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What Causes Twitching Sensation And Tremors In The Body?

Recently in the past year my body has been doing extremely weird things I randomly start violently twitching and shaking and I cant control it i seem to arch my body up and balance on my head and tingly toes and cry and then i start laughing like a manic. I have no clue what it is or why it happens. It scares me and it usually lasts 5-15 minutes atleast. It hasnt happened in 2 months but today it happened and I just wanna know if I can get some help finding out what it is.
Thu, 28 Jun 2018
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The symptoms you describe seem like seizures or so called fits. There are many reasons why they may happen. If a patient uses illicit drugs this might be a possible reason for it. Other causes are brain lesions or just epileptic seizures. Metabolic problems might also be the cause of them.To better determine the cause of these seizures is to talk to your doctor and he might do some blood tests (basic metabolic profile) and some brain examinations EEG and if all of these are normal he might consider a brain scan (MRI).

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What Causes Twitching Sensation And Tremors In The Body?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. The symptoms you describe seem like seizures or so called fits. There are many reasons why they may happen. If a patient uses illicit drugs this might be a possible reason for it. Other causes are brain lesions or just epileptic seizures. Metabolic problems might also be the cause of them.To better determine the cause of these seizures is to talk to your doctor and he might do some blood tests (basic metabolic profile) and some brain examinations EEG and if all of these are normal he might consider a brain scan (MRI). Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.