Concerning Hand Twitching

[LynetteSweetie 4]

I hope you all are doing well.

Lately, I have been having the weirdest hand twitching. I of course still have the whole body twitches, but the hand twitching is what is freaking me out. My right hand on the edge of my palm twitches whenever I use it. I can even bring on the twitching by squeezing my hand into a fist. The twitches are small, in the same spot, and can sometimes be seen, sometimes not.

I also will add that I did have a clean EMG around June of last year.

Obviously I am freaking out about the hand twitches. What could this be? It's concerning because it is in the same spot and is induced by physical activity. 

Thank you. 

[Holls 1505]

8 hours ago, LynetteSweetie said:

I hope you all are doing well.

Lately, I have been having the weirdest hand twitching. I of course still have the whole body twitches, but the hand twitching is what is freaking me out. My right hand on the edge of my palm twitches whenever I use it. I can even bring on the twitching by squeezing my hand into a fist. The twitches are small, in the same spot, and can sometimes be seen, sometimes not.

I also will add that I did have a clean EMG around June of last year.

Obviously I am freaking out about the hand twitches. What could this be? It's concerning because it is in the same spot and is induced by physical activity. 

Thank you. 

I was a twitch worrier... For almost two years. You had an emg.. it's clean. But you clearly still have anxiety that is triggered from twitches. Have you been more stressed than normal? I notice my hand is fatigued and it twitches around the wrist but then I realized since this virus, I'm on my phone soooo much more than before so that's what I contribute it to, are you doing more with your hand lately? We tend to hold anxiety and it releases in the form of twitches. Hugs. I hope you don't let the twitching stress you out.. twitching like we have, truly means nothing. Took me a long time to get to that but it's true. 

[LynetteSweetie 4]

22 hours ago, Holls said:

I was a twitch worrier... For almost two years. You had an emg.. it's clean. But you clearly still have anxiety that is triggered from twitches. Have you been more stressed than normal? I notice my hand is fatigued and it twitches around the wrist but then I realized since this virus, I'm on my phone soooo much more than before so that's what I contribute it to, are you doing more with your hand lately? We tend to hold anxiety and it releases in the form of twitches. Hugs. I hope you don't let the twitching stress you out.. twitching like we have, truly means nothing. Took me a long time to get to that but it's true. 

Hi Holls ❤ The thing that's causing me to really worry is the fact that this twitch pattern is totally new. My entire body twitches at times, but this is almost constant, in one place, and I can induce it by using my hand a lot or balling up a fist.

I am definitely more nervous than usual with the virus going around. I am not using my twitch hand more though. I am left handed and the twitches are on my right hand. Could this truly be nothing to worry about?

[Holls 1505]

1 hour ago, LynetteSweetie said:

Hi Holls ❤ The thing that's causing me to really worry is the fact that this twitch pattern is totally new. My entire body twitches at times, but this is almost constant, in one place, and I can induce it by using my hand a lot or balling up a fist.

I am definitely more nervous than usual with the virus going around. I am not using my twitch hand more though. I am left handed and the twitches are on my right hand. Could this truly be nothing to worry about?

Hi. I was a calf twitcher.. when my anxiety went wild a few years ago I had right bicep twitches that sent me to a neurologist.. I didn't go through with the emg, instead I found my therapist.. it took months for them to slow and go away. During this time my thigh started buzzing and felt so weak and shaky .. it's absolutely amazing what stress and anxiety can do to our bodies. I know that since your twitch moved location it has made you worry but you can relax, it's absolutely anxiety and stress. My thigh is buzzing this week.. and it hasn't in  an entire year. I'm stressed with this virus. I'm expecting soon my calves to start twitching . This is just normal twitches and nothing more to worry about. Promise. You are okay. My therapist and Dr have both told me repeatedly, twitches that we worry about come way way after other more prominent issues show.  You don't have that so please stop worrying. Twitches are common and mean nothing. 

[LynetteSweetie 4]

On 4/6/2020 at 12:35 AM, Holls said:

Hi. I was a calf twitcher.. when my anxiety went wild a few years ago I had right bicep twitches that sent me to a neurologist.. I didn't go through with the emg, instead I found my therapist.. it took months for them to slow and go away. During this time my thigh started buzzing and felt so weak and shaky .. it's absolutely amazing what stress and anxiety can do to our bodies. I know that since your twitch moved location it has made you worry but you can relax, it's absolutely anxiety and stress. My thigh is buzzing this week.. and it hasn't in  an entire year. I'm stressed with this virus. I'm expecting soon my calves to start twitching . This is just normal twitches and nothing more to worry about. Promise. You are okay. My therapist and Dr have both told me repeatedly, twitches that we worry about come way way after other more prominent issues show.  You don't have that so please stop worrying. Twitches are common and mean nothing. 

Thank you so much ❤ I remember seeing you say that you have an amazing doctor. I wish I had a great primary care doctor. I've seen so many specialists recently 😒 Did your doctors say why anxiety causes twitches? It's such a weird feeling.

[Holls 1505]

22 hours ago, LynetteSweetie said:

Thank you so much ❤ I remember seeing you say that you have an amazing doctor. I wish I had a great primary care doctor. I've seen so many specialists recently 😒 Did your doctors say why anxiety causes twitches? It's such a weird feeling.

Hi. Yes, she said it's adrenaline that doesn't have anywhere to go. We have a natural flight or fight response and when we have an anxiety attack or just a steady stream of high anxiety we build that adrenaline up and it has to escape some how .. now my therapist helped me with my buzzing.. she said that's tension and she's so right. When I get nervous, upset, anxious I immediately tense my leg up.. she noticed first and now I notice and I have to remind myself to relax it lol.. so wild what our bodies do. 

[N.har 0]

my upper lip has been twitching continuously for 4 days. The only way to stop is by touching my lip. This has also happened before in the past quite a lot really. I also have a spasm in my lower right lip which comes about every 3 weeks, lasting anything from 10-30 minutes. This one seems to have a pattern to it and has been on going for over 3 years. I am just getting worried now, would like some re assurance