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I keep getting something that feels like a vibration or shakiness tremors in my body on and off . Have anyone had this

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Autumnsa profile image
Autumnsa

Ive been having tremor like feelings through out my whole body for about a week now. I've just started meds to hopefully take it away. Making me anxious makes me feel the tremors and when i have the tremors i get anxious

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Dee075 in reply toAutumnsa

How do you feel today ? Mine comes and goes .. trying not to think about it .

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Autumnsa in reply toDee075

The more i focus on the anxiety the worse the tremors get. You'll get through it. Trust me.

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Dee075 in reply toAutumnsa

Awe ok ! It comes I. Waves but I work my mind up to getting it worst

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Autumnsa in reply toDee075

Yeah i use to have that problem as well. The more you seem unbothered by it the more you'll notice the tremors begin to fade.

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Dee075 in reply toAutumnsa

That’s GREAT to hear ..

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JAYnLA

I experience all of the above at times. It's usually the effect of adrenaline during high anxiety.

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Dee075 in reply toJAYnLA

Thank you so much it comes and goes like a shaky feeling . How are you today

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JAYnLA in reply toDee075

After several good days I'm having a rough one right now... but it will pass! Thanks for asking.

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Dee075 in reply toJAYnLA

Awe ok ! What’s going on

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JAYnLA in reply toDee075

Big anxiety attack around noon - still dizzy hours later... working through it.

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Dee075 in reply toJAYnLA

Sometimes the dizziness be our breathing over or under and we don’t know

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JAYnLA in reply toDee075

Yes - I think that when I'm stressed I stop breathing properly and it was a stressful morning. Thanks for reminding me of that!

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Dee075 in reply toJAYnLA

That’s why we are here to help each other get through this

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jeanesdream in reply toJAYnLA

Me too..

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Rascal123

Hi Dee075 yes I get those tremors when the anxiety is really bad my doctor had given me a mild beta blocker when it happens, i have being trying to calm myself (without using them)through deep breathing and what I find helps getting myself warm with a blanket and hot water bottle. Be kind to yourself.x

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Chicago22 in reply toRascal123

Did they give you propanol? What dosage?

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Dee075

Thank you .... did yours come and go

Reeg profile image
Reeg

Yes, I get this every day

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Dee075

How do you handle it

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Ffightereng3

Yup all the time. It’s our fight or flight mechanism kicking in for no reason. Somehow we think there’s a threat when there really isn’t. The quicker you can convince yourself they are just sensations of a normal body reaction the quicker they will resolve. It’s much easier said than done but I know you can do it. :)

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Dee075

Wow this is a lot . Thank you

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Rabbithole720

I just posted this on a another site.. soon as I wake up I feel shaking from inside of head I can feel it thru the day to but it’s much worse at night before bed or waking. I can feel it thru my body during the day I just figured it’s from anxiety being so high

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Dee075 in reply toRabbithole720

Yes worst at night or when laying down . It was my left side at first but now it’s the whole body ...

Great replies!

I get this also...I also explain it as my insides are vibrating, it’s such an uncomfortable feeling... I just did a mri of my head and a bunch of blood work and everything came out fine so I’m guessing it’s anxoety also! I pray for all of us ! 🙏

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Your arms, hands, feet, legs, stomach, sides, chest, back, head, buttocks, groin, or even your entire body may feel shaky or like they are trembling, shaking, or vibrating.

These shaking, tremoring, vibrating feelings might affect just one part of the body, many parts of the body, might migrate frsom one location to another, or affect the entire body.

Shaking, trembling, and vibrating might be visible or not.

Shaking, trembling, and vibrating feelings can occur on the exterior of the body or feel like it is occurring on the inside, or both.

Shaking, trembling, and vibrating feelings might occur rarely, intermittently, or persistently.

While some people may be able to control their shaking, trembling, and vibrating feelings by calming themselves down or by tightening and loosening their muscles, most often these feelings occur involuntarily, meaning there isn’t much we can do to stop these feelings from occurring.

Some people experience shaking feelings only when moving certain muscles, while others experience shaking all the time regardless of muscle movement.

It’s common for these shaking, tremoring, vibrating feelings to be more noticeable when trying to rest, relax, go to sleep, or when waking up from sleep.

It’s also common for these shaking feelings to occur intermittently and for no apparent reason. For example, you may be resting when all of a sudden, and for no apparent reason, a part of your body, parts of your body, or your entire body begins to shake, tremble, or vibrate. Then for no apparent reason, moments later, these shaking feelings disappear, only to return again later, even though you haven’t changed position or done anything to alleviate or aggravate these shaking, trembling or vibrating feelings.

These shaking anxiety feelings may precede, accompany, or follow an escalation of other anxiety sensations and symptoms, or occur by itself.

These shaking anxiety feelings can precede, accompany, or follow an episode of nervousness, anxiety, fear, and elevated stress, or occur ‘out of the blue’ and for no apparent reason.

These shaking anxiety feelings can range in intensity from slight, to moderate, to severe. It can also come in waves, where it’s strong one moment and eases off the next.

These shaking anxiety feelings can change from day to day, and/or from moment to moment.

All of the above variations and combinations are common.

Some people describe this anxiety symptom as:

Nervous shaking

Anxiety shaking symptoms

Feelings of shaking anxiety

What causes these shaking anxiety feelings symptoms?

Shaking, vibrating, and trembling anxiety feelings are common sensations associated with the stress response, and symptoms of persistently elevated stress, including the persistently elevated stress caused by being overly anxious. Some people say that they have a ‘case of the nerves’ because they are shaking so much.

Just as too much caffeine can cause jitteriness and trembling because caffeine is a stimulant, so can stress and stress-response hyperstimulation, since stress hormones are stimulants.

The stress response causes stress hormones to enter the bloodstream where they travel to ‘target’ locations in the body to bring about specific biological, psychological, and emotional changes that prepare the body for immediate action: to fight with or flee from an impending threat.

Since stress hormones are stimulants, they have a dramatic affect on the body’s nervous system, which controls the body’s muscles. When the nervous system becomes stimulated it can have an adverse effect on the body’s muscles, such as causing them to tremor, tremble, shake, and vibrate. As stress response stimulation increases, so can shaking, vibrating, and trembling.

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Dee075

Yes ! Like a vibrating it use to be buzzing ...

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4fishylady

I just read in an email from WebMD on MS a really good discussion of shakiness with people with MS, and many other good discussions for us. I get their regular emails and lots of good info. I too have shakiness of my hands frequently and have for many years. I always associated it with hypoglycemia, and tried to "feed" it until it stopped. But, it may not be that sugar is the problem. A day or so ago, I had just taken a bath, and was trying to answer an email, and my hands were so shaky that I could barely hit the keys! I did have a snack afterwards, but I wonder if it was the heat from the bath, not hunger. Everyone please sign up for their emails, since they are very informative.

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Dee075 in reply to4fishylady

I had mri ct scan blood work ekg it’s from anxiety for me not Ms . Thank you for the info. Do you have Ms

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4fishylady in reply toDee075

Yes, I have MS, diagnosed 5 years, but had it for at least 40 years, with same symptoms. (I am 76 years old.) Magnesium can also help with anxiety, according to a medical report I read recently. It was titled "The Importance of Magnesium in Clinical Healthcare" and was found on https:/ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pms/articl... Please look up this clinical study which was written by Gerry K. Schwalfenberg and Stephen J. Genuis. I printed all 19 pages to have on hand to read and try to digest and refer to. It is absolutely amazing how many of our body processes depend on this one mineral, which we can take with a pill!

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Chicago22 in reply to4fishylady

Please dont diagnose people WITH MS will have anxiety already and you make it worse by saying that. Ms has a million symptoms

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alonso713

I remember making someone switch seats with me at lunch because my chair was vibrating. It still vibrated after we switched. And then I got back to my desk and that one was vibrating. Then I clocked that it was me vibrating!!! Googled vibrating anxiety and knew straight away that it was just another symptom. Body soon got bored of it and moved on to another new one. Who knew there were so many!! Currently tolerating air hunger. Two months and counting.

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Dee075 in reply toalonso713

Shortness of breath I get that as well a lot of times we are over or under breathing . It too shall pass

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Tnhundley

Yes, with severe B12 deficiency.

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Dee075 in reply toTnhundley

Thank you so much ... they say mine is at level

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Tnhundley in reply toDee075

Doctors will tell you that your levels are normal even when they’re at the lowest level and able to cause symptoms. Do any of these sound familiar?

b12deficiency.info/signs-an...

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Dee075

Totally agree ! On the lower side and say they be ok .. let me look and see

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Aptree

I am on a site for women in menapause and a lot of them are complaining about these symptoms

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Dee075 in reply toAptree

Really ! I’m sure I’m peri menopause . It said tremors as well

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Aptree in reply toDee075

Yes peri for sure is one of the complaints

Vibrations

Tremours

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Lannsutt

OMG i had this the other day sitting at my desk at work! Suddenly i felt like my whole body was humming and vibrating at a low frequency- ive had it before in just one part of body like one thigh or something but this was my whole body- i was too busy to think about it too much but it did make me worried 😧

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Dee075

Wow mines is a less frequent today . THANK GOD but I have a little neck eye and head tension and jaw . 😢

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Anxietyqueen304 in reply toDee075

Also have the neck eye and jaw pain for a week now going on two

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Dee075 in reply toAnxietyqueen304

Really I’m really cold and shaky tonight

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Anxietyqueen304

I have it all the time from panic attacks

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clstlcatty

yes

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