Chronic muscle twitching and tremoring

Question

I am a 50 year old woman who has had chronic muscle twitching for about 5 or 6 years.  The twitching show up all over my body, one area at a time usually.  I've had twitching in my abdomen, arms, face, eye lids, toungue, legs feet.  Basically everywhere.  Recently the twitching has settled in my neck and I see my vision jump but feel the twitches in my neck at the same time, so I don't think it's my eye muscles.  I don't have any other symptoms like muscle weakness or tingling anywhere.  Just this annoying twitching.  Sometimes it feels like a buzzing, like my cell phone is vibrating in my pocket, but it isn't.  Could this be related to going through menopause or should I be more concerned? 
I first posted this question quite some time ago with no response.  I now have rapid tremors in my neck when I first change position while lying down in bed.  Goes away after about 30 seconds.  Anyone?

anuragsrivastava · Accepted Answer

Hi, Thank you for your question. This muscle twitching appears when the muscle contracts on its own (without nerve stimulation).  Most of the times these symptoms occur without any underlying disorder & they are not harmful or may appear after anxiety, viral illness/or long term illness. But sometimes this muscle twitching appears as atrophy and weakness of muscle as well. Most likely cause of this twitching with weakness/atrophy of muscle can be when the nerve supplying to hand/eye muscles is not functioning properly due to any neurological disorder. If you suffer continuous weakness and notice reduced strength of muscle bulk in areas, please arrange an appointment with a neurologist right away who will evaluate the possibilities here. Hope this information proves helpful to you. Take Care & Regards!!!

theasian · Answer

Is it like little muscle twitches under the skin (almost like there is something that's trying to crawl out) that is visible to the eye? Then to me it sounds like muscle fasciculations. If it's more like jerky movements then I would lean towards myoclonus. Both of these can be caused by a wide variety of things like vitamin deficiences, nerve damage, lesions on your brain or spinal cord, trauma, degenerative diseases and a whole host of other things. However they could also be benign and have no sinister underlying issue. I would suggest that you go get checked out by your doctor, rather safe than sorry right? Good luck with getting some answers, take care

JanM82 · Answer

Thank you for your reply.  I haven't had any weakness developing.  No chronic illness that I know of.

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