hell. Maybe I just need a margarita :cool: Jolie - I've had this for years as well...maybe since my teens. It was only bad if I was really stressed. Now it's consistent....perhaps cuz I'm stressed all the time? Jeesh!

Christina, Can't tell you how much I've hated this head-tremor thing.:mad: I almost never go to a hairdresser (hub cuts my hair now) - last time I went, the stylist got annoyed with me cuz' my head was bobbing around. Yuck! Also a real pain when I go for glasses and have to sit still while the doc gazes into my eyes with that light-thing. Also noticed it as a stress thing, when I was uncomfortable in places - eating at restaurants with certain "hoity-toity" people (hub's work clients, etc.), or whenever I felt someone was watching me too closely. It got better over time, but I do have it more in peri. Wee-ha, the joys of being neurotic! Hope it helps that you know now you're not alone with this! Jacquie

Thanks Jacquie. It makes me so self conscious now. It's very slight, but accompanied with the little twitches (jerks) I'm sure EVERYONE notices. I've had a pretty rough last 3 years and this last year in particular. It's possible my adrenals are totally exhausted and I'm just a nut case. I have an appt. with my OB/GYN for next week. It's my first since all this started and boy is he gonna get an ear full! Look out.......here comes the crazy woman! LOL

I have been having twitching/tingling in my neck/shoulders off and on,anyone else have this,or is it something i should worry about?

I have the head twitching too. My Doctor said it was only nerves, but I'm not sure I believe her. It seems to be worse when I'm concentrating on something like a book, the tv or thinking hard about something. How can it be related to anxiety if I experience it most when I'm relaxed and reading? My worst experience with the head twitch was when I was having a section of skin cancer removed on my nose. The Surgeon was coming at me with a knife and I was terrified that I was going to twitch and lose my nose. Luckily I was able to keep it steady long enough to get the job done.

I have the head twitching too! It is worse when I'm nervous but I can control it if I have to. I was told that I have "benign fasciculation syndrome" which explains all of the muscle twitching including the head twitching. I try not to get anxious about it but it's hard sometimes. I also have tired muscles and I fatigue easily which the neurologist says is not typical of this syndrome so of course I worry that I have something more serious but he re-assured me that I don't since my neuro exam is completely normal.

Hang in there! You are not alone!

patty

Hi, I am so scared I can hardly type. I have some twicthing in my legs, not all the time but mostly at night or when I sit down to relax (if there is such a thing). Just here and there. I notice everylittle change in my body and am sure it must be a precursor of some dread disease. I just sit and cry and can't get over the feeling that it is something serious. I am so terrified of als - a friends brother died of that and I can't get that out of my head. In fact I worry so much I feel like I am going to throw up. I am 55 and had a complete hysterectomy a few years ago. Any help = any one?

Val, when you were in your 20's or 30's did you have this same feeling like anything you felt in your body was something serious ? Or is this a feeling that has come on more recently ? I ask because I think one of the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause is increased worry and anxiety. I too find myself worrying more.

Did you do any HRT after your hysterectomy ? I ask because I have had a very pronounced psychological benefit from supplementing hormones, both progesterone and estradiol. Estradiol has quite literally brightened my mood and I feel much more positive and optimistic. If you are not doing HRT you might want to consider it. I don't know that it will do anything for your twitching, but it might help decrease the level of worry.

I get worried too,but I read all the posts on this subject now feel better.I get twitches in my right calf [sometimes other places] it seems whenever I sit down and relax.I did read about "hypoparathyroidism" that could cause twitches.It said the treatment was calcium and Vit D.So I'm taking Cal/mag and D before bed which helps me sleep.It still comes and goes but I've been through a lot of symptoms that I've worried about and now it's something else.So I try not to over react. Lumz

I am 42 going through peri. When I was 41 I began having thumping in my uterus. It felt exactly like a baby kicking in the womb. It was with great joy that I bought a pregnancy test, thinking that I had accidentally gotten pregnant and made it to the 4th month without any of the horrendous nausea I usually get. The pregnancy test was negative. I began to have muscle spasms randomly all over my body. Then the emotional symptoms started and problems with my balance. I thought I had MS. I've actually had occasional hot and cold flashes for a few years now. I am just now putting it all together and realizing that these muscle spasms or twitches are probably peri related. You are not too young because I am not too young and I have the blood work to prove it. Take care.

I've had the eyelid twitch before. I once heard it was due to being tired or stressed. Now I have a left breast twitch. It's driving me crazy. Why is this happening?

I also begin twitching 18 months ago (I had just turned 50) in my calves only and saw a neurologist a year ago January. Because there was no atrophy or weakness in my limbs and no vision issues, she called it benign. I have noticed much more twitching in all areas of my body-just last night my face was twitching and I started developing cramping in my feet and thighs. I haven't seen any new posts about this problem and was hoping that a lady who had been undergoing this issue previously and has come out of it unscathed would post. I am so afraid of MS, as the prognosis does not seem as bright once diagnosed past 50. Anybody out there to share their twitching story?

Dada, I have been twitching for 3 years. It also started when I think I hit the perimenopausal time. You just how learn to accept it emotionally, as time goes by and no weakness or atrophied muscles start, you start believing it is nothing fatal or deadly, just annoying.

Ter

I have had a tingly feeling in my shin before...same spot but sometimes it's weeks between times. Odd.

Dear'val1234'
It seems like you are in the company of quite a lot of twitching Ladies of a certain age!.My calf muscles will do this when I try to relax but my biggest twitchy area is my eyelid.It is quite embarrasing sometimes as some of these greasy old men seem to think I am winking at them.As if I had the time,desire or energy.
Anyway have had all the usual Tests.All negative so the Doctor thinks this is all stress related.I think he is probably right.I take a small dose of Xanax if Anxiety levels run high. That seems to help.

I do hope you will feel better soon

Warm Wishes
Elizabeth

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Hello ladies..
Thought I would add my two cents here.. my life has changed so much since last June, first anxiety and panic attacks hit me hard.. I mean I have always suffered panic attack episodes but it was WAY worse last summer. Then I got a little twitch in my thigh.. sent me to the internet.. big mistake! I feared the worst right away, then I got the twitchys all over my body.. then IBS hit me, then my muscles ached, I got the electric shock sensations when trying to sleep, I couldnt eat, my head was all in a fog. I saw a neuro in Jan. who also said benign esp. if twithing all over and no other weakness associated. Soooo to ease all your minds, I guess it is hormones. I get the electric sensations in my hands and feet too.. and my feet always twitch, or my calves.. very common places I guess!

NOW my problem is headaches, I was in the ER last weekend and admitted because my right eye, the pupil is smaller and my eyelid droops....and my head was aching for 1.5 weeks!! Anyhow after MRI, 2 CT scans, mutiple blood work, X-rays they chalked it up to Horners syndrome! Great! And NO known cause for my case..
I am falling apart I tell you!!

Love and hugs..
~L

I twitch, too. Much less when on Sertraline (which I'm soon going to be weaning off of thanks to hair loss) so I'm pretty anxious about the weaning process. I actually tried coming off of it a few weeks back and noticed that the twitches came back in full force. They're so uncomfortable. I get them really bad at night when I first start to fall asleep. I start to doze and then my whole body revolts in this full-body twitch.

(Men have it so good.)

My left eyelid has been twitching for a week now

Gosh. Doesn't it make you just want to fast-forward through this?!

YES YES, where is the fast forward button?
LOL!