Does anyone get muscle twitches ?

[LJ39]

Just wondering if anyone has muscle twitches as a symptom of hyper or hypo.  I get them in legs and arms ,buttocks and sometimes rib area....

Just curious LJ39

[DLA]

Funny that you mentioned this b/c the last 2 days my left eye lid has driven me insane twitching.  Was checking out at a store today and finally had to put my finger on it to make it stop so checker would quit looking at me like I was flirting with her!  True story.

When I was both hyper and hypo had bad muscle twitching all the time.  Still would at night if I didn't take Requip every night before bed.  My numbers are normal now and it doesn't bother me as bad.

Dac

[msfergy]

Yes I have had them also, also can actually sit there and see a nerve move here and there on my body. Also do any of you get problems in the mouth area to if so please explain. I get like skin peeling in my mouth and a friend of mine works for a oral surgeon and she said it is prolly my thyroid because it is a autoimmune problem.

[MJ13]

Yes, I get muscle twitches, mainly in my buttocks.  I'm on 150 mcgs levothyroxine for cancer suppression...don't know if that's the cause.

[tsimmu]

I've been off my ATD (methimazole) for about a five weeks and have been dealing with fierce twitching all over ... and myoclonic jerks when trying to fall asleep. I also have burning sensations throughout my extremites, facial numbness, tingling and back pain (between my shoulder blades).

I am overwhelmed. My nuerologist doesn't take me seriously because my brain MRI came back clean (I have an EMG scheduled in 10 days). I am not sleeping at all. I have two endos who insisit it is not my thyroid because my blood work comes back normal. The nuero says if the EMG is good then it is probably my thyroid???

I'm at a complete loss and feel like I am losing my mind. I also started getting hot flashes at night. It's not menopause .. I'm only 41.

[Atownvet88]

I know it been over ten years. But how are you feeling. Having the same issues.

[gimel]

I have had muscle twitches when slightly hypothyroid.  Increasing my T3 med dosage took care of it.  

Have you been diagnosed hypothyroid?  If so, what are your thyroid related test results and reference ranges shown on the lab report?

[EmpatheticJenny]

I suspect that muscle twitching not only is a symptom of a thyroid problem, I suspect it is more common than endocrinologists realize. Yes, I have had muscle twitching, sometimes fierce twitching, that I am sure was caused by my hypothyroidism. I am sure of it because of the way it co-occurred with other--more typical--symptoms of hypothyroidism and by the way it has disappeared as my thyroid problem has been brought under control.

Moving beyond just my experience, I have been impressed with how often I have seen someone at this forum mention muscle twitching. It is frustratingly difficult to know whether a symptom is or is not a side effect of a drug, but it seems as if your thyroid problem is at least a good possibility as the cause of your twitches.

[LJ39]

Thank's for your response.   I get twitches in my eyelids also,but just wondering if anyone experienced twitches throughout body ,due to thyroid problems.  I have had all vit 's checked and are all normal.  I am on anti anxiety drug for neuropathies and it might be side effect from the drug,just not sure.

LJ39