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Been under really bad stress over my mom being sick and two days ago my lower legs started this twitching thing that is keeping me up at night. I know because things have been insane that this is probably an anxiety thing but I just want some reassurance that maybe someone else had this and it went away. Its like I can feel "pulsating" in my calves. Its freaking me out.

This might be a form of Restless Leg Syndrome. Mine started out minor such as feeling my leg muscles contracting. I cold feel them contract and release up and down my legs. It became very annoying and painful in so many words. I use to take an aspirin to deal with the pain, later I took Restoril to calm them down. It got to the point that they were really bad when I suffered from stress and depression and they really were contracting and jumpy. I called them "dancing legs", but Drs didn't quite understand what I was talking about. Finally, the term "Restless Leg Syndrome" was concocted for the symptoms I was having.

Later anti-depressants, such as Zoloft stopped it, but eventually they go worse and now I don't have them because I've weaned myself off of Anti-depressants that seemed to make things worse. I still take Restoril at night to help me sleep and call down panicky feelings or anxiety symptoms. Hope this helps. Paislee

Very common! Do not worry! You are fine!

pauly j