Tight Tongues, Stiff Fingers and Twitching

[RockSolidGuy89]

pfff....I thought I had this beat - was really self-conscious about my walking today and thought that perhaps I was limping a little in my right leg, then i get home and i feel like my fingers are all stiff and don't have the dexterity they normally have and on top of all that i get this tight feeling in my tonguehowever i tell myself that i would be a truly weird case, i mean i have been twitching for over half my life, almost 20 years - i have had a clean emg - why can't my rational mind win the battle with my anxiety? why do i let these doubts and fears reappear and negatively affect my wellbeing?widespread fasciculations, occassional minor aches and pains, thought i had slurred speech in the past, i didn't, thought i was drooling, i wasn't - why am I letting these symtoms manifest themselves - am i going crazy or something, am I imagining all this stuff? This is bonkers, I need to control my anxietyI believe focus is key herewhy do let our focus be diverted to these awful unlikely irrational places? Have we nothing better to focus on? Twitches don't scare me - it's the imagined or perceived associated symptoms that concern me, what am I forever ultra sensitized and hyperaware to this stuff? how can this anxiety be beaten back for good?meds?another expensive round of testing with doctors?exercise?good diet?fulfillment in career?fulfillment in personal life?oh and finally to the original question how many relapses have you guys had and how did you finally beat the anxiety monster for good (if indeed you achieved that)?genuine thanks for feedback (as ever)I want to stop needing this place but right now I do

 

[Gracer]

Well my friend,I am GAD sufferer for over 35 years... and I would say I had very few remissions (fear free periods) in my life since 6 years old.At 37 I was quite bad to be honest. I lost one job and was sure I will lost another one in a huge company.So I have strated speaking therapy.In few month of that (constant crying on sessions and a hell of painful memories from an early childhood directly pointing to actual fears and condtions) I had started my freelance business plus my official employment. In a year I quit big company and made a good freelance career.I managed relationships with my parents and did a lot to save relationships with my daughter (and even managed to improve that)I still have bad relapses of fears (because of stressful life) and just recently I found that my old childhood trauma had another root causing tortures afte more than 35 years!but I would say speaking therapy plus meds prescribed by psychiatrist are in my case (lifelong GAD) the best solution. Meds help for those chemical changes I have got in my brains for years and maybe even inherited. Speaking therapy is good for changing approaches and building new neuronal paths to relieve automatic fears etc. I do not see if diet is working in my case but I generally avoid alcohol and coffe (never liked them fortunately and never was having that Friday drink habit), and that is all. GAD and OCD are manageable. Morevoer, for me it became a best quest in my life - quest for life itself.

 

[saralyn]

Sorry, I dont have any helpful advise. I am a GAD sufferer as well, starting twitching in June. Have had GAD for at least 15 of my 34 years. I have times that are better and times that are worse. I think I am learning s-l-o-w-l-y that just because I think the worst will happen, it usually doesn't. Other than that, I have meds, and see a Pychcatrist. 2 things that I will start working on is:ACT (Therapy)and my GP highly recommends EMDR TherapyI don't know how well either of these will work, just food for thought.

 

[Gracer]

EMDR is a great thing too. At least several of my friends practicing it admit that results are usually very fast and quite dramatic but you need a quialified person to be with you on that way