Why does my muscle twitch? Benign Fasciculation Syndrome

Have you ever experienced seemingly random muscle twitching in your body? You may be experiencing muscle twitching in areas such as the eyes, hands, arms and legs. There's no pain involved but can be annoying nonetheless.

You may have something called Benign Fasciculation Syndrome.

Take a look at this video to see what may cause this, what you can do to help it and when to check in with your physician to make sure it is not serious.

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[robertmofford]

I've been experiencing these my entire life. This explains a lot. Thanks

[Hardware]

I wish there was more funding for research for this type of issue. The medical field seems to brush it off by saying it's either due to stress or a lack of sleep, potassium or magnesium deficiency. Well those voids have been satisfied and I, like many others have had this issue randomly, in many muscle groups and parts of the body. It all started with an eye lid twitch at the age of 10. Everything in the videos been tried many times over. Benign fasc. Syndrome ain't as normal as it's made out to be

[Khayran]

I noticed the pattern: I always get these twitches when I'm stressed out.

[thesaltyalien]

I may be crazy, but i love this feeling

[seanmurray]

For outer calf rule out: 
peroneal nerve compression (especially if you sit with crossed legs that can compress this superficial nerve).Bone alignment in lower leg is not compressing peroneal nerve.

In general, I would add to get nerve pathways cleared from spine to extremity effected. Get worked on by physical therapist with combo of methods including deep tissue massage, Gua Sha scraping techniques, Myofascial decompression (cupping) and nerve flossing techniques.

[ganderquillip]

Thank you for this!! I almost thought my heart moved near my armpit.

[Ilostmyfob]

I find the best way to get rid of it is drink a lot of water and try to ignore it as much as you can. It can go on for days and days sometimes longer. Don't Panic just ignore it it's nothing serious usually. I had the one I was 30 and I could feel them all over my body now I'm in my 50s and I have one of my leg I don't really feel it much but it's so weird to see it doing that. But look I had it 20 something years ago I'm still alive. Don't panic

[jciylpk]

I had them for 2 years, I was very scared because of them. everything was written on google, they usually increase when you are rested. every muscle was throbbing. been to various doctors. in the end it was all about anxiety. As I realized it and let go, over time they stopped forever. Don't be afraid, it's nothing terrible. All the best

[jaredquinonez]

FOR THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR HELP:
I went and had my labs (blood work) done. Everything came back normal. I have a scheduled appointment with a neurologist 12/20/2021. I’ll update you guys after that.
So over a month ago. Under My left eye started twitching. I didn’t think nothing of it, because I do have panic disorder & depression. The twitching around my eye is normal. Even if it does last for a couple weeks: it would always go away. So I didn’t pay it too much attention. However this time is different. It kept twitching, beyond a couple weeks. I kept rubbing. (Probably bothered it even more) started to overly think about it. Then my nose started to twitch, Especially! Especially when I scrunch my nose. That seems to inflame it and make it go crazy. A week passes. And now I started twitching above my eyes (eyebrows) . I should note, my family has planned a trip to Lake Tahoe: which is about a 4 hour drive. I have major anxiety in car rides. I definitely think that’s stressing me out. Which is making me think, “oh man, what if on the way there, I start twitching worse and I need to go to the hospital, ” so on and so on. negative thoughts. Anyways back to the twitching. Now I’m twitching ALL OVER my body! My head. Arms. Legs. Behind. Ribs. Back. Chest. Everywhere. They don’t hurt. Except the ones in my head seem to scare me more than the others. Because it feels super uncomfortable. I’ve been trying everything to help. Ultimately I seriously don’t think it’ll stop until after I comeback from our trip. Because as much as I try to block it out. I know subconsciously I’m worried about it. So my breathing is off and a bunch of other emotions. I have a feeling the neurologist is going to pin it on my anxiety. Because my body has done something similar before: I was having really extreme vertigo. I was convinced I had a tumor or something. Pushed for an MRI even after they pleaded with me I was fine. MRI was clean. I still had vertigo, but oddly after I got vaccinated, the vertigo slowly disappeared. Perhaps a placebo effect? Idk. But now I have this twitching. Here’s what I’ve been doing:
Buy some sea salt & Salt Substitute or No Salt (potassium) mix 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt and 1/8 Potassium salt into a water bottle.
Buy low sodium V8 and add some potassium salt to that and drink it.
Epsom salt (magnesium) . I take foot baths with epsom salt and apple cider vinegar diluted with water. I don’t measure just eyeball it. I would do an entire bath full of it. But I only have a shower.
Exercise about 30mins a day. I like to go to the park mid day when it’s empty and run some laps and shoot some hoops.
Im taking a lot of vitamins, but I feel the most important are Life Force Multiple (no iron) and vitamin D.
Also I’m now purposely scrunching my nose even more. Before I would avoid it. But I’m exercising my face so to speak. It tends to help at times. Moving my nose up and down; side to side. Raising my eyebrows. Moving my lips. I look weird doing it, but it calms the twitching sometimes.
Sleep!!! This part I struggle with. Because of the twitching it keeps me up. But I notice with less sleep; the more twitching. The more twitching, less sleep. It’s like a cycle.
If you have a significant other. Have them massage you before bed. It’ll relax you. If you are single or your partner is tired. Invest in a massage gun or back massager (all body massager): I have both. And they help me sleep: the vibration tends to flood out the twitching.
When I wake up. My first thought is, “did the twitching stop” and then bam, a twitch somewhere on my body. Then I’m like, “shoot!” Instant let down.
Another day of twitching. But another day to figure it out. Sadly some don’t wake up.

Get lab work done. Your blood results could be telling you what your lacking. I had my done. I was happy with my numbers. You don’t want to overly be taking something you don’t need. That could also be damaging.

There’s a lot more I could write but I know I’m all over the place. So what I’ll do; is share my IG account handle: Jaredmvp
Please feel free to DM me. I’m sure talking about it even for me will help.
If you happen to be reading this. You are not alone. And ultimately that’s why I finally decided to write here. Iron sharpens iron. Together we can get through this.

[paullance]

One of the best most informative videos I’ve listened to on this topic. Thank you!

[superbdave]

My lower legs. Non stop 24/7 since 2018. I ran the gambit of specialist and specialty hospitals. for no result. So Thank you!

[Mickkie]

I'm 64 yr's old. At the age of 14/15, my first twitch started on the top part of my left foot, which also made pinky toe twitch, when in Middle Schl or Jr Hgh Schl. I've been living, managing, dealing, suffering with twitches ever since. In "every" area of my body imaginable. Crazy, my left hand "just" started twitching!

[JoshDil]

Thank you!! I’m having health anxiety because of this, thinking i have early ALS or some other degenerative nervous system disease. This video helped a lot. I’ve been fatigued and kinda overwhelmed recently, so maybe this is the cause.

[dignifieddan.]

Thank goodness I found this video - I’ve been going crazy lol I’ve had muscle twitching for a week, mostly all in my left pectoral muscle area. Went to an urgent care, vitals were good and EKG didn’t pick anything up (had the twitches as it was being taken). I had routine blood tests last month that came back fine. I started taking magnesium tablets yesterday, a little bit of a difference. I just want them to stop since it’s around an important area in my chest. I’m healthy, the twitches are painless and my pulse is fine. I have very high anxiety levels anyway lol so Any guidance please 🙏

[peachmelba]

I am of the belief that these can also be related to exercise induced exhaustion, stemming from over training and lack of sleep/sleep deficit.
I am having them in my calf muscles for the first time ever, and they're a bit unnerving (no pun intended). The comments here are very logical and cool headed. Thanks everyone.

Edit: Used to get a twitchy lip and or eyelid when overtired as well.

[elijahluu]

Idk why but this started happening to me after i got COVID vaccine

[cutiepie_]

This been happening to me for about a little over a week now on my inner knee and nothing hurts and my knee feels fine just the twitching. And I honestly think it’s because of stress and anxiety. And every time it twitches and I noticed it, it makes me anxious

[phubblewubbphubblewubb]

It's usually an electrolyte imbalance.

[Busaguy]

Mine just started in my left arm about a month ago. I figured it might be the beginning of MS or Parkinson's. Thank you for the very informative video.

[renzoblack]

I'm literally having the same upper back twitch that she showed on the video. It's been ongoing for couple of days now and it hasn't stopped. I get these twitches a lot but they usually don't last up to a day. It's uncomfortable, annoying and creeping me out at the same time😫