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What's it mean if someone with chronic anxiety and depression all of a sudden started twitching. head neck legs etc. moderate but can't stop. feel fin?

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Dr. Joan Kinlananswered

Psychiatry 52 years experience

Developing a tic.: It is unusual and requires a full physical and possibly a neurological evaluation to determine the cause of the twitching.

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Dr. Robert Marvitanswered

Psychiatry 57 years experience

Neuro problem: Could be a side effect of medication. Possible CNS overactivity. Last but not least conversion reaction.

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Losing the use of my arms and legs, constant pain from my neck. Left eye causes discomfort . Always exhausted and feeling depressed ? Any ideas ?

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Lower left eyelid and lip twitching on and off for several days. Harsh bouts of anxiety, stress and depression. 14 wks pregnant. Twitch causes?

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Can muscle twitching in calves and eye lids and some other body parts and weight loss last for 3 months or so with depression and anxiety?

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For three years I have been experiencing various muscle movements in my body caused by anxiety, depression, and stress. They occur in my mouth, jaw, stomach, lower abdomen, and legs. The leg movements are particularly painful. These movements are const

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I have had pain in my legs, back, arms, shoulders, and butt for over a year now. This pain is accompained by fatigue, anxiety an also have anxiety, depression, fatique, urinary frequency, skin tenderness, tingiling in my hands and feet, trouble sleeping,

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