VIBRATING, SHAKING

[caitlinr]

  
For the past few months, my body has felt like it is vibrating. It started when I would wake up at night or during a nap. Then it started everytime I woke up. It felt like I was vibrating. I would check my heart to see if it was that, but my pulse was fine. My husband actually felt it a few times. It then started carrying into my awake time. I always felt like I was vibrating throughout my body. My doctor did a ton of blood panels to check for lyme,thyroid, glucose, etc. Everything came out normal. I had an MRI 3 years ago which was normal and I had a head CTscan which was also normal this year. I finally got into a neuologist who said it is probably Enhanced physiological tremors. He saw my legs shaking when I held them in the air, and when holding a heavy book my hand/arm was going crazy with shaking. He thought these termors were enhanced due to stress, anxiety.   He mentioned essesntial tremors, but didn't think it was those.  He said he didn't think it was parkinsons because it was a faster vibrating than PD, and it was shaking when not at rest.  He said not to worry, just forget about it and carry on with my life.   So fast forward a few weeks after that, It has gotten worse. I feel like I am always vibrating (not everyone can see it, I feel like it's in the inside). ALmost like a caffene high. Now, my whole right hand and arm are super crampy, achy, numb. It hurts really bad, and keeps me up all night. I keep thinking my hand is twitching or fingers are twitching at rest, but I can't tell all the time. It feels like my hand wants to move, but it can't. It does twitch every once in a while but not a ton in one hour. I also always have random muscle twitches throughout my body.   My right leg/foot also goes numb for shorts amounts of time.

[Dr Rajgopal]

Hi,
The symptoms of tremors, numbness and muscle twitching could be due to electrolyte imbalance, compression of spinal nerves, anxiety and many other causes. Please go for an MRI spine with contrast. These could also be symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis. Remember, MRI may be normal even in cases of confirmed MS patients. Please go for electromyography, EEG and nerve conduction studies. Focal epilepsy also presents with tremors, twitches and numbness without loss of consciousness.  Please discuss all these possibilities with your neurologist. Hope you get a diagnosis and treatment soon. Take care and regards!    

[caitlinr]

ALSO...
I am 28 years old and have been having some weird unexplained symptoms that I am hoping to get some help with. background: I am an overall healthy person. I have not had any major medical problems.  I am active, eat healthy and mostly organic. I do suffer from some anxiety, but take ativan as needed. I have also been quite the hypochondriac which I think ties into the anxiety.  

I am now concerned again about PD. Does this sound like it could be the early stages of it? People keep telling me it's anxiety, but when I take the meds it doesn't help. And I doubt anxiety could cause ALL of these symptoms!  I know that the brain can do some crazy things, so I don't know if I am thinking about it soo much that I am just sitting watching for my hand to twitch at rest.  Any ideas?