Tongue Quivering

[FreakOutQueen]

Hi there, yesterday I went to examine my throat because it hurt and when I stuck out my tongue it was shaking like crazy, which got me freaked out about bulbar onset ALS. Things have been so good with me. Most of my other twitching has stopped, but i'm very very worried about this. I looked at my friends tongue and hers shakes too when she sticks it out, but my wife's doesn't. I am freaking out :(

[nomorepanic]

So it is probably normal then if someone else's does it.

[Elen]

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[FreakOutQueen]

I’ve never posted about a quivering tongue before :-(?

[Fishmanpa]

I’ve never posted about a quivering tongue before :-(?

You've been posting about twitching and related symptoms since last fall :blush:

Positive thoughts

[jojo2316]

Mind does too

[BazB44]

My tongue always feels weird. But once i talk it seems fine.

[worriermama]

My tongue quivers and I get actual small twitches in my tongue too. I have been down the ALS -worries path. It's not fun. I've been an all-over twitcher since college (I'm 34) and it's been especially bad for the past year (stressful year). I twitch every day but I've finally accepted that I just have an excitable nervous system due to anxiety. Don't examine your tongue. Tongues are weird. What you are describing sounds normal.

[BazB44]

when im not talking, mouth closed....my tongue often seems to be quivering around inside my mouth lol. its a strange feeling, but then once I talk to someone wherever I go, it seems fine. if I look at my tongue it looks fine except for the scalloped stuff on the side from teeth. the tongue is a big thing for me too, and ive been twitchy since college or younger and im 32. today I feel all over trembly and dizzy, but I try hard to accept it as anxiety.

[FreakOutQueen]

Thanks for all your replies! My tongue is scalloped as well on the sides and when I stick it out there are places where it looks like it’s vibrating or quivering. It’s weird and I’ve read that can be an ominous sign. Fishmanpa, I have actually been complaining about twitching for longer - since May ;-). I have been doing so well until noticing this new and scary symptom :-(. It’s so weird!!!!

[ChocolateButton]

Husband and dogs are currently wondering why I'm sitting here randomly sticking my tongue out but I can confirm that mine twitches a bit when I stick it out. Never realised it until just now.

Isn't it just cos the tongue is like a sort of muscley thing (do you like my advanced medical terminology there) and you're stretching it which causes it to tremble? (I'm sure there's a proper term for that, I know what I'm trying to say but I can't think how to describe it). Like when you exercise and your legs tremble if you've overdone it.

[BazB44]

ominous? First off I think its a real bad idea for people to come onto these forums and say things like "I read that...", "I read an article that said...", because it can set others off. Im sure somewhere out there, theres an article saying a person died after eating a banana. Does that mean we shouldn't eat them? Lol.

Secondly, anxiety can cause ANY physical symptom. My anxiety has been so bad I couldn't function. I could barely walk, talk, see properly....in the past.

[FreakOutQueen]

Fair enough. And I know Dr. google is the worst! Sorry if I triggered anyone!