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BipolaRNurse · Mar 30, 2014, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by nushi

I haven't got eyelids twitches. But I've got leg twitches, though I do it voluntarily. I can pretty much stop it, but I can't feel truly comfortable unless I move & twitch my leg. I don't know if this is Trichotillomania

But anyway, it doesn't cause me problems, unless when people in front of me recognize this, & so they treat me as if I'm nervous & anxious, although I move my leg to make myself calm

It sounds like you've got akathesia. Trichtillomania is compulsive hair-pulling.