Twitching and Weakness – Is it Common?

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I was just wondering whether anyone thinks that twitching can begin in certain parts of the body when you're particularly aware of that area. I started with perceived weakness in my leg (which has since come and gone and then come back again, and changed legs more than once!) but it was only when I found this site and saw that twitching and weakness was a sign of serious disease that I developed twitching (within a couple of weeks). I then started with twitching in my calves but remember thinking "at least it's not in my ankle", within a week twitching had started in my ankle (it comes and goes now). Does anyone think it's possible that the mind plays a role in the twitching and it's location?Tom
 
I think that's possible. When I pay a lot of attention to twitching in one area (usually my hands) I notice the twitching gets worse. Or does it? Maybe it's the same, but I'm more aware of it. It does seem like when I'm anticipating lots of twitches they start to happen (often in the morning). Maybe they'd happen anyway, but now it's the first thing I think of when I wake up and, sure enough, they start right up. The mind/body connection is really strong.
 
Absolutely. It’s also possible (likely) that the entire universe is mentally induced. Wow, the MS, brain tumor, bipolar disorder, anxiety ads are gone! Thanks John V.
 
I think that the mind is a powerful thing. I think that you can induce quite a bit with thought including many good things such as healing and even less twitching. For the record, I started with the weakness myself and then the twitching started about 3 weeks later it was the twitching that drove me to my books not the other way around. So did we cause your twitching? We could have but likely you were simply following the course your body decided on for this condition. It is important to note that not focusing on things or choosing a different approach on your thought processes has been shown to change neural pathways. Hmmmmm..........Kit
 
I personally don't think it's probable, although I guess anything's possible. One neuro that I went to told me that all my BFS symptoms ( and I have had most if not all of them) were anxiety related---this was my 1st visit with him but over 20 years after my symtoms started. I really didn't believe that, as I'd been under a lot of stress (child in intensive care several times, death in the family) etc., and during those times I remained in a "remission" from BFS symtoms. Then they'd start again at times when there was no out of the ordinary "stressors" in my life. When that neuro told me that all of these symptoms were "anxiety" related, I think he meant that anxiety could bring on an attack of bfs or make an attack worse, (although he never used the term BFS.) Denise
 
Thing is, I've seen posts on here talking about how medical students have developed twitching in the past following exposure to MND patients, and a few occasions when people have developed twitching after a spouse developed it.I reckon there's more to it than meets the eye here! Not saying it's just mentally induced, just that this could be one of many causes.Tom
 
I'm not sure if I know the answer for certain, but I can say that from my own experience it seems to be the case. I saw a description of someone with twitches in their legs, and looked at my own out of curiosity. Sure enough...popcorn twitches in my calves and feet that have been going on now for almost four years.I did have an eye twitch for a week prior (which is why I was looking up twitching in the first place), so maybe the other twitches were already there and I just didn't know it.
 
I think we all have various reasons as to why we develop twitches. In my case I was leading a happy,normal life without twitches. No illness prior to twitching just stress. Mum has ALS and sure enough I became so stressed out about this that I developed twitches. I'm convinced anxiety triggered my twitches. Oh how I wish I'd have had more mental strength perhaps I'd not be in this situation now. My anxiety feeds the twitches, twitches feed the anxiety. How do you break that vicious cycle? :confused:
 
At the very least, mentally focusing on a particular area makes my twitches worse.I think that there's a sizable chance that anxiety and becoming hyper-aware of a particular area can actually cause them in the first place as well.
 
In my case, I know for a fact that I've had random twitches for as long as I can remember. I recall having hotspots, but I honestly can't recall if the random twitches are as frequent as they are now. Once I read an *** site - boom - I suddenly (literally almost instantly) noticed that I was twitching all over all the time. I try to remind myself each time I get anxious that I've always had twitches and it didn't bother me or get bad until I did some stupid internet searching. Man, I wish I could just wipe this *** stuff from my memory and go back to my carefree twitching days!!!!!
 
Yes definitely! Short story is the minute I heard about "fasciculations" and became anxious I developed twitching. Long story I won't go into...I'm sick of hearing myself blah,blah,blah.
 
I sometimes think that people tend to store their anxiety and tension in certain muscles. They may tense up and put extra stress on an area. I am really bad for storing all my tension in my upper body, arms, shoulders etc. I find myself hunched up alot, especially when I am working on something that needs to be done right away at work. I notice my upper body is alot more twitchy on days like this.
 
I believe that twitching can be mentally induced and can be made much worse. I know this from my own experience. I think the heightened scanning or vigilance brings on increased probablity to twitch and excitement of the nerves in that area.-Dave
 
Yes ! Twitches can be mentally induced. When really focused on something else I realize my nerves calm down. Now when I'm back to thinking about them, they are much worse
 
I believe they can be mentally induced. When I am thinking about twitching or start to worry about it, the twitching definitely gets worse. In fact, this is how my twitching issues started. However, I also know that there are times when it just comes on...(i.e. if I'm sick, run down, etc) so although they can be mentally induced (in my opinion) they can also come on all on their own at times.
 

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