Get Virtual Care
Involuntary head turning or twisting
Involuntary head turning or twisting
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
How common it is:
Body locations
Is Symptom of
Related questions
A 19-year old female asked:
I have involuntary head jerks. I only get them around people usually because i'm always so tense and afraid of everyone. How can I stop it?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 34-year old asked:
I have weird involuntary movement of my head, what's wrong?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 27-year old female asked:
Why does my head moves slightly involuntary? Is it due to anxiety ?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 47-year old asked:
What exactly can be the causes of involuntary head twitching?
1 doctor answer • 6 doctors weighed in
A male asked:
8mo tilting head to side with what could be involuntary nodding/bobbing. Just exploration? Teething? Or something more concerning?
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
A 31-year old female asked:
My 1 yr old nods his head as if he wanted to say no. It looks like its involuntary and random and he does it once or twice a day. Everything else ok.
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 49-year old female asked:
Involuntary movement of head and shoulders just has movement getting worse
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 25-year old female asked:
I have random, involuntary shivers that shake my head and shoulders. Not cold. Sometimes d/t air movement (like a fan). Friend concerned. Should I be?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 23-year old female asked:
I was hit on head and stunned 10 mo. Ago past mo. Started having involuntary jerks when laying down sometimes just leg sometimes whole body - related?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 23-year old male asked:
Is head pressure, that is caused by involuntary tensing of the head dangerous as sometimes I have felt some pain and two times it has been sharp pain?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 36-year old female asked:
Hi i m experiencing involuntary muscle movemnts, i had a kind of head injury 2 years back,is it dangerous to hv muscle movmnt?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A female asked:
I have involuntary muscle contractions on my right fore head, They are not not painful but it happens on a 24 years old scar. What could be wrong?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 19-year old male asked:
Had a few involuntary small head & leg jerks. Legs also feel weaker. I've been taking a new psychiatric med past month, but these arent it's symptoms.
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 20-year old male asked:
Hey i am 20y male .I have been experiencing my arms and head shake involuntary for quite a sometime. Trigger factors include stress caffeine or even a slight physical activity?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 49-year old female asked:
I took one 5 mg. Escitalopram for stress and anxiety from trauma. No issues prior. Ever since I have mostly involuntary head tremors, seems a little Oculogyric Crisis also, will symptoms go away? What is it? Will anything over the counter help?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 35-year old male asked:
This stems from my addiction to meth, I am now sober. The past 4 years Ive had the following symptoms: involuntary movement of the jaw and head muscles, jaw clenches harder and harder the more I eat. Why is this happening? Any remedies? Neurological?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 58-year old male asked:
For two years I have been experiencing constant involuntary movements of my body: head, mouth, jaw, stomach, abdomen, and legs. They are accompanied by restlessness and agitation. ?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
A 18-year old female asked:
Sometimes my head involuntary shakes and causes my eyes to briefly close. Could this be Tourette's syndrome?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 24-year old female asked:
Had involuntary burst of air come out of lungs with extremely sharp pain in middle of back and got very light headed afterwards... ?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 38-year old asked:
Involuntary tics in head are they from brain damage?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 24-year old female asked:
My boyfriend has a fluid like bump the size of a golf ball on the back of his scalp behind skin, has had head injuries now eyes roll involuntary. Why?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 40-year old female asked about a 89-year old female:
Are some mild involuntary head and mouth movements normal in elderly, (89) or are they only caused by medications like Seroquel (quetiapine)?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
A 36-year old female asked:
My son is 3 years, 5 months. He has recently started having occasional episodes where he inhales as if short of breath while sitting or without moving. He has also for the last few days had frequent involuntary neck/head movement. No pain complains. ?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 30-year old female asked:
Involuntary muscle locking for long iime & intense pain, itense tremors whole body. Eyes roll back in head & cross when eyes close, feels like straining/ stumbling over words, constantly pausing mid sentence. Extremely forgetful. Is it a seizure?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 22-year old female asked:
10 months these head symptoms every second every day/night. Off balance, dizzy, lightheaded, impaired speech, head pain, swaying feeling, brain fog, involuntary eye movement, syncope (once) ENT say not vertigo. Meds no help. Bloodwork normal. Ideas?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 60-year old female asked:
I have involuntary hands face touching?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 21-year old female asked:
I'm experiencing involuntary clenching of my jaw and a dramatic increase in blinking. My jaw juts out when it happens as well. It happens everyday.?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 37-year old asked:
What are possible causes of involuntary eye widening?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 34-year old asked:
What to do if I have painless involuntary forehead tightening twitching?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 38-year old male asked:
What would the percentage be of being involuntary committed for me having bad compulsive ideas..when Im logical then I think I need mental help when Im in that state of mind then I dont think Im abnormal ?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
