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For the last 2 months I've been having physical symptoms such as nausea, abdominal pain, bloating, stomach gurgling, stomach flutters/pulsating/ twitching, heartburn, chest pain, muscle twitches , skin and muscle hypersensitivity, being startled easy. I went to my doctor who couldn't find anything wrong so she just said it was anxiety. However, when this started I didn't feel very anxious at all maybe just slightly stressed. Is it possible that I just exacerbated the stress by worrying about my symptoms too much or could there be an underlying cause of my symptoms. Has anyone had anything similar to this? Please help cuz my worrying about this is just getting worse. Thank you!
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I starting having physical symptoms a month ago when my High school friend passed away. I was dizzy everyday like the derealization feeling, muscle weakness, muscle twitches, pressure in my left ear and left side of my head. I have bad anxiety so I couldn't understand why all these symptoms just came on at once. I swore up and down I had a brain tumor! I had blood work done which was normal. I had a Ct scan done and it was normal...the pressure has since then gone away so yes anxiety can heighten those symptoms and make them worse. The absolute worst thing you can do is google your symptoms because it'll make you think terrible things and get your anxiety going even worse. My doctor says it's most certainly my anxiety that caused it.
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I'm still having them. Besides the pressure on the left side of my head and the muscles twitches have went away. I was put on sertraline 50mg last week and waiting on those to get in my system and start working. It's an antidepressant but also works on anxiety. I'm hoping my physical symptoms will go away when the anxiety is under control!
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My doctor put me on that but I had terrible side effects so now I'm trying therapy but today is just a bad day for my anxiety and I just can't get myself to get off google. It's terrible
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I know how you feel. It's hard. But anxiety can't hurt you. You just have to accept it and kind of ignore it at the same time. I know that doesn't make sense.
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My main problem is that one minute I can tell myself it's just my anxiety I'll be okay and then the next minute my mind will go but there's a chance it's not. And that's when I get attacks and have to start googling symptoms and stuff.
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Thank you I really needed that! I'm gonna try my best to stay off google haha
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Yes I am the same way! One minute I'll be ok and the next I freak out. It's like you're in a circle with the anxiety. It sucks. We have to break the circle and know that this will all get better in time!
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I heard they were attempting a head transplant but I just don't see how that will end well. But more power to them if that's what they choose to invest their time in. Someone should tell them there's more important things to study tho.