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Anxiety or something else ?

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prider90
prider90

After 3 years of heavy lifting and use of caffeine based stimulants , I start having some sort of anxiety attacks. At the time, I didn't knew what is going on. I was diagnosed with panic disorder but not convinced that it was the correct diagnostic. Managed to recover in a couple of months.

Since then, every year I start to have weird symptoms out of nowhere:

  • sudden bouts of extreme yawning
  • restlessness body/legs

    -faint feeling

    -feel offbalance

    -burning skin feeling on my upper back and neck. ( sometimes chills like I have a fever )

    Lately with trouble sleeping with nightmares every night and cold hands/feet ALL THE TIME .

    I thought is anxiety again so I took some valium to calm down but surprise...no effect: I just sleep after it and after I wake up I feel the same. I don't have classic panic attack symptoms like racing heart,sweating, trouble breathing. Blood pressure and pulse are normal even when I feel like this.

    Hormone bloodwork showed slightly elevated cortisol & dhea levels. Tried to explain to the doctor that these symptoms makes me anxious not the other way around..

    Forgot to mention I have a healthy diet and a non stressful job.

    Maybe is a serotonin imbalance or adrenal fatigue ? I'm out of options here.

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  • john23172
    john23172 prider90

    Posted

    Hi

    Looks to me as signs and symptoms of getting old, it happens to us all, join the club.

    Peace

    John

    • AlexandriaGizmo
      AlexandriaGizmo john23172

      Posted

      Hi john i can't see where it says how old they are and i cant see any symptoms their that indicates it's age related, not being argumentative just looking for an explanation

    • john23172
      john23172 AlexandriaGizmo

      Posted

      AlexandriaGizmo

      Sorry i should have said it reminds me of my life growing older bye the minute, but of course we are all different.

      I didn't mean any disrespect.

      John

    • AlexandriaGizmo
      AlexandriaGizmo john23172

      Posted

      sorry i hope you didn't think I was annoyed i just wondered if you knew something i didn't.

      i hope they haven't run away LOL

  • AlexandriaGizmo
    AlexandriaGizmo prider90

    Posted

    If you have high cortisol that in itself will cause anxiety and panic disorders, what have they said is the treatment they will offer you to remedy this problem.

    I suppose it also depends on whether you are male or female as well, im presuming that you are male because you said you do heavy lifting.

  • AlexandriaGizmo
    AlexandriaGizmo prider90

    Posted

    If you have high cortisol that in itself will cause anxiety and panic disorders, what have they said is the treatment they will offer you to remedy this problem.

    I suppose it also depends on whether you are male or female as well, im presuming that you are male because you said you do heavy lifting.

  • AlexandriaGizmo
    AlexandriaGizmo prider90

    Posted

    If you have high cortisol that in itself will cause anxiety and panic disorders, what have they said is the treatment they will offer you to remedy this problem.

    I suppose it also depends on whether you are male or female as well, im presuming that you are male because you said you do heavy lifting.

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