Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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Sayrah0315
Sayrah0315

Hi I'm new to this group. I am a 20 yr old female. I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxeity disorder with I was 14. I was just recently diagnosed with Cyclothymia(a milder verision of bipolar) and ADHD. I have anxiety tics. When I get anxious I twitch. It is the worst when I am trying to sleep or when people touch me lightly of on certaint parts of my body. Does any one else get anxiety tics?

Tired
Tired
I used to up until middle age. They went away. I have had Generalized Anxiety
Disorder, and OCD all my life.
Sayrah0315
Sayrah0315
How did you deal with them or did you just let them happen?
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Welcome to the anxiety board at DS.

You've taken the important first step in writing it out.

Keep writing as you sort through the ways that the tics are noticeable.

I discovered that my tics went dormant once I did the breathing to find the calm in the moment. How I got it to where I got calm before getting overwhelmed took some detective work (which is why writing in a private journal daily can give you clues), and it's different for everyone.

Best wishes as you find your better balance. Those tics are anxiety's helper for you.
Sayrah0315
Sayrah0315
So should I try my calming exercises that I learned for my PTSD triggers? because I seem to only twitch when I have nothing to do or think about and I'm trying to sleep.
arfie
arfie
Hello Sayrah. Welcome to DS.

Yes, exactly like you learned for your PTSD triggers. PTSD is listed as an anxiety disorder and I, as a long-time PTSD sufferer, totally agree with that classification. I often find more benefit in hanging out in the general anxiety groups because the less specialized focus nets me a broader range of support and suggestions. Specialists do get repetitive. I have yet to find a tool that works for my PTSD anxiety that doesn't work for my general anxiety.

Plying those calming exercises will give you something to do AND think about when the twitches set in. For me, those same exercises also make magnificent sleep aides.
Tired
Tired
I couldn't stop them. Yes, try your calming exercises. You can also listen to calm music when going to sleep. Buy a sound machine to turn on rain, the ocean, etc. when you go to bed. Listen to progressive relaxation cd. It will give your mind something to do and hopefully make you sleepy at the same time.
Good luck.
Sayrah0315
Sayrah0315
I do a breathing square where you breathe in for four seconds and hold it for four seconds and then exhale for four seconds and hold for four seconds. And while doing this imagine a square and tracing it. Also I use white noise tracks a lot. It helps some. I can’t seem to stop the tics sometimes and it gets really annoying.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Night time routine to help you find the calm for sleep is specific to what works to give you the feeling of comfort, safety, and can be as simple as breathing even doing the usual tasks you do daily without thinking.
Sayrah0315
Sayrah0315
I am trying to get into a routine but with my work hours varying its hard to find a perfect routine especially because I don't get off work until 10pm
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