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Burning legs for 2 months - STILL Anxiety?

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alan49719
alan49719

Hi,

I have been diagnosed with Anxiety in April this year. My story is the same as all the other ones that go ' i never once had anxiety or strange symptoms until THE ONE EVENT THAT CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER.'. which was a panic attack, bought on by myself, as I thought I had overdosed on the peptide IGF-1 LR3, where i got the dosage wrong, insteaad of 50mcg, i accidently did 500mcg... anyway, was researching for a couple of hours to see if i actually did infact give myself  fatal dose... then all of a sudden, i started feeling dizzy, and I freaked like nothing before!!! I grabbed a banana and smashed it, started heading towards the doctors 200metres from my house, stole chocolates from the 7/11... all the while believing i was ABOOUT TO DIE, thought i was having a HYPO! from the 

Insulin - Growth Factor - as i was making my way to the doctors, i also fellt some strange feeling in my back of shin, pins and needles.

got to the doctors, and said to reception, 'im having a hypo! i overdosed on insulin! let take me to hospital... im not gonna make it!! I'm not gonna live from this. I smashed a Glucose drink they give diabetics who really have hypos, 2 mins later they tested my blood sugar nd it was 15!! they told me to stop eating, and it in fact was high!!

took blood pressure, 190./110 dr, gave me a valium..

ambulance came and took me to hospital, they kicked me out in about 5 hours.

got home, and within 30 minute of being home, the diziness started (which i had never felt in my life until this day) and i thought it was the IGF as I know it has a massive half life.. so i thought, the insulin is taking over!! im having another hypo.

Drove to hospital, and they kept me there for the night, but BSL was again, perfect at 5.5...

Hmm... they telling me in there that its a panic attack, and its anxiety,, but im liike 'no way, i tease people who have anxiety!!' 

anyway, wet back to hospital like 6 times in 2 months..

I'm better now, but was getting dizzy spells when talking to someone in a serious converstation all of a sudden... i still get this from time to time but i now just brush it off as anxiety. 

when i was in hospital, i had symtoms of going to 

sleep and waking uip in 40 mins with a sweaty head neck, and pillow, also twice, woke up and felt like i had been hit with a baseball bat! exploding head syndrome?? thouhght i had a stroke!

pains and tingles in my legs and arms, brain fog... never knew anxiety was so physical!!

anyway, 

7 weeks ago, i was sitting at my desk doing work, and i felt the legs stat tingiling again, havent tingled for 3 months... then thought 'this is athat feeling i had before... maybe im streesed? it will pass... well its been 7 weeks now. it has, in the last week gone down to my feet, and now up to my thighs.. burning thighs... this all happens when im resting, it doesnt much happen if i walk around, but now getting to the point where i can feel it walking around. i dont know how to go on living with this pain... its unbearbale.

Also, what i noticed around 6 weeks ago, i thought i would tke a relaxing seat in our jacuzzi... but within 5 minuetes, i felt so relaxed or something, i felt light headed or as if i was going to pass out.. a couple weeks later, i learnt that this was a symptom of MS?

Perhhaps I have MS?

so i booked with a neurologist 3 weeks ago, and got a MRI of brain and Cspine... they claim they can see nothing??

my main question is... can you possibly haveBurning legs from Anxiety for 2 straight months without interruption? can anxiety and stresss last this long?

i am now in Thailand. as i flew from Australia last week, and thought if this is stresss, im gonna live like a king in thailand... but nope.. never went away, been here a week now..

also 2 nights ago, i woke up with sweaty head again, and a new sensation, burning skinin upper back and neck that feels like sunburn?

 but that soon went as soon as it came, but i had that for 2 days...

i dont hve the pain where people have burning legs, and say it is sensitive to clothers and walking on it... its just an internal burn and buzz, and i suppose tingle..

wouldnt this have packed up and gone within 2 months??

any help?

sorry, i know nothing about anxiety and stress at all. drs just keep saying, relax..but how can i . my LEGS ARE ON FIRE!! i am surprised i even sleep at all!

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  • lisalisa67
    lisalisa67 alan49719

    Posted

    B12 deficiency. Check the b12 levels you want them between 400-600 or higher. Check sugar levels too. Diabetic nueropathy can do this.b12 in the us injections are used. In uk can you get a hold of sub lingual b12 it goes under the tongue and dissolves. Last

    y get a good liquid vitamin or powder and use it as directed  along with vitamin D suppliment. Check your hormone levels..endocrinologist. 

    • alan49719
      alan49719 lisalisa67

      Posted

      thanks, my b12 levels have been checked and are within range, anyhow i have been taking a b12 and b1 pill given to me by neurologist, as with 50mg of Lyrica daily.

      7 weeks is too long for this to be from stress and anxiety?

      oh, and BSL is perfect and always sitting at 5ish 90 mins within a meal.

       

  • alan49719
    alan49719

    Posted

    gotten severe water retention from lyrica

    my shoulders and feet feel like there is mashed potato under skin. feels like rubber.

  • alan49719
    alan49719

    Posted

    Hi.

    I still have it now at 10% the pain and sometimes not at all...

    L5 S1.. its sciatica!!! I nealry had to suicide...

    $50aud acupuncturist hooked me up to 12volts or whatever. Foubd the sciaitc nerve. Shocked it. And unbelievably fixed it.

    I immediately had tears in my eyes and was crying without my control... relief was insane.

    Stretching also works for sciatica.

    • dimitris68007
      dimitris68007 alan49719

      Posted

      how long did it take to go away all the symptoms ??? also did you have pain or just burning and cold sensation ? both legs ???

  • Sillymop
    Sillymop alan49719

    Edited

    When anxiety first hits us we are not used to its effects and are unsure as to how to manage it. Possibly because of this anxiety can begin at extreme levels for a time.

    I began to have panick attacks when I was a child and I had no idea what was happening. After a while the anxiety reduced and would peak every so often and resulting in a panick attack, with or without reason.

    As time goes on you will come to terms with it rather than thinking it is medically related. To help with this I always think therapy works best. Sometimes anxiety can occur with no reason but sometimes there is a trigger and exploring the reasons (as well as coping techniques,) can help greatly.

    I am a little unsure as to why you would have made fun of people with anxiety, though. As you can see from your own experience, it is debilitating.

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