Here we go again...

Heyy everyone!! Sooo i had been doing really well with my anxiety (or so i thought) up until about 3 weeks ago when i noticed my left elbow started twitching. Its been 3 weeks and it hasn't showed any signs of stopping. I didnt panic. Instead i ignored it and thought to myself "its nothing, it'll go away soon..." Then my back/ shoulder started to twitch...i almost panicked, but held myself back thinking, "its ok, its just your anxiety, it will go away." And for a while, it did. However, about three days ago, i noticed that my knees felt numb/weak and my left arm (the one that twitches) felt weak. I immediately started to panic. My mind automatically went to "I have ALS". Its not "real weakness" what im feeling. I can still open doors, do push ups, squats, walk perfectly normal, all of those things no problem...it just *feels* weak and i feel rundown.
Rationally, i know that i dont have ALS. I havent been eating very well or very much to due to my anxiety and i have been over sleeping. Also, im stressed about going back to college next week so that might also tie into my anxiety. I drink a lot of caffeine so that could most definatley cause some of the twitching/ shakiness that ive been feeling. Also, i know that, although anything is possible, I'm a little on the younger side to be diagnosed with ALS (average age is about 50....im 20).
So far, i feel like I've carried myself pretty well, i havent seen any Drs or went on google (it feeds my OCD). My psychologist tells me this is all anxiety related and i'm trying my best to believe her. Also my parents wont allow anymore Dr. visits as ive already been to about 6 this summer.....
Anyway, has anyone else had these strange twitchy/weak feelings? If so, how long did they last? Has anyone had a muscle thats twitched for a long time and wont seem to go away? Has anyone had unsteady fingers due to anxiety? SOrry this is such a long post!! Thank you for reading!!!!!

Heyy Merrida!! Thank you for responding!! I'm 20 years old and i have been to numerous doctors over the past months for my anxiety. My parents refuse to pay for more "unnecessary" Dr. visits because i've already been to so many. I have a bad habit of running to the doctor every time a new symptom comes up ( ex. twitching) when in the back of my mind i already know its from anxiety. Accepting that its from anxiety and not some life-threatening disease (which my mind always thinks) is more difficult for grasp :( I'm sorry that i wasn't very clear on my previous post!! My parents do care about my health, but they find it aggravating that i cant get it through my mind that all of these symptoms are from anxiety. :)

MK

I understand what you're feeling too. I get random little twitches that come and go too. I also get random feelings where my leg or an arm feels weak kinda tingly and like a spaghetti noodle, but works just fine. It comes and goes though. Try not to worry. Feelings that come and go aren't due to a disease. When it's  a true disease, the feelings don't go away, and get progressively worse. A few months ago, my anxiety was way high and I was totally convinced I either had ALS or MS. I managed to get really busy and not think about constantly and the feelings went away. When my anxiety recently went up again, the feelings returned. It is just anxiety. Try to distract yourself with a walk, movie, hobby, etc. I know it can be much easier said than done, but it truely will help.

Hey mpignata my left eye has been doing this for about a month now on and off now its irritating and scary sometime cause we pay so much attention to our bodies on ever ache and pain.

I wonder if it would put your mind at ease a bit if you had a conversation with your parents (I assume they are footing the bills for all your doctors' appointments?)....and perhaps came to an understanding re: some type of unofficial allotment?

Such as, they will pay for X-number of visits per year? Or they'll cover X-% of the cost of Z-number of visits?

That way you can relax knowing every so often you *can* get to the docs and have a look-see?











M.