need answers

[lex95]

Has anyone with anxiety & depression (on meds or not) experienced uncontrollable muscle jerks? (if you look up myoclonic jerks this is the typw or jerking i am experiencing) if anyone had experienced these jerks or know someone that has PLEASE respond

[KittyPrim]

Yes!! I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one! I'm sorry I don't have answers for you, however... I'm in the dark. I have had depression for 5 years, and anxiety/panic disorder for 2. I'm currently 20 years old and taking escitalopram for anxiety. These jerks often happen to me only when I'm sitting or laying down, or trying to fall asleep. Sometimes they are so severe that I jerk myself awake before I'm fully asleep. Sometimes it feels as if my chest jerks and leads my body along with it, and other times my knees and calves will twitch.

[lex95 in reply to KittyPrim]

oh my gosh, it feels so great to find someone that is going through this

[Carin28 in reply to KittyPrim]

How does escitalopram work with your anxiety. I tried it a couple of years ago and it made me extremely anxious.

[KittyPrim in reply to Carin28]

It's been working well for me so far. I've been on it for around 6 to 7 months now, and while i still have flare ups often, I only have panic attacks rarely (once or twice a month) , or in very high stress situations (i.e firework shows or concerts or tornado/flood warnings in my case). It does have some side effects, such as low libido and difficulty performing sexually.

[Jmerrick22]

Yes I have , it freaked me out , my instinct is always run to ER , and I work at a hospital so I've seen more than enough of them . Anxiety is a strange powerful thing

[lex95 in reply to Jmerrick22]

have you gotten any recommendations for treatment/ or if they wilo ever go away?

[Jmerrick22 in reply to lex95]

Low dose meds and therapy . Do things you love

[lex95 in reply to Jmerrick22]

i am on prozac now at 20mg i believe for my depression and i hate it. planning on changing that soon. and i havent found a med for anxiety that doesnt make me feel super groggy

[Carin28]

I have in the past where I was taking high dose of clomipramine for OCD. I am on much lower dose and no longer have them.

[lex95 in reply to Carin28]

yeah its weird because ths jerks actually started when i was on a medication that i had been on since i was 12

[tuffy33]

Yes, I get these all the time in my thighs and thumbs.

[lex95 in reply to tuffy33]

what helps ease them?

[tuffy33 in reply to lex95]

Meditation and just ignore them. Eventually they will become less intense.

[lex95 in reply to tuffy33]

have you sought any other help for it?

[tuffy33 in reply to lex95]

Yes, pray to Jesus. It will go away but slowly.