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Anyone else get the shakes?

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Was wondering if anyone has this issue. This doesnt happen all the time. But last night it did. I'll be trying to go to sleep and my body starts to shakes all over. I can't control it and it last for an hour or so then calms. The shakes only happen at night before bed. If anyone else has experienced this please let me know . Thank you all. 

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Jayde_96

Yeah, it happens to me and sometimes during the day. It could be something a simple as your lacking a little sugar or it's a classic symptom of anxiety. Try not to worry about it too much. When you do you will find it slowly subsiding x

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natejohnson0201 in reply to Jayde_96

I think you might be right about not getting enough sugar. Cause I started chewing gum and that helped. So that was a good call! 

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Jayde_96 in reply to natejohnson0201

Yeah I was like it this afternoon and once I had a little something to eat and drink it went 

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FroGiggles

Yeah, i had that once and then found out I had anal cancer. :/ but I survived.

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natejohnson0201 in reply to FroGiggles

Dude! Sorry to hear that man. I actually have been checked for that ... No anal cancer just hemroids :/

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Chicago22 in reply to FroGiggles

Wow you just scared everyone here with that response I am sure you had other symptoms too be careful with your answers

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Pinky365 in reply to Chicago22

This is what I'm worried I have now and as I have the shakes sometimes I'm now panicking I have it! 😥 x

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FroGiggles

Thanks. Sorry about your hemrroids.

It might be in your head.

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natejohnson0201 in reply to FroGiggles

I think it's an adrenaline dump when my anxiety is on high or my blood sugar is super low. Either way it's def scary when you have uncontrollable shakes.

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FroGiggles in reply to natejohnson0201

Oh. Sounds crazy. I bet you can control that problem....

You try taking care of it dude? Or what?

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natejohnson0201 in reply to FroGiggles

Yeah, I've tried chewing a piece of sugar gum and it actually helped. That's why I kinda thought it was low blood sugar.

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Agora1 in reply to natejohnson0201

Hi nate, actually when chewing gum, it's not the sugar release but more about moving your facial muscles that helps distract you. Honest truth :)

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natejohnson0201 in reply to Agora1

Didn't even think about that! That could be the truth lol!

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FroGiggles in reply to natejohnson0201

Good call on gum chewing. Gum saves lives. How do I stop from peeing when I have shivers???

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FroGiggles in reply to FroGiggles

Man, no support at all for me in this group! Why no one support me!!!

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natejohnson0201 in reply to FroGiggles

I got your back dude. I just have no idea how to help you with the peeing. Are you taking anything for the panic and anxiety?

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FroGiggles in reply to natejohnson0201

Oh bless you sir!

I wear depends adult diaper all the time now. I am even more nervous people can hear the depends when I walk. So I pee more!

I don't believe in medicine. I believe in thought shifting and becoming confident and in control of myself. But it's hard when I just pee and shiver I get so fixated on the pee and shiver

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natejohnson0201 in reply to FroGiggles

That sounds like a big problem. Have you seen a doctor about this? I wonder if you have a medical issue.

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FroGiggles in reply to natejohnson0201

Well I'm old you see.

Of course I seen the Doctor bc I had the anal cancer u know

But now I just feel anxiety bc I don't know how to control my thoughts

I think I worry too much and then I pee

Just a little pee not a lot of pee

Don't laugh at me

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FroGiggles in reply to natejohnson0201

What u think I should do man? U must be the expert here

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FroGiggles in reply to natejohnson0201

Where did u go man? I thought u had the answers and support! I hope u don't get the pee shivers too

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FroGiggles in reply to natejohnson0201

Well my friend, I wonder myself if u may have a medical issue with what have u have said bout the panic shivers. I supposed u must think it's some medical diseases? Or u think u can solve the problem? I wonder what u have tried consistently to try?

Best wishes

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FroGiggles in reply to FroGiggles

Great news everyone! No shakes pee last night!

I had wonderful date with my wife and stop thinking bout the pee! It helped!

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Chicago22 in reply to FroGiggles

Yeah hows that mind control working for you get your prostate check and there is medicine for your peeing

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self_love

Anxiety! It's like ur shivering in the cold! Mines last for at least 30min.

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natejohnson0201 in reply to self_love

I also feel like it could be anxiety. When I was a teenager I would shake like that when I was really upset or stressed. So it could also be that. Anxiety is a strange thing to have. Breathing helps also distract yourself with a movie of music. I do art so drawling helps when I get shacky too.

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Hannah221b

I get this quite a bit - mostly it's anxiety, but sometimes I've realised it's actually low blood sugar. I'm not always quite sure why it happens so much with my anxiety but I do get very shaky and my teeth and hands tremble an awful lot, so a part of me feels that it's probably the 'shock/fight or flight' effect of the cortisol and adrenaline that's spiked.

Usually I either let it take its course, and that might be 30 mins or an hour, maybe 2, and then it'll fade, but if it feels like I haven't eaten or drank enough one day then I can usually guess that I need some sort of filling snack or meal to help get myself back to normal quite quickly.

I always get 'the shakes' after donating blood too, even though that's not too bad in the grand scheme of things.

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natejohnson0201 in reply to Hannah221b

Right on the button, like a lot of people on this chat forum, eating can be tricky. I can goes all day without eating cause I'm so anxious. And def not eating, brings low blood sugar, which brings shaking. Best advice is to force yourself to live a normal day to day life and ignore it when it pops up.

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FroGiggles in reply to natejohnson0201

Yeah. Try doing those things, like eating normal and drinking fluid. That makes more cense than tryin to findd a mysterious solution or something else to point as tha problem. Take car of yur bodi . Try that. Report bak

May u fin strength to control yur habits and life

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FroGiggles in reply to natejohnson0201

Does anyone pee themselves a little when they get the shakes? Or is it only me?

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