non stop twitching

[jamie128]

Hi people,

This sounds stupid but please dont take the piss its genuine.

Ive not been to a doctor as i dont know what the hell to say but basically i have sort of voluntary/involuntary twitches, basically i twitch in different ways all day long but if i realise im doing it i can stop temporarily until i get distracted.

The kind of things i do are:

Bite my lip non stop
Non stop feel my nose on the outside
Non stop feel my pockets
Lean my head to the right by tensing my neck a lot
Weird repetitive movements of my fingers/hands.
I check some things about 10 times over and count in my head 1...2....3...1 ....2....3 over and over until i can say im happy its ok (whatever im checking)
Loads of other completely random things

I also suffer from bad brain fog where i just feel im dreaming all the time.

There are a few others but it is driving me absolutely insane and i dont know what to think or do about it.

[hedgefinder]

sounds like OCD, go see your doctor,not a motoring forum..

[jamie128]

hedgefinder said:

sounds like OCD, go see your doctor,not a motoring forum..

I thought this could be it, i know thats usually checking things which i do a lot aswell but i wasent sure about the twitching

[DUMBO100]

I don't think it's OCD. Go to your Doc and tell him exactly what you told us. You'll be fine mate but you need the ok from a professional

[jamie128]

DUMBO100 said:

I don't think it's OCD. Go to your Doc and tell him exactly what you told us. You'll be fine mate but you need the ok from a professional

I cant find nothing on google, usually i like an idea before i go and my doctors are st, read from a book kind of people.

[Wacky Racer]

Definitely need to see a doctor mate...

Have you been under any undue stress recently?

How long has this been going on for?

[jamie128]

Wacky Racer said:

Definitely need to see a doctor mate...

Have you been under any undue stress recently?

How long has this been going on for?

Well i left my old job due to stress but ive had 5 weeks off and just started a job which isent stressfull and i enjoy.

Its been going on for about a year or so, some days are a lot worse than others some i can hardly tell.

[mattikake]

jamie128 said:

The kind of things i do are:

1 Non stop feel my pockets
2 Weird repetitive movements of my fingers/hands.
3 I check some things about 10 times over and count in my head 1...2....3...1 ....2....3 over and over until i can say im happy its ok (whatever im checking)

4 There are a few others but it is driving me absolutely insane and i dont know what to think or do about it.

These are definitely OCD, particularly 1, 2 and 3.

[jamie128]

mattikake said:

These are definitely OCD, particularly 1, 2 and 3.

Its manifested in a weird way lol because i dont get the thoughts that something bad will happen if i dont do something, i thought you had to have them thoughts to class it as ocd??

[BlackVanDyke]

Yknow how the myth of Tourette's Syndrome is that people with it involuntarily swear or shout out?

The reality is that 90% of it is what they call tics... twitches and repetitive movements of various sorts.

There are quite a few overlaps between OCD, Tourettes, Asperger's Syndrome, ADHD etc etc - enough so, that there's a reasonable theory that they're quite possibly slightly different manifestations of the same basic problem.

Is this something really new for you or have you done it to some degree (obviously worse under stress)! for a longer time?

Have a chat with your GP, they should be able to point you towards some more useful help/info - probably in two parts, working on coping with stress as well as possible, and then specifically about figuring out what's up and whether it can have anything done about it.

[jamie128]

BlackVanDyke said:

Yknow how the myth of Tourette's Syndrome is that people with it involuntarily swear or shout out?

The reality is that 90% of it is what they call tics... twitches and repetitive movements of various sorts.

There are quite a few overlaps between OCD, Tourettes, Asperger's Syndrome, ADHD etc etc - enough so, that there's a reasonable theory that they're quite possibly slightly different manifestations of the same basic problem.

Is this something really new for you or have you done it to some degree (obviously worse under stress)! for a longer time?

Have a chat with your GP, they should be able to point you towards some more useful help/info - probably in two parts, working on coping with stress as well as possible, and then specifically about figuring out what's up and whether it can have anything done about it.

Id say its really bad atm my brain fog is horrendous and i get confused a lot, its been on and off over maybe 2 years, im 24 now if that helps

[TheBALDpuma]

I agree with BVD. To me, it does not sounds like OCD at all. OCD is a compulsion to do something, i.e. wash hands, turn swicthes because you believe there is contamination/something bad will happen if you don't. Yours sounds like a involuntry twitch, jerk reaction which sounds more to me like terrets or autism (of sorts). Worth going to the GP. I went to see mine a few years ago, admittadly after being previously diagnosed, and she was great at getting me in the right direction for help (OCD).

[jonah35]

Sounds like anxiety due to stress

[jamie128]

TheBALDpuma said:

I agree with BVD. To me, it does not sounds like OCD at all. OCD is a compulsion to do something, i.e. wash hands, turn swicthes because you believe there is contamination/something bad will happen if you don't. Yours sounds like a involuntry twitch, jerk reaction which sounds more to me like terrets or autism (of sorts). Worth going to the GP. I went to see mine a few years ago, admittadly after being previously diagnosed, and she was great at getting me in the right direction for help (OCD).

Yeh i didnt think it was ocd its not a compulsion i just do it without thinking, i also realise i clench my teeth all the time as though im tense but i have no reason to be tense im under no stress

[jonah35]

jamie128 said:

TheBALDpuma said:

I agree with BVD. To me, it does not sounds like OCD at all. OCD is a compulsion to do something, i.e. wash hands, turn swicthes because you believe there is contamination/something bad will happen if you don't. Yours sounds like a involuntry twitch, jerk reaction which sounds more to me like terrets or autism (of sorts). Worth going to the GP. I went to see mine a few years ago, admittadly after being previously diagnosed, and she was great at getting me in the right direction for help (OCD).

Yeh i didnt think it was ocd its not a compulsion i just do it without thinking, i also realise i clench my teeth all the time as though im tense but i have no reason to be tense im under no stress

You can have anxiety without being stressed.

[TheBALDpuma]

jonah35 said:

You can have anxiety without being stressed.

I don't think it's necessarily anxiety related. Although anxiety may cause a nervous tick, the op has listed symptoms none of which directly indicate he is having issues with feeling anxious. You know when you're suffering from anxiety as it's a very strong, overbearing feeling which the op does not mention.

[jamie128]

TheBALDpuma said:

I don't think it's necessarily anxiety related. Although anxiety may cause a nervous tick, the op has listed symptoms none of which directly indicate he is having issues with feeling anxious. You know when you're suffering from anxiety as it's a very strong, overbearing feeling which the op does not mention.

I have anxiety on and off mild but at the moment im not experiencing any and my tic is at its worst.

[Lemmonie]

I was going to say Tourette's too.

[mattikake]

Maybe it's not OCD then and the people I know like that are misdiagnosed.

What was the condition Gazza suffered from?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

mattikake said:

What was the condition Gazza suffered from?

I always thought Gazza has classic Tourettes, but I never heard of him being diagnosed as such.