Anxiety-related muscle twitches. Does anyone get them?

[Rafterman]

Hey Rafterman,
Shoot I am sorry to hear your wife is struggling with both anxiety and annoying twitches. I know t is possible for twitches to be caused by anxiety so hopefully knowing that eases her worries. Has she possibly looked into something like gabapentin?  That can be used to help calm the nerves. Also, maybe look into some type of muscle relaxant to help like baclofen?  And definitely treating the anxiety isn’t importantly since that’s the underlying factor. Does she’s use anything to treat that?  Benzos of course are a go to in treating anxiety but if she wanted to look into something else or if benzodiazepines haven’t helped her, buspirone could work (also taking it everyday could help avoid anxiety rather than treating it as it happens). And as weird as this sounds, my psychiatrist prescribed me to take vyvanse each morning and it works wonders for me


I hope she finds some relief!  Happy weekend!
(Oh and of course try some meditation, yoga, or perhaps a massage to relief some anxiety and stress

Howdy, Maeve,  and thank you very much! I appreciate all of your suggestions. It is obvious that you put a lot of thought into it and you are right on target. You named several things that the doctor recommended for her. She has tried Gabapentin and also Baclofen. The Gabapentin seemed to help right off the bat and then petered out. She said that it also made her feel a little creepy. The Baclofen also seemed to help for a while and then, likewise, petered out. I totally agree that underlying anxiety is crucial to address in these situations. She is on a decent daily dose of benzo's as it is. I told her to talk to her psych about temporarily upping the dose as a test. Or maybe switching out one benzo for another. The thing is that she has learned to live with the actual twitches, but her mind won't let her stop worrying that she may have motor-neuron disease. The good thing is that a lot of time is going by. People with MND would have probably advanced to the next stage by now. She is still fine, minus the twitching. I doubt that she will ever get rid of them, but if another year or so would go by, I think her mind would be eased and that she would realize that she doesn't have MND. Thank you again for your help and concern. We really appreciate it.    RM