Major anxiety or MS
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First time poster, 😊 So it started a month ago out with my girl friend I mumbled something and she had to ask 3 times what I said half joking after I said omg what if I've got ALS which both our granddads had died from but that day I started to think more and more worrying more, the next day it took hold I was convinced I'd got it googling the symtoms, I was mirror watching for tremors/twitches, catching my tonge with my teeth. Speaking funny, watching everytime I drank for chocking waiting for a foot drop.
This went on for a week I'll openly admit I woke up thinking about it and slept thinking about it it was on my mind 24/7 I cried multiple times about it.
Then I'd got a dull ache in both shoulders and forearms I had tight thighs and calves which could cramp at any minute this's lasted 3 weeks in which I'd changed my focus to MS. It was just not going I'd wake up trembling I developed twitches in my legs arms hands and lip/jaw.
So after 3 weeks the feeling in my shoulders and legs disaperred three days ago but replaced with tingling sharp pricks all over my body that won't go away I have thought of nothing more than MS or ALS for a month it ruined Christmas and starting to ruin my life. I woke up this morning looked at my fit bit and my hr was at 103 was tingling free for a minuet or 2 then trying my hardest not to think about it I couldn't think of nothing else and there they was. All I can think is what if it is ms these tingling a must be my nervous system what if I've just had my first ms attack, I can't relax now In case it happens again months years down the line.
i was healthy until I mumbled at mc Donald's now look at me, 😔
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jan34534 rj1988
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I had that same fear back when I was in my 20s. Plus all the symptoms you could possibly think of… muscle twitching, tingling etc. I had and still sometimes have all those symptoms of anxiety also. I thought I had Terrible diseases including ALS.,When I was in my 20s I thought for sure I was going to get a MS because my aunt had it. That thinking was based solely on non-reality. I never developed a MS but I tortured myself by thinking so negatively! All my test came out perfectly. It sounds like you were doing the same thing with your fears of illnesses. As long as you get checked out by your doctor and the test come out good, you really need to put that out of your mind. If you can't do it on your own and sometimes it's hard to, I highly suggest talking to a counselor who can really help. As we all know anxiety can produce so many and such scary symptoms.
it doesn't pay to read too much online, all we do is scare ourselves more. There is a MUCH HIGHER likelihood that your symptoms are caused by stress and anxiety than some terrifying disease.
we can't let anxiety run our lives and our minds. We are better than that and we deserve to feel healthy and enjoy life. We need to be relentless in the pursuit of our health including healthy minds. I once heard the saying "don't believe everything you think "which is so very true. Our minds are so powerful and go to the negative if we let it. I have battled anxiety since my 20s and I am now in my 50s. I'm at the point where I know the anxiety symptoms so well and pretty much ignore them telling myself it will pass. You need to stay active so you're mind isn't focused on the negative. I have found meditative audios online that deal with stress and anxiety to be very helpful, also regular exercise, eating healthy and socializing. Doingsomething for someone else can make you feel great and it takes the focus off of yourself and your worries.
The worst thing we can do is isolate ourselves which causes us to think more and more negatively. As long as we follow up with our doctors and if the tests come out normal we really have to work hard at thinking more positively. You can find great books at the bookstore on the power of the mind and stress, depression anxiety.
ALL THE "WHAT IFS" ARE VERY HARMFUL TO OUR MENTAL HEALTH". What if's are NOT based in reality. It is our mind going to the negative.
Please don't do this to yourself.! I wasted 30 years with the "what if "thinking and nothing bad ever happened!
Another reason to get help such as a counselor is that chronic negative thinking Can actually make negative changes in the brain. . I highly suggest seeing a counselor who can provide tools to help you overcome this. It really helps and has been my lifeline! I go even when I start to feel better.
Take the focus off of yourself by possibly doing something for someone else.
KEEP THIS IN MIND.....FEAR STANDS FOR. False Evidence Appearing Real. Fear is based out of non-reality
Stay Active, exercises dramatically reduces my anxiety! Socialize, eat healthy, look for free meditative audios online related to negative thinking. They're great!