Question: I am a thirty year old male. I recently began experiencing twitching and shaking in my arms and a vibrating/shaking feeling throughout my body. At the time my doctor said it was unlikely to be anything serious and was probably just anxiety (for which I take Klonopin). Recently, however, I have been experiencing trembling in my legs (my right more than my left, I think) whenever I am standing and they feel weak- as if I've just exercised them, and my knees seem to buckle slightly, too. Whenever I stretch my right leg it trembles uncontrolably and my legs feel tensed up a lot of the time. Also, when I am sitting or lying down I get twitching in both legs and sometimes violent jerks in both legs and throughout my body (this is worse at night). The trembling when standing or stretching is the biggest constant but I also experience it when I am sitting, usually if I am feeling particulary anxious. Is likely to be anxiety? BFS? Or something more serious? Is it urgent?

It certianly doesn't seem like RLS to me. I don't have an urge to move any of my limbs and the weakness persists in my legs when I am moving. Would the twitching or violent jerks in other parts of the body (such as the neck and head) be consistent with RLS? And would stretching not provide relief rather than cause the leg to tremble more? It doesn't get worse for me with fatigue but, rather, certain of the symptoms get worse when I'm feeling anxious. Others (the leg weakness and trembling) remain the same. I don't have any back problems. It interferes with me getting to sleep but not remaining asleep.

I do work with a computer a lot but I do not have any neck pain or tenderness.