Now I've got this new symptom to add to all the others.... started out like muscle twitches and spasms last night around 2 am. I could not get back to sleep and was a zombie all day. Now tonight, I get maybe an hour of sleep and up at 2 am again, this time the twitches and spasms are turning into body-shaking tremors. Also feel like I had an adrenalin hit into both upper arms. The tremors are mostly in my thighs.

I'm also worried that I will stop functioning on just one hour of sleep a night. I had already stopped functioning to a large degree!

I'm heading up toward ovulation time - two or three more days.

In addition to the shaking, I feel like someone dumped a pot of coffee in my veins.

I know others have felt this, but I had to post just to make sure what I'm describing fits with others' experiences.

I'm so tired of being scared to death by new symptoms of menopause!

Sorry you can't get any sleep.

I haven't had that symptom yet...thank goodness.

Oh yes.....this can plague me for days on end. I feel your pain here girl. It will pass....the problem is that you are not getting any sleep....try staying up one night on a day when you are feeling not so bad.......then try to stay awake during the day. You will note the exact same symptoms. So before you get yourself into too much of a tizzy....try to understand that this is a symptom of lack of sleep. Hang in there hon and whatever you do.....do not drink coffee today!

So this isn't a menopause thing? Just a product of anxiety that has caused me to lose sleep?

I'm at my wit's end. Am actually going down to a hospital today for evaluation to be admitted for anxiety. I'd also like someone to monitor my hormones from day to day and see what's actually going on, as the bios don't seem to be solving the problem.

I can't live like this. I don't want my kids to see me like this. I know my husband is worried about mounting medical bills - we've already been to so many doctors. But I can't this anymore. I know all of you can relate, but I just feel so hopeless right now. My worry is they won't admit me, and just send me home with a prescription. I already take Xanax, which obviously does nothing to help my panic attacks, as they come on usually every day or night. And even if they can't fix me, I'd just like a better understanding of what's happening to me. I know it's hormones, but what are they doing exactly? Is my Xanax possibly making things worse rather than better? I had tried to wean off it a few days ago by going down in dose, maybe that's what caused the anxiety and sleep problems? How are you supposed to know?

Like another woman on here, I also feel like God has abandoned me. I just don't know where to turn. Thanks for being out there everyone.

This happens to me and it's not always due to lack of sleep. Hormonal changes cause all sorts of strange symptoms, including shaking and anxiety even when one does get a proper night's sleep.

I got seven straight hours of sleep last night, but this has been one of my worst, shakiest days in months. However, I do know that lack of sleep can make symptoms worse. The "coffee" in your veins is called an adrenergic surge, which is a symptom of your confused autonomic nervous system (the same part of your brain that's repsonsible for temperature control, i.e hot flashes). These surges can make you shaky and increase your anxiety ten fold. You're not crazy, but I'm sure you're just as miserable as can be. Hang in there, Mtn-Steph!

Hugs,

JC

When my anxiety/panic went out of control in December I had the same symptoms, only in different muscles. My head/neck would twitch and my hands would tremble. I felt like I had parkinson's even though I'm only 40! I shivered and shook and my teeth chattered. I couldn't get hold of things because I would drop everything. I went to the ER and they had no idea what it was. They checked my electrolytes and a pregnancy test and sent me home and told me to see my psychiatrist (I also have anxiety disorder, but it had been under control). Over the next few months I tracked when the symptoms were the worst (they never really went away) and it started at ovulation and went through the first few days of my period every month.

mtn-steph, I hope you're getting that help you were looking for. I pray for all us peri/meno ladies every day.

Angela