Anxious Speech: stuttering & tongue pushing

[CautiousExplorer]

It starts when i'm suddenly stuttering (as i tend to speak too fast ). After that, the anxiety hits on me and i start to have this feeling like my tongue is constantly 'pushing' against the right side of my mouth.Yet, when i look in the mirror.. everything looks perfectly normal ( apart from the fact that my tongue is non-symmetric.. but hey, thats normal.. At first, it scared the hell out of me when i pulled my tongue out and it hitted the right corner of my mouth.. yet there is some space left on the other side. This made me freak out because i thought it was a sign of atrophy ) the problem is because of the anxiety, you start to notice all the indifferences that has been there for like, forever Has anyone else experienced something like this?

 

[hCapitalize]

I think most people will find that they are not symmetricI obsessed over my tongue, and not the only one, it twitched constantly, I saw grooves in it (not the only one who did either) I saw asymetricalities. I stumbled over my words, I felt I could not swallow, in fact all of the symptoms that seem common enough here.

 

[papillon58]

in addition to mild peripheral twitches on my tongue, my throat feels tight-- and i feel as if i press my tongue against my teeth on the bottom

 

[Dave1]

Hey Nervous - Yep...I had the "perceived tongue weakness thing" along with every other type of BFS related symptom that is reported on this board. About 9 years ago I was certain that I had "it". Twitching in "every" part of my body, hot spots, perceived weakness, atrophy, fatigue, hyper-active reflexes, stumbling over words...you know the drill. Went running around the country for a couple of years seeking out doctors to confirm what I thought I knew. Ultimately ended up taking more than 5 EMG's during this time period and a whole host of NCV's. The doctors confirmed the twitching (I even had a couple of abnormal EMG's..fibs), but they continued to tell me that I did not have "it". My anxiety level was "through the roof". Stumbled over words, extreme fatigue, perceived dents in my body. Ended up taking Celexa for anxiety and eventually stopped worrying about all of it. Nine years later I still twitch like crazy, especially in my thighs and biceps, but I am absolutely fine and only rarely pay attention to the twitching. I wish I had not wasted a few years of my life obsessing about something that I never had. I know when you are going through this BFS it is hard to believe that you are not the "one" exception, but as you will find out over the years, the best thing you can do is to find a good doctor(s) and trust them. BFS (whatever it actually is) is very common and hard to explain. Don't waste years of your life letting it get the best of you.Best of luck to you...