Full body muscle flutters?

[chickentender]

I got married a little less than a week ago. Leading up to the wedding, I was very stressed.
I sometimes have muscles spasms in my thighs on and off, but I started to get muscle fluttering in my hands when Iaid down at night a day or two before my wedding.
Since then, my body is basically pulsing with tiny flutters. My legs, my toes, my hands, neck stomach, they aren't visible, just feel like little fluttery vibrations. I know that eyelid spasms can be caused by stress, but I'm not getting those.
I made the mistake of mentioning it to my parents when I was worrying today. They're telling me I have to go to the doctor, have to go to the lab for bloodwork, etc. They think I have all kinds of vitamin deficiencies. I obviously don't want to go to a lab or doctor during the Covid outbreak.
Now I'm REALLY worrying that this might be very serious and something worse could happen like a heart attack.
Has anyone else experienced this? I don't know if stress and anxiety alone can cause full body flutters like this.

 

[Bobnnat]

With all due respect to your parents, what are they basing their recommendation on? Twitching, in a small area or all over, noticeable or not is extremely common especially when we’re stressed, and even for a while after the stress subsides. Many healthy people twitch all the time and it means nothing.

Of course I’m not a doctor but I am an expert I believe in anxiety and HA, and twitching is one of if not the most major physical symptom of anxiety.

Bob

 

[H.J.J.C.]

If YOU are concerned, schedule a phone/video visit with your doc. Explain your symptoms as completely as possible and your fears and follow his or her judgment as to the next step, if any. For those of us with HA, your symptoms seem typical. But only your doc has the knowledge to put those symptoms in perspective for you.

 

[chickentender]

Honestly, I wasn't concerned. I just mentioned it to them because it was annoying since it's basically a constant state of small twitches and my anxiety is slightly high. They are now saying I need blood work, blahblahblah and it's pushing me to the point of panic attacks and questioning my ability to care for myself if something that's apparently important enough for other people to risk covid over was something I was just dealing with and expecting to wait out until it passed.

 

[H.J.J.C.]

Even though those of us with HA may understand that our fears are overblown or even irrational, we still need (and deserve) the reassurance that a medical professional--and medical tests--can provide. Blood tests are not particularly invasive and can tell your doc a lot about the general state of your health and can provide you with the knowledge you need either to dismiss your fears or, if necessary, to identify a course of action. Knowledge is power over our HA and goes a long way to giving us a sense of control over our health and, most importantly, peace of mind.

 

[mollyfin]

Twitching CAN be a sign of vitamin deficiencies but it's also a super common anxiety symptom as you're no doubt aware. Maybe just tell them you'll try taking vitamins and see what happens. (Honestly we're probably all Vitamin D deficient right now!)

 

[chickentender]

Twitching CAN be a sign of vitamin deficiencies but it's also a super common anxiety symptom as you're no doubt aware. Maybe just tell them you'll try taking vitamins and see what happens. (Honestly we're probably all Vitamin D deficient right now!)

I actually was taking vitamin D because my bloodwork showed it was low last year, but around the wedding, I missed some days because I was so busy and am still trying to remember to take it every single day. Yep, I am quiet pale right now lol. I am trying to avoid the doctor and labs unless it's something dire. But, the responses I'm getting here are making me feel very panicked, like this is actually worth risking covid over. I am really worried about what might be wrong with me now.

I have no idea where my response to this just went. Lol uh oh. But, yes, I was found to be deficient in D and mildly deficient in A last year. I took the course of A I was supposed to take but then covid hit and I never got follow up bloodwork. I was bad about taking D daily around my wedding because I was so busy, I forgot. Btw, my wedding was an elopement to avoid other people.
I am trying to avoid doctors and healthcare settings outside of emergencies because I have asthma, but the responses here are making me think that maybe this IS an actual health emergency worth risking covid over to be seen.
Which is making me more anxious because I'm not sure I can bring myself to go in honestly unless I am about to die.

Even though those of us with HA may understand that our fears are overblown or even irrational, we still need (and deserve) the reassurance that a medical professional--and medical tests--can provide. Blood tests are not particularly invasive and can tell your doc a lot about the general state of your health and can provide you with the knowledge you need either to dismiss your fears or, if necessary, to identify a course of action. Knowledge is power over our HA and goes a long way to giving us a sense of control over our health and, most importantly, peace of mind.

I am doing all I can to avoid going to a doctor for reassurance right now. It isn't worth my life.