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A 53-year-old member asked:
How do you treat persistent muscle twitching after stopping benzodiazin?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Edward Neilsenanswered
Family Medicine 19 years experience
Time...: Typically it will take time. Benzos act on the brain similar to alcohol, and withdrawal can cause many things, including twitches. Remember, taking benzos or alcohol may help temporarily, but the problem will just be delayed. If you are taking other medications (such as meds for mental illness), see your dr to make sure these are not contributing, as the benzos could have been covering this up.
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Dr. Susana Duncananswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 35 years experience
Time: Tincture of time. As your body, in particular your nervous system adjusts to the absence of your medication and resets its thresholds so your muscle twitching should resolve. If it does not then you may consider that it is not due to drug withdrawal, but has another cause within the muscle or the nerves to the muscle.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
What can cause persistent muscle twitching?
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Dr. Joel Coopermananswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 46 years experience
Nerve pressure: Possible causes include pressure on the nerves from muscles or spinal discs. There are neurologic conditions that can cause it as well as metabolic ones. Need to see a doctor.
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