is this a symptom of anxiety
 

Has anyone ever experienced a tickling sensation throughout the body? like a feather is being brushed on your skin, but on the inside? it can be in a few places at once or migrate. Kind of like the butterfly in your stomach feeling except all throughout your body. I thought it was RLS, but a specialist confirmed its not because it doesn't stop or subside when I move. It sometimes makes me restless and I have to move. I used to get this sensation from time to time but now I get it everyday, but it comes and goes. Does anyone elses symptoms cause them to move? now I'm convincing myself I have akathisia except I don't know exactly what the symptoms for that condition is as it doesn't describe any physical sensations. Sorry for the novel

thx in advance

Hi there, WTF :o

I don't know, maybe anxiety but could be all sorts of things. How's your diet? Any medications you've been on in the past or at present? All sorts of things really.

Are these feeling like little twitches that go on for a while and then stop, but then maybe appear at a different muscle group in the body?

When really anxious I sometimes get bouts of fasciculations which are like little twitches (not tics) and they usually are in my arms or calves, but when I'm really stressed I get them internally as well and they do feel like butterflies.

I recently posted about this on one of the other forums here. I upped my B vits and added more magnesium and with the help of some less stressful weeks, I'm going great and haven't had those internal fascics return.

Are these feeling like little twitches that go on for a while and then stop, but then maybe appear at a different muscle group in the body?

Some medications can make a person experience these symptoms, btw.

I also have had RLS although I've been doing great for ages. My RLS is not really like feeling butterflies in my body, it's really very irritating and a totally different experience from the twitches / fascics I talked about above.

We do have a Movement Disorders forum here at nt if you want to re-post over there as well to get more feedback.

Here's the url Movement Disorders

Maybe take a wander over to the Vitamins, Nutrients, Herbs and Supplements Forum as well.

Hope you find some answers soon.

Akathisia caused by some meds is like a physical anxiety - makes a person feel a need to move. And even if it is "anxiety", many different things can contribute to that feeling - from inflammatory and autoimmune problems to nutritional deficiencies or insufficiencies.

Anxiety has a lot of physical symptoms. Are you having negative thoughts around the same time. I guess you are concerned by this sensation which can induce anxiety in it's own right. Try to be objective about the sensation and don't give it any further thought than purely acknowledging it is a sensation. You may find it subsides if it isn't getting a reaction from your thought processes

I have read that....
 

I've read that the ticketing sensation can be linked to anxiety. That is one symptom I don't have so I haven' studied it too much. I hope you find so answers.