tremors, shaking, body vibration

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#1 Shanti

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Posted 17 November 2011 - 08:33 AM

My whole body is vibrating, even now as I write. It did it all night and it kept waking me up. I felt like I was sleeping on one of those vibrating beds. As I sit here, I feel it in my feet, then my back, random like that. But at night it was my entire body all at once. Has anyone done this? Yesterday I updosed from 18 mg to 20 mg Paxil. I thought for sure I'd get a good nights sleep! I looked this up online and it seems a lot of people have this and can't pin it to a condition.

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Posted 17 November 2011 - 08:48 AM

Okay, it FINALLY stopped after taking a muscle relaxer, my morning Paxil, and a Vicodin. I don't know which of those helped. Probably the muscle relaxer. But then last night I took a muscle relaxer before bed, so idk.

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Posted 17 November 2011 - 09:40 AM

shanti, my body vibrates before i wake up, then it goes. Then my chest vibrates if i rub it. so weird! Do you think it's wd related? Or may it be other type of energy...

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Posted 17 November 2011 - 09:53 AM

Pax, I think it could be energy related. I've had this before in the past, years ago. I forgot about it. When you look it up online, no one knows what it is and they suspect so many different things. Maybe it's from the Reiki. If so, then I'll take it as a good sign.

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Posted 17 November 2011 - 11:17 AM

Here are a few quotes from Reiki and Energy

Human beings are also comprised of electromagnetic energy. Every cell, atom, and subatomic particle that makes up the human body is vibrating at different rates depending on their biochemical make-up. Electrical output of different organs can be measured e.g. the heart with the E.C.G. machine, the whole body with an electro-myograph. The normal biological frequency for the human body is around 250 cps (cycles per second)

....Therefore it can be said that healing energies like Reiki raises your vibrations and from the abovementioned there is scientific evidence to prove that this is the truth and by taking a look at the Human Energy Body we can get a better idea of this concept

As we already know everything is energy and your physical body is merely the part of you that vibrates the slowest and can therefore be felt and seen as visible physical matter.

I don't know why I didn't think of energy vibration from the Reiki. This is most likely what it's from, as my mom gives me Reiki treatments in the evening.

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Posted 17 November 2011 - 11:56 AM

maybe you need to pratise reiki more often? )(and me too

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Posted 17 November 2011 - 12:27 PM

Okay, I'll practice on you lol. You can practice on me

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Posted 18 November 2011 - 05:59 AM

ok!

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Posted 08 April 2012 - 07:35 AM

Just wondering if anyone experiences internal shaking or tremors ??? This has been especially bad the last 2 weeks for me.

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Posted 08 April 2012 - 10:05 AM

Many people have reported a sense of internal vibration or shaking in the middle of the body. This may be radiating from the vagus nerve, a central juncture in the autonomic nervous system. Acupuncture may help, have you tried it?

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Posted 08 April 2012 - 02:02 PM

ajnjj...when I decrease or get off an AD, I get a sensation of a shaking in my head. It feels as if my brain is not attached to my skull. It was not a prominent symptom, but when it happened it was like what is up with this. I have seen people with hand tremors and yes I have read posts about internal shaking. Hope it passes soon Hugs

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Posted 08 April 2012 - 05:01 PM

Thanks guys. I tried acupuncture Alto, it was awful. I didn't like it. I try to ignore this symptom because compared to the other symptoms its a walk in the park lol funny thing, when they thouht I had MS , they sent me to a prestigious MS specialist. She ran many tests and concluded that I had an "overactive" highly sensitive central nervous system. Not MS. Interesting.

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Posted 08 April 2012 - 08:19 PM

Oh yeah, I have tremors!! My husband says I shake so hard in my sleep since going off Sam-e that it wakes him up some nights. He thought I was having a seizure, but he watched me for a while and says I am not in distress and don't stop breathing. Apparently I shake for a good minute or two and then stop. I don't wake up and told him not to wake me up (heck, I take any uninterrupted sleep I can get!). I never had this before and attribute it to the antidepressant-withdrawal type reaction I am experiencing since last October when I quit cold turkey. I talked to a doctor about it and she said it was not so abnormal, a parasomnia. I was an active sleepwalker as a kid, and talk and laugh in my sleep as a grownup, so not anything to worry about. I also have had lots of Parkinson's like tremors in my hands and feet. I notice when I took omega supplements it made them much worse. Even eating salmon gave me crawly hands and twitchy feet. I could rest my hands on a table and watch them move involuntarily for several minutes at a ttime. It was quite disturbing to watch and scared the heck out of me for a while. Thankfully, that seems to be passing now. Are you taking fish oil supplements? They also made my sleep very lousy, like an awake kind of dreaming and I wake up a lot when taking them.

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 05:09 AM

I do take fish oil, how would I know if I'm reacting badly to them? I feel like I have a bad reaction to everything but then I think maybe its not what I'm putting in my body maybe its just my brain . Sometimes its like my brain shifts. Sometimes my vision jumps. Sometimes everything feels sideways, even like I'm walking slanted. It's awful. I have tried everything. It feels hopeless sometimes and I refuse to see any more docotrs for it. It's like a constant suffering.... With a smile on ny face for my babies. A constant battle in my head to stay strong, leaving me completely exauhsted.

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 05:27 AM

I used to get this a lot AJ. I've used Agaricus Muscarius 30C homeopathy for it and it helped me a lot. I was suspected of having MS too but no lesions appear on MRI. I never got to see a specialist. I would just love to be able to see a Neurologist even.

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 07:07 AM

Shanti, have you seen good results with this homeopathic treatment? Also, why can't you see a neurologist? Not that theyd be much help anywya lol

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 08:04 AM

'ajnjj', on 09 Apr 2012 - 4:07 PM, said:

Shanti, have you seen good results with this homeopathic treatment? Also, why can't you see a neurologist? Not that theyd be much help anywya lol

There are no neurologists around that will see me as I have no insurance. Well, I have Medi-Cal but they don't accept it.

Yes, I have wonderful success with homeopathy for many symptoms. Here's a link to a topic and also you can see my website in my signature.

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 08:17 AM

I think the slanted vision and tremors are all collectively part of withdrawal, but I try to see each symptom individually. For me, the vision effects are the hardest to go. The tremors go when I back off the omegas. I also had bloody noses from the fish oil, it was thinning my blood too much so I knew it was time to back off. You might try taking two weeks off and assess whether your tremors calm down or not. They do come and go for me. I know what you mean about putting on a smile for your babies. I have a four & six year old that make me have to get through this. Hugs to you, I hope you have a good window soon to remind you that your old self is possible in that foggy brain called withdrawal. It sucks, but I do believe it will lift, albeit VERY slowly.

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 08:25 AM

I was in camp with a woman ho experienced profound vibrations, tremors for weeks. She had "external" tremors as well as a wobblsiness. Her whole body seemed to vibrates, as I recall, but it was most noticeable in her hands and arms.

anjnjj, it sounds like it's a rough go right now for you. If possible could you add your history to your signature. This post has instructions.

Keep hanging in.

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Everybody's moving, if they ain't already there
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 09:20 AM

If you have muscle spasms, taking magnesium can help.

'ajnjj', on 09 Apr 2012 - 02:01 AM, said:

...when they thouht I had MS , they sent me to a prestigious MS specialist. She ran many tests and concluded that I had an "overactive" highly sensitive central nervous system. Not MS. Interesting.

Well, that vague conclusion sounds fairly accurate, at least.

'Shanti', on 09 Apr 2012 - 2:27 PM, said:

....I was suspected of having MS too but no lesions appear on MRI....

That sounds like a bit of good news, Shanti.

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 03:12 PM

Ro, I read through your intro...your visual symptoms sound so much like mine!!! They are scary, I swore I was going insane when they first started!!! It's extremely hard with the kids. I have a 5 and almost 3 year old. I'm dizzy a lot. No balance. My brain freezes. It's foggy. I could go on and on. What state are you in? How are you doing these days?

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 03:13 PM

Alex, I added my meds in signature. Hope I did it right. What do you think.

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 07:08 AM

I am holding steady with getting better but still dealing with a lot of symptoms. Finally Claritin wore off and had a good night sleep, but today I am nervous feeling. I have such a low stress tolerance. This morning I am jittery, but gave up coffee last fall. My vision stuff is still around but getting better. My head hurts a lot, pretty much constant headaches. I too had an mri, clear of course! I am in my 7th month of dealing with this terrible state of being.

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 07:23 AM

Sorry, hit post too soon... Meant to ask how you are doing today too?

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 04:40 PM

I don't get it. 7 months? My God, how am I going to do this? I have such a hard time distinguishing the difference between withdrawal and any actual sickness. But given my history with docs, I refuse to go for anything anymore. It's such a battle everyday. Sometimes I just want to drive myself to the er and commit myself to the paychologist ward. But like a therapist once said to me, if you were crazy, your be having a lot more fun. Lol Having a bad day today but trying to get over it. Mostly dizziness, a bad headache and my husband pissing me off. Both my kids are sick with bronchitis. So that's that. How do you deal? I have that Claire weekes book, its very good. Do you ever have derealization?

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 04:53 PM

I've had fleeting thoughts that a psychotic break might be a relief - this fence-sitting hurts

NO offense meant to anyone - the comment about being crazy and having fun prompted this comment -

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 05:23 PM

Oh my, of course I did not mean to offend anyone at all! I'm sorry if that comment was insensitive! Thanks Barb, for the comment!

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 05:27 PM

I had derealization in the beginning, but its pretty much over. Every once in a while I get that detached feeling, but never more than for a minute or two at this point. I have to laugh about having more fun crazy than in this state. I had so many subtle halucinations in the first two or three months, seriously I thought I was becomming schizophrenic. I talked to a psych and other psychology folks in the beginning and asked them if I was going crazy. Would I be pushing a shopping cart down the street with my treasures in it soon? One said those who are actually pushing them see nothing wrong with that like sane people do. You wouldn't be worrying about it, you would be dumpster diving like its the best idea ever (well, some do dumpster dive and find good stuff, but just illustrating my point). If you were crazy, you would be bathing in it like a sunny day! I have always had the feeling that this is not really me, just a state my brain is in that is wrong. It is like a bad hangover that won't go away, or an LSD trip that won't end. I remember telling one Dr I thought someone had poisioned me. That's what's so hard is that there is nothing you can actively do to make it better faster, and for impatient me that just blows. But when it is over, I have no doubt we will likely never do this path again. You are very early in this. Looking at the 43 item DESS helped me see just how many things happening are withdrawal related. Even anger, tearfulness, excess sweating, funny smell sensations, etc. Try to be patient with yourself. I am sure we all wake each morning hoping today will be the day this nasty veil is gone.

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 05:34 PM

Oh and how do I deal... I totally fake it. I put one foot in front of the other and pretend I am okay. I have to go on. I schedule time off at work as I can. I try not to over commit, I asked my husband for more help (we both have to work full time). We stay home more. I try to avoid stress. When it was really bad, I withdrew to a lot of home time.

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Posted 12 April 2012 - 11:56 AM

I had tremors when I first stopped Zoloft and occasionally since stopping. This week, however, they have seemed to come back...especially last night. I think it may have something to do with what I ate. I have been eating medium spicy salsa since sunday. Last night, I felt tremor & internal vibrations so bad I got nervous. I'm wondering if the salsa has something to do with it...

Dec 2004 - Put on Zoloft after having a panic attack from the Birth Control Ortho Evra Patch (the doctors thought I was completely insane when I told them I think the Birth Control Patch is giving me anxiety/panic. Funny how they tell you NOW that Birth Control can indeed cause anxiety) Started at 25mg, increased to 50 mg and 100 mg in 2007. They made me too sleepy so decreased back to 50mg until 2009. Reduced to 25 mg in 2010.

Oct 2010 - Decided to come off Zoloft to try and have children. Didn't know anything about tapering because apparently, my doctor didn't know about it either. WDs included heart palpitations, dizziness, tinnitus etc. Decided to go back on Zoloft within 2 weeks of stopping.

January 2011 - Knowing a little more about tapering, I decided to stop taking taking Zoloft with my doctors help again. She told me to hurry and taper in 4 weeks because the tinnitus could become permanent. I thought this was too fast so I took another month to taper.

March 30, 2011 - Last Zoloft pill.

Had a little dizziness & sadness, but felt fine until Aug 2011 after a relative died.

Since then symptoms include brain shivers, migraine headaches on right side of head, warm/hot sensations on right side of head and ears, internal vibrations, tremor, muscle twitches, strange sensations in right side of head, anxiety, nervousness, sadness, disconnected, depersonalization, numbness on left side of body at times, neck pain, muscle/rib cage pains, just don't feel like myself

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Posted 12 April 2012 - 05:46 PM

Dani, That's something I do often, think its something I eat or drink. I'm always like, maybe it was the nuts, maybe the iced tea, then I basically stop eating for a week to try to rule anyhting out. its an awful way to live. My internal body vibrations - lol - are quite annoying, I try to deep breathe to calm it down....doesn't work most if the time. Sigh.

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Posted 12 April 2012 - 06:01 PM

Oh Dani, I just read your intro....I wanted to tell you I have that same strange head feeling you were describing in the back of your head. I was wondering how you are now and if you ever went on prozac to help with w/d symtpoms. Thanks!

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Posted 13 April 2012 - 09:18 AM

'ajnjj', on 13 Apr 2012 - 03:01 AM, said:

Oh Dani,
I just read your intro....I wanted to tell you I have that same strange head feeling you were describing in the back of your head. I was wondering how you are now and if you ever went on prozac to help with w/d symtpoms. Thanks!

Hiya,
I occasionally have the strange feelings in the back of my head, but not nearly as much as before. I just told myself that those sensations were my brain healing. I did not take the prozac mainly because I was too darn scared. I was told by Alto that I had a 50/50 shot of it working...but knowing my odds, I was just too apprehensive.

It takes time. Some days I feel okay, but others are not so good. I've been off Zoloft nearly 13 months now. I can't wait until full recovery one day.

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Posted 22 September 2013 - 09:51 AM

Hello all! I posed this question in the introductions page of my story but not sure If I am meant to post new symptoms here! Forgive me for my naivety and uselessness!

Another symptom that I am experiencing that I forgot to say is that I've been getting slight tremors in my arms and legs, like shivers. But I'm not cold! It is obviously a back room conspiracy between big pharma and clothes stores to increase the sales of their wooly coats! How dare they!

Its true! after quitting cold turkey after 6 weeks this has appeared recently! I have become a quivering wreak of a mockery of a man! I put people with early onset hypothermia to shame!

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Posted 22 September 2013 - 10:47 AM

Hello, Cookson.

This forum is for discussion of symptoms that many people might share.

You say you're not cold? Do these tremors happen at any specific time of the day?

Many people find magnesium to help with muscle-related symptoms http://survivinganti...hannel-blocker/

Fish oil supplements are also helpful, see http://survivinganti...acids-fish-oil/

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Posted 22 September 2013 - 11:13 AM

No the only coldness I'm experiencing is that of my cold dull personality!
I joke!

Its worse in the evening, a jittery feeling If anything! Is this my nervous system re-calibrating itself you could say?

Is this a good sign? The reason I say this is because this is the first symptom I experienced when starting the medication

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