Muscle twitching

[poconoc]

I have been experiencing muscle twitching all over my body for the past three years and three months now. I have seen the neurologist for my condition and I was told that it was benign fasciculations that I was experiencing and that it is harmless and will eventually go away. However I refused to believe that because I couldn't understand what was causing them and why they won't go away and how did I develop this condition. I was afraid unsure and didn't know what to do. The neurologist prescribed me citalopram for my twitches that didn't help so I discontinued the medication.I am now seeing a psychiatrist for my condition he told me that I was experiencing some anxiety and that is related to the muscle twitches. I didn't think that it was anxiety. I still don't believe it's anxiety. I thought that it was some side effect of medication that I was taking in the past that brought it on. However it started in my eyelids then it went to my stomach and other body parts my arms, legs, feet, shoulders, head. I have been dealing with this for so long and still is it's not as bad as it used to be but it is still present what is this and how can it be treated.

[poconoc]

My sleep varies sometimes I get six hours sometimes I get seven hours. I hardly ever get eight to nine hours of sleep. I am aware that eight or nine hours of sleep is sufficient amount of sleep and does the body well. However could the muscle twitching be   related to allergies or food intolerances something I could be allergic to in The Food Group maybe. I don't know but I still haven't given up on this muscle twitching it bugs me but not as much as it used to. Like I said it affects me everyday but I am coping it is not the end of the world.

[birdie0907]

poconoc has a question here too.

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/General-Health/Ticking-sound-in-my-head/show/1853434

[birdie0907]

There is no regulation for over the counter drugs. No guarantee of purity. None have been clinically tested so it can be the manufacturer's brother making the claim it has been proven to work. I doubt there is any way to stop twitching, and I sure wouldn't believe some witch doctor's claim his brother was cured.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/23/frum.supplements.drugs/index.html




How much sleep do you get?
How many days did you take citalopram, 2 years ago?

[poconoc]

Birdie I am a female the name probably threw you off. But do you think it is abnormal to be experiencing twitching for such a long time. If it is related to anxiety could this be so. I want some relief from this twitching but I must say it has decreased over the years which is a little relief but not completely ceased. Do you think some herbal supplements would help.

[poconoc]

I have had numerous tests done MRI a Catscan nerve conduction studies test. They all came out normal. I have seen a neurologist a psychiatrist for anxiety which I am not sure I am experiencing. I am still seeing the psychiatrist for anxiety related condition that my primary physician said I may be experiencing..I was taking citalopram an antidepressant for anxiety about two years ago. I stopped taking it because it seem like it wasn't helping. I also started taking magnesium and B-12 vitamins to see if the twitching would improve it seemed like it was helping a little but it didn't. I also made a diet transition by eating lots of fruits and vegetables as well as nuts because I was thinking that maybe the twitching was a nutritional deficiency and I was lacking vitamins or minerals. I still haven't found a cause of the twitching but I do think it could be related to a side effect of medications I have taken in the past stress or even anxiety depression worrying or maybe tragedies that I have experienced in the past.

[birdie0907]

In his Dec 1 post he said ..."the neurologist for my condition and I was told that it was benign fasciculations that I was experiencing and that it is harmless and will eventually go away."
In his Dec 5 post the psychiatrist says he has anxiety