Strange internal quivering - Brain & Nervous System Disorders Message Board

jeopardymom · 08-31-2003, 08:15 PM

I'm a 47 yoa white female two yrs postmenopausal on no meds, no health issues other than tinnitus and chronic headaches (doc did xrays 10 yrs ago and said I had an "extra" cervical rib which might be causing this - but I learned to live with it).
But whatever is happening inside me I cannot understand. I am "quivering" inside, vibrating - like I've had 100 cups of coffee - I do not have tremors, or shaky hands or jumpy limbs. Just this quivering that goes on day and night for the past week, and last night when I lay down I could FEEL the organs in my abdomen shaking.
I can't go to the doc, not unless I have to, as we just applied for new life insurance last month. I have read some on Parkinsons and MS (last night) and these don't seem to apply. Whats going on? Sitting here now I could swear my body was "electrified". I eat a lowcarb diet, drink moderately, exercise, my weight and blood presure are good . . . any input QUICKLY is appreciated.

wildskies · 08-31-2003, 10:43 PM

Hi Jeopardymom,
I am a 50 year old white female who has been complaining (to no avail) about an internal quivering I feel ONLY at night when I lay still in bed. I don't shake visibly on the outside, either, but I feel like my torso is electrified or quivering internally. I have had this for a year or so, and I too, had a total hysterectomy three years ago. Doctors don't seem to have a clue, but I'm not having more tests, etc. as I already have several medical issues I'm dealing with nd don't want to hear any more. At this point, it's nothing I can't live with...I just hope it doesn't get worse. I never feel it during the day....even when sitting still on the sofa.

jeopardymom · 09-01-2003, 01:00 PM

Thanks for your reply, wildskies. It is VERY good to know someone else has similar symptoms, although mine I can feel 24/7.
Just to clarify I am 2 yrs postmenopausal but with no surgeries, and I don't take anything for meds outside of an occassional OTC pain reliever.
Any others who can add anything?

LifeJourney · 09-04-2003, 04:10 PM

My first post so I'm not sure I'm doing this correctly, but wanted to say that that has happened to me too. I'm 47, about five years postmenopause. I call it "vibrating" for lack of a better word. It feels as though your entire insides are vibrating although its usually concentrated in my hands and arms. And it only happens when I'm still, lying down and trying to sleep. When I'm active, as someone said above, it doesn't happen. I hate it. It scares me. I have wondered whether its the beginning stages of MS or something else. I also have another problem going on that I haven't yet figured out. It involves pressure in my head, losing my balance but not really feeling dizzy as that feeling is experienced, and hearing a noise that seems to come from far away and sounds something like a large drill drilling for oil. I went to a doctor today and, while telling her what was going on with me, even I sounded to myself that I should be referred to a psychiatrist which is what the first doctor I went to a month ago about this told me. I would love to know what the heck is going on with me. If anyone ever figures out what that vibrating is, or what it is from, please tell the rest of us. I'd like atleast one mystery solved.

jeopardymom · 09-04-2003, 07:10 PM

LifeJourney
Thanks for your reply. I'm wondering, reading your post, about the loss sense of balance and sounds. That COULD be a form of tinnitus; while I have tinnitus (for more than 10 yrs) and suffer from a constant highpitched ringggggggg that never goes away, many, many people sufer from hypercussis (I think I said that right)and report symptoms similar to yours. If you want to check it out, I belong to the HearUSA.com tinnitus support message board, and you might want to post there and ask.
As for the vibrations, the hyperdrive we feel, what did your doctor say? I am making an appointment to go for a physical as soon as they can get me in and will report back with my report back with my results. In the meantime I am slowing down on my caffeine and alcohol intake(which is minimal) and trying to exercise more and hoping that this weird sensation will not become a permannet fixture of my life as my tinnitus is. Just remember we're not nuts. These are real symptoms - something is going on.
Take care.