Tongue Twitches Interfering With Speech

I am in panic. today i did a lot of tests to my tongue, afterwards it was twitching badly and now i get twitches even while i am talking, which really interferes with my speaking. i certainly did not pronounce some words correctly while i was twitching, i swear.I am freaking out....this is horrible.When i don`t have tongue twitches i can speek correctly. With *** i would have the speaking problems all the time, what do you think?I think i can move my tongue normally up and down and right and left. Most time the twitches occure in the tip of my tongue. and in the middle i can see something i could interprete as an atrophy. But maybe it was there all my life before...This testing is really a were bad and useless obsession, whitch make things worse.I am getting crazy.is it possible, that this could be a bulbar onset after 2,5 years of widespread twitching. My tongue did twitch a little 2,5 years ago, but that was nothing compared to now.please i need some helplilith

Lilith,I've had tongue twitching on and off for years, sometimes worse than at other times. I've also had a lot of what I felt were "speech" problems although no one else noticed it. Any kind of "strength testing" I have done obsessively has only caused me more problems, I swear, I think it caused my "on again off again" jaw problems. It's not a good thing to do that and yes, you are obsessing, (I think most of us have at one time or another.) I can relate to your fear though, the tongue, throat, jaw thing has really frightened me at times, but it's always gone away.....I've had this 30 plus years, most of the years have been good. My 1st time with BFS was the worse and it lasted 2 to 3 years. This is going to go away, you'll be fine. Seriously, quit chronically testing--it's just BFS.Denise

I definitely have it on and off as well...but when it's on, it's REALLY on...terribly annoying but I think that anxiety over it tends to cause an increase in the tongue twitching...vicious cycleMy guess is when you least expect it, it will stop. Then, you won't think about it until it happens again down the line...Shelley

You have had this for awhile and understand that all of the awful things you are afraid of are progressive. They don't get better for a while and then start up with a vengeance. Tongue twitching is one of the many symptoms of this and obviously if your tongue is twitching you can not form your words properly and you have noticed that when you are not twitching you can speak fine. This is ABSOLUTELY not anything awful. You are fine, stop testing yourself!Be well,Kit

Oh Kit, thanks so much for your words of wisdom.I've been struggling for over 2.5 yrs with tongue twitching, this started after 5 yrs of bodywide twitching (only comfort is that I can still do all the tongue strength tests).I must admit that it still worries me so much and I find it difficult to hear of others worrying about the same thing. I have always been able to see and feel my tongue twitches and some days I just don't know how to cope with it all I just try to take one day at a time but lately I have been feeling very low about it.

thanks for your answers.Tomorrow I`ll talk to my neuro again, I hope he can reassure me that there is nothing terrible going on, my tongue still feels strange and twitches sometimes but it is a bit better since i stopped flexing it to much (tests and so on....).What also bothers me a lot is that burning feeling on my tongue and a dry mouth, which keeps me thinking of my tongue all the time. This is also part of my problem i think. If you concentrate all the time on one part of the body i imagine it starts feeling strange....vicious circle....do you also have that burning feeling?i believe it may well be because of anxiety.Actually i think this is the main problem. If my neuro agrees with that i will concentrate on this issue and try to accept it....which is actually the better choice as ***.grettings lilith

No, I don't have burning tongue or a dry mouth (I have read that those can be symptoms of anxiety) I do wake most mornings at about 3 a.m though, which can also be a sign of depression or anxiety. Even after 7.5 yrs of twitching, I still worry. I hope your neuro can ease your mind tomorrow, Lilith. The turmoil tongue twitching causes us is no fun

Lilith,I've had the burning tongue on and off. Someone told me maybe I needed B12, could be a sign of deficiancy; got tested and my B12 was okay. I feel that a lot though. Don't worry. Denise