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Hello everyone. This is my first post here, but I have been reading the forums for a few days now.
I've just come through dealing with panic disorder. My doctor put me on Xanax, which worked at first, but then turned on me. I developed a tolerance for it, and would start going through withdrawal in between doses. After nearly going crazy with that, I decided to stop taking the stuff. With the help of my doctor and the benzo.org.uk forums, I was able to slowly wean myself off of the Xanax. It wasn't fun, but I made it through. About a month or so ago I finally began to feel like my old self again.
Throughout my withdrawal from Xanax, I'd get an occasional twitch here or there that would come and go for a day or two. Since other people on the benzo.org.uk forums mentioned the same thing happening to them, I chalked it up to benzodiazepine withdrawal and didn't let it bother me too much. Then, this week happened.
For the greater part of this week, my left thumb has been twitching off and on. I'll feel something odd in my hand, and when I look at it, it looks as though something is moving underneath the skin. That will last about 5-10 seconds, and then it will stop. Anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours later, the same thing will happen again. During my benzodiazepine withdrawal, this type of thing would last a day, maybe a day and a half, but this has been going on for about a week now.
A couple of days ago, I started really letting it get to me. I became more and more worried about it at work. At home that night, I managed to calm myself down enough to go to bed. But while in bed, I noticed that my whole left hand was shaking! It didn't shake all the time, just in certain positions. Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep that night. My hand got better in about an hour or so, and then by morning, it was completely fine.
I went to the doctor today, and he didn't seem to be too worried about it. He said that it wasn't normal, so he wanted to get it checked out, but that he wasn't too worried about it being MS or anything like that. He ordered some blood tests to make sure I wasn't suffering from some sort of vitamin deficiency. He said that if the blood work came back normal, he'd think about referring me to a neurologist. He told me several times not to worry, and that was reassuring and all, but it's still all kinds of scary.
He also told me to ask if either of my brothers had ever experienced the same sort of thing. He didn't really explain why he wanted to know that though.
Some things to consider:
I am a 25 year-old male.
I am overweight (320 lbs, 6' 2"), but I do exercise regularly.
I have an on again, off again relationship with R. J. Reynolds (cigarettes). About 2.5 weeks ago, I came off of a two month long quit. Since then, I have smoked about 3 or 4 cigarettes a day, on days that I smoke (most weekdays).
The night before my hand started shaking, my wife and I played racquetball with a guy who was a much better player. We played for longer than usual, and much, much harder than usual. I was fantastically exhausted that evening, and the next morning I was sore all over. Then that night, the night after the racquetball game from hell, my hand started shaking.
So, what do you all make of my situation? Any comments about the doctor visit? Have any of you gone through a similar situation? Any advice you could give would be very much appreciated.
Thank you for your time.
I've just come through dealing with panic disorder. My doctor put me on Xanax, which worked at first, but then turned on me. I developed a tolerance for it, and would start going through withdrawal in between doses. After nearly going crazy with that, I decided to stop taking the stuff. With the help of my doctor and the benzo.org.uk forums, I was able to slowly wean myself off of the Xanax. It wasn't fun, but I made it through. About a month or so ago I finally began to feel like my old self again.
Throughout my withdrawal from Xanax, I'd get an occasional twitch here or there that would come and go for a day or two. Since other people on the benzo.org.uk forums mentioned the same thing happening to them, I chalked it up to benzodiazepine withdrawal and didn't let it bother me too much. Then, this week happened.
For the greater part of this week, my left thumb has been twitching off and on. I'll feel something odd in my hand, and when I look at it, it looks as though something is moving underneath the skin. That will last about 5-10 seconds, and then it will stop. Anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours later, the same thing will happen again. During my benzodiazepine withdrawal, this type of thing would last a day, maybe a day and a half, but this has been going on for about a week now.
A couple of days ago, I started really letting it get to me. I became more and more worried about it at work. At home that night, I managed to calm myself down enough to go to bed. But while in bed, I noticed that my whole left hand was shaking! It didn't shake all the time, just in certain positions. Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep that night. My hand got better in about an hour or so, and then by morning, it was completely fine.
I went to the doctor today, and he didn't seem to be too worried about it. He said that it wasn't normal, so he wanted to get it checked out, but that he wasn't too worried about it being MS or anything like that. He ordered some blood tests to make sure I wasn't suffering from some sort of vitamin deficiency. He said that if the blood work came back normal, he'd think about referring me to a neurologist. He told me several times not to worry, and that was reassuring and all, but it's still all kinds of scary.
He also told me to ask if either of my brothers had ever experienced the same sort of thing. He didn't really explain why he wanted to know that though.
Some things to consider:
I am a 25 year-old male.
I am overweight (320 lbs, 6' 2"), but I do exercise regularly.
I have an on again, off again relationship with R. J. Reynolds (cigarettes). About 2.5 weeks ago, I came off of a two month long quit. Since then, I have smoked about 3 or 4 cigarettes a day, on days that I smoke (most weekdays).
The night before my hand started shaking, my wife and I played racquetball with a guy who was a much better player. We played for longer than usual, and much, much harder than usual. I was fantastically exhausted that evening, and the next morning I was sore all over. Then that night, the night after the racquetball game from hell, my hand started shaking.
So, what do you all make of my situation? Any comments about the doctor visit? Have any of you gone through a similar situation? Any advice you could give would be very much appreciated.
Thank you for your time.
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