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I wrote on here a couple of days ago that I think I may have anxiety. I went to my doctor today and told her all my symptoms and didn't mention anxiety (because I wanted to see if she would come up with that conclusion on her own) and sure enough she told me I had anxiety. She felt my back and told me that was truly shocked at how tense my muscles were and said that she thinks I'll need physical therapy just to get my neck back to where it was. I'm trying to come to terms with the fact that this is indeed anxiety because of all the physical symptoms I have so I'm going to list the long list of symptoms I have and then you tell me if you have similar ones. I've had medical problems for over a year so I'll start from my first symptoms.
About a year ago I had
Shortness of breath
Books (haven't had one in a while but was getting them all the time)
Stomach pain(thought I had ulcers these symptoms have also gotten much better and now I just get bloaded)
Headaches
Memory loss
Now my new symptoms that started about 3 weeks ago and all came down on me at oncw and literally had me feeling like I was dying
Heart palpitations ( these would only last about 10 secs and it happened about once a day)
Heat flash
Feeling like something was swollen in my neck
Pins and needles feeling everywhere
Extreme itching with no rash ( this symptom has literally been driving me mad)
Brain fog (had this bad today I kept dropping things and it felt likw my brain was not working)
Vertigo
Feeling in my head like a balloon is inflating
Then like right now my head will Bob around like it's to heavy for my neck.
I don't know to me this seems like a lot to just be anxiety but I guess it makes sense because I have high levels of stress in my life and in my job like way more then what someone should be dealing with so I can understand how I would develop this I'm just having a hard time excepting that my symptoms are just anxiety.
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tricia23679
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hypochondriac tricia23679
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Heart palpitations that last all day until I sleep, about 2 seconds but comes non stop.
De realization that will come on in a second and last for a couple hours
Feels like I'm dreaming
Shaky legs
Tired all the time
Restless
Those are just the common ones that come to mind
tricia23679 hypochondriac
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See and I've had that de realization feeling all day today and I can't shake it. I was even worried about driving today because I was in that foggy mind frame but I needed to go to the doctor. When you have the de realization do you bump into things like is your coordination all off
hypochondriac tricia23679
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Yea I do, I can't remember the exact post but it really helped me to overcome it, the biggest thing is to just "let it be" don't freak out or worry about it
Just watch a movie or 2 at home and realize it's just panic disorder acting up and it always goes away soon
The real best cure is sleep but I have sleep anxiety and the last thing I can do when any anxiety symptom is present is nap
Movies always help or video game
tricia23679 hypochondriac
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See I guess that's one good thing that I haven't seemed to have gotten with my anxiety is any sleeping issues. Fortunately I sleep quit well. I did just drink a ton of water because I looked it up and it looks like dehydration can be a issue with anxiety and I feel a ton better so I'll continue with the water and hopefully that will help. I have hard time watching movies anymore it's been really hard for me to sit still the whole time.
hypochondriac tricia23679
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I'm tired a lot of the time, I'm just very nocturnal and get anxiety about sleeping when the sun is out for some reason but when I do sleep it's 12 hours+ easily haha.. Without an alarm
Water is great I've been drinking around a gallon a day for several years since I stopped all suger or caffeinated beverages water always calms me down.
my great grandma contributed her long life of no health problems to drinking plenty of water she died a week after telling me at the age of 98 in her sleep, so I've always been very into water since then haha
Mandie29 tricia23679
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Let's see
Shaking (arms, legs, whole body) sometimes I wake up shaking.
Muscle pain
Twitching
Stiff neck
Heart palpitations
Nightmares/not sleeping
Headaches
Derealization
Tingling (especially hands and feet)
Sore muscles
Weak hands
Weak legs
I'm probably forgetting some because I've had so many!
tricia23679 Mandie29
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Ya I think I'm forgetting stuff as well. Another concern of mine and this is a personal question and I'm not sure if the two are linked but I'm wondering if you or maybe if you've herd if its common but sometimes I bleed in-between periods can that happen from stress or anxiety. I asked my obgyn and he said it was spotting from ovulation but I don't think that's it because I will bleed like a whole nother period.
Mandie29 tricia23679
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I've had late periods before due to stress. I'm on the pill now though so that's no longer an issue for me
tricia23679 Mandie29
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Ya I've herd of stress causing late periods but I wonder if it can do the opposite. Guess that's something I'll have to bring up at my next apt
Mandie29 tricia23679
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billiejo86504 tricia23679
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Hi Tricia I know exactly what you're going through when I first started eight years ago I had a medical problem they found I had tachycardia took medicine for my heart inside you went away it's now back again usually by end of day I'm feeling myself because I just keep myself going in the mornings that's worth like right now my neck and head feel like somebody squeezing it together I have palpitations all the time it is tough but it takes time to get to the root of the problem but once you get it under control you will be ok I don't take my medicine I'm very sensitive to them anytime I brought it doesn't feel right that's what makes me go into anything so they just make me worse it just make you tired and calm you down but the symptoms are still there keep your head up and anytime you need to talk I'm here
tricia23679 billiejo86504
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Ya I was prescribed some meds but haven't even taking them yet. I'm trying to tough this out and I'm worried about how these meds will make me feel. I feel so much better today. I drank a ton of water (I'm a caffeine fanatic) and I think have been dehydrated because the water made me feel a ton better.
billiejo86504 tricia23679
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Really going through it today neck hurts head hurts feel like somebody squeezing it tightly to make me feel like I can't breathe
tricia23679 billiejo86504
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O I'm so sorry, yesterday was my absolute worst day. My neck hurt my head felt like something was swelling in it and so did my neck. I was so dizzy I kept running into things and losing my balance, my vision was all blurry. I just made sure I told myself it's nothing and that I needed to relax and I drank a ton of water. Forced myself to go to sleep ( I had a hard time with that last night my heart kept racing and waking me up in the middle of the night) and then by this morning I felt way better. I'm still a bit light headed and my head still feels like it's inflated but not as bad as yesterday. I hope you feel better soon.
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