Twitches and involuntary muscle jerks while trying to sleep
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So a month ago I got a weird headache with a hot rush on the back of my neck and facial pressure and pain. Went to bed and woke up the next day feeling funny like my jaw had been punched by Mayweather. Now mind you I had been through a lot of stress beforehand. I am a full on hypochondriac. I also have generalized anxiety and panic attacks. I had just come off a stressful period of thinking i had colon cancer. Went to the er and had a ct scan. It came back fine went home late , like 4 am, slept 2 hours and woke up with that headache. Fast forward to today. I still have the headache off and on but it is accompanied by crawling sensations on my scalp. I also have sensations that water is dripping down the front and sides of my head. Now here's where I get scared. I never had a twitch in my life. I started twitching in my feet while trying to sleep, then a jerk of the wrist, jerk of thevtorso, legs, and my younger started pushing up on the roof of my mouth INVOLUNTARILY. Making me bite it at times. Now i cannot sleep at night because as soon as I lay my head on the pillow my shoulder jerks up and hits me in the face, my jaw and younger are moving, my hip is jerking, my abdomen as well. I'm also getting twitches in my toes, calves, arms and fingers. It happens also mildly during the day, very mildly but just small twitched. No jerks. I do grind and CLENCH my teeth 24/7 which is causing pain and bite marks in my cheeks. My question is am I DYING OF some sort of neurological condition. I was physically fine before the headache. I had an MRI of the brain 10 months ago and a ct scan of the brain a week ago which was normal. Im.so scared and this is making me stress 100 times worse causing more twitches and headaches. I go around my house hopping on one leg and lifting bat stool with my thumb and index finger to test strength. I am looking it. Some help or advice is needed please. I have two small babies at home that I can't leave. Please some insight.
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jan34534 Eileeny73
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You are ok! I had all of your symptoms and more when I was in my 20s. All of your symptoms are very common with overwhelming anxiety . Twitching, crawling sensation,headaches, etc neurological symptoms because all anxiety starts in the brain which controls the nervous system.
None of your symptoms can hurt you.
when your brain is over anxious, it musters up a lot of energy. This energy has to go somewhere so it comes out as symptoms.
The only way to reduce or eliminate symptoms is to calm down the brain.
I listen to YouTube meditations for anxiety, sleep, whatever you want .
if you get an overly anxious when you get symptoms, everything will get worse. Your brain will send out more adrenaline which will increase symptoms.
you have to have the attitude of "I can handle this. Everything is OK. This will pass"
I am now in my 50s and none of the symptoms ever did any damage at all. I hope they make you feel better 😁??
Eileeny73 jan34534
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Wow thank you so much for your reply. It made me feel better and not alone. I am a stay at home mom with no family where I live. I'm alone a lot. Husbands at work till 430. He leaves at 3 am. Hes In bed at night my 8 pm. So i spend a lot of time alone with my thoughts. This has really scared me. Especially the biting my toung and jerking. Thought i was seizing. How could I go from perfectly okay physically to this. Yes, i had put myself through the lol this year with a newborn. After her birth my hypochondriac went in to full swing. I thought i had bladder cancer, tonsil cancer, colon cancer, a brain tumor, my kids had had leukemia, infantile spasms andbrain tumors as well. So its been exhausting. No sleep at all. Now with the twitches ill never get sleep. I am on ativan but don't want to depend on a pill. Was on luvox for 10 days then the next day switched to Zoloft for 3 days and had a worse reaction. FELT like I was going mad. Anger outbursts and feeling like I wanted out of my body. Still do. Bad thoughts. It off the Zoloft, now just the ativan. I'm at my wits end. I fear death so much I don't live life. The pressure of having two little lives in your hands is so hard. I am scared i will die and leave them alone with just my husband. There's no real family to help. How would he work. They would be homeless. I honestly wish sometimes I was 70 and my kids were married and I can finally relax. Sounds crazy but this is where I'm at. Again thank you so much for your reply.
jan34534 Eileeny73
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david76205 Eileeny73
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All part of the condition. Welcome to the club. Headaches, neck aches, back aches (think of how acupuncture works and the stress points it targets). Stressed muscles during the night, night sweats, jitters, trembling, mind racing 100 miles an hour. Also can include being sick to your stomach and gastrointestional pains, cramps, loss of appetite followed by loss of weight and then the depression really kicks in to over drive because you feel confused and out of hope and control and just want it to stop, but you don't know how to make it stop. It's out of your hands and you feel out of your mind. Afraid of what others might think or how perceive you. All part of the condition which can rear its ugly head in many ways as I just described. Best bet is to get checked out from head to toe, rule out everything else for sure and then that will leave you with some peace of mind, then seek help. Therapy, and anxiety meds accompanied by nexeum or some other stomach acid blocker. Trust me that you will need a good therapist and possibly a psychiatrist for med regulation. Know you are not alone and we all suffer with you. Keep writing and reading these posts. You help others and learn at same time. I find it gives me purpose and sharing my experience may help others. Yes, there are other medical reasons you could feel that way. That's why I say rule everything else out first. But most likely you know it's stress induced, you said so yourself, so don't wait to get a therapist and tell your doctor right away so he can get you going on meds. Good meds like lexapro or Effexor take 4 to 6 weeks to build up in your system to work. So try to get to your doctor and get some relief ASAP. If it gets too bad, you can always go to ER and tell them what you posted above. They will at the very least give you something to make you more comfortable until you can see a regular doctor or psychiatrist.
david76205 Eileeny73
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By the way the Maywhether fight was the fakest scam I have ever seen. Many people are suffering anxiety over betting on that fight. I am not one of those people. But the fight was a sham and people lost a lot. Don't compare yourself to getting hit by maywhether. You are much better than that.