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Neurological anxiety symptoms

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kelsey20458
kelsey20458

I have severe health anxiety and I'm going through a bad time right now! My question is does anybody get tremors? Numbness? Tingling, pins and needles, sore muscles, spasms? Hot sensations? Electric shock? My health anxiety has me thinking it's something serious and I have a mental breakdown just about everyday over it! Please tell me I'm not alone! I notice the tremors when I'm trying to sleep and when I first wake up! It feels like my body is vibrating!

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  • Cmbit
    Cmbit kelsey20458

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    I get all of those. Been there. Seems we are not alone. Reading every comment is weird since it seems to be writen by myself.
    • kelsey20458
      kelsey20458 Cmbit

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      I didn't realize all these neurological symptoms were as common as I thought with anxiety! STIll worries me though! We all that in common! I started celexa 4 days ago and I've been naseous ever since

    • lisalisa67
      lisalisa67 kelsey20458

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      It is the nervous system thats effected. It will be relabeled in the future. Its not really right to have it in mental illness. Its  rips thru the nervous system. They dint know about it enough to understand it yet. I dont know why they cant figure it out.  Too many are suffering already. But same with auto immune stuff they leave them to rot too, and people have the same low compassion there too. Its odd.
    • sunnycms
      sunnycms lisalisa67

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      It's crazy they can't figure this out. Millions are suffering and I agree with you that it is a nervous system disorder. If someone opened an anxiety center that helped sufferers, they would be billionaires right away.

    • lisalisa67
      lisalisa67 sunnycms

      Posted

      Im surprised no one has tried this,insurance companies would hate it, but maybe a private company should think that up. And they need late hours.haha. 
  • sunnycms
    sunnycms kelsey20458

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    I have terrible interanl tremors. I too feel them when I am about to fall asleep and when I wake up. I feel like I've been run over by a truck while I have the flu! I ache all over, leg pain, headache, full head, stomach upset, dizzy, very weak, can't eat, shaking, feel spacey, and pretty sure I am dying.

    You're not alone at all. This is absolute hell. How could someone with nothing to worry about and someone who has so much to be happy about feel so dang awful all of the time? 

    Feeling like my body is about to just give up on it all. 

    Peace to all. I pray for everyone with this awful anxiety.

     

    • kelsey20458
      kelsey20458 sunnycms

      Posted

      It's honestly the worst thing Ive ever been through!! I feel for you all!! We can stick together!! It seems like no one supports us! Thy don't understand!

    • edwina97301
      edwina97301 sunnycms

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      Hi I'm always hard on myself because like you I always think how can somebody who has so many good things in life sometimes hate life because of anxiety. People with deformities and disabilities can't leave the house. I feel so selfish. My horrible mind tells me I can't and turns me into a emotional tense scared mess. I do have good days but dread of bad ones are awful. It so helps to talk this can b so lonely??

  • lee58443
    lee58443 kelsey20458

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    I also could have written your post, back in Dec/Jan I was so convinced I had a brain tumor or MS, I was so bad, shaking inside all the time, no appetite terrible tummy and bowel issues, very dizzy, wobbly legs, strange vision, numbness etc etc loads of tests and was told it was anxiety, I didnt beleive it at first, but other posts on here helped to convince me it was, Im so much better now, I took a little diazepam when I was at my worse but that was all, good luck, dont google or if you go just google symptoms of anxiety and you will fingd all of yours on the list.
  • Pinksocks1234
    Pinksocks1234 kelsey20458

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    I too have these symptoms tremors, pins and needles, aching all over, lethargic one day on full speed the next.

    Though I have problems remembering and its interfered with work so im off at the moment. I've had a few scans vut nothing has showed up so far .

    I get foggy thinking and know the answers to things but I can't get them out of my head, if or anyone has somilar please get in touch.

  • emilylawless
    emilylawless kelsey20458

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    YES believe it or not it's anxiety and it's very debilitating! The shocks your feeling are Brian zaps and it is a very common symptom of anxiety. I also get the head pressure and feeling of heavy head and so on

    • lisalisa67
      lisalisa67 emilylawless

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      i think im the only b one with terrible tmj/tmd where my face gets oressure and weird. And my ears. Painful. And weird tinnitus and such. But they say the tmj comes from anxiety in the first place only i dont notice the anxiety part until i feel like my face is stroking form this weird stuff. Its all strange. By the time i see a dr im so stressed out from the buildup im sure i sound stressed but i dont get it. I guess my reaction to all the discomfort and weirdness is anxiety and im suppose to quietly be robotic and note my issue with no emotions. Then they say what it is and dont give a hiit im hanging by a thread at times.This world asks an awful lot from us. 
  • Italia06
    Italia06 kelsey20458

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    Kelsey i suffer from GAD, hypochondria and OCD.  I have body wide muscle spasms, muscle soreness and cramping, numbness and tingling and so on.  likewise, what feels like electric jolts.  i have blurred vision and see white spots that are tiny and dissolve quickly; look like snowflakes.  i've done every test i could suggest and have had doctors willing to test just for peace of mind.  i've tested for lyme disease, latent syphilis since it can present with neurological symptoms late, autoimmune disease, ANA...i could go on and on.  i've had the MRIs and so on as well.  it's like i'm caught in this loop of migrating to the next serious illness i believe i have...the catalyst to all this being physical symptoms.  it's been a nightmare.  i can't even wake up like a normal person.  i immediately start body scanning.  i've had pain and stiffness in my hands...what feel like dead feet and toes etc...  the body tremors were the worst, couldn't sleep.  that feeling of having your phone on vibrate in your pocket...this buzzing, vibrating sensation under your skin.  i've been fearing a neurological disease for months now, yes the most serious of them all.  my doctor continues to attribute it to health anxiety and stress.  i know i'm out of hand.  the reality is...i wouldn't clinically diagnose for any neurological disease.  yet the perceived symptoms seem to constantly blur reality for me.  i feel like i can't move my left arm, feel like my legs are getting weak.  i look in the mirror thinking i'm losing muscle and start comparing my left and right arm.  yet when step on a scale i'm 10 lbs heavier than last year.  yet, i check out healthy as can be on paper.  clean MRI, hyperflexia test clean, test after test after test...clean.

    i could go on and on...ringing in the ears, feeling like i'm on a boat constantly, wobbly...yet i pass hearing and balance exams with flying colors.  it was a gradual process getting to this point, now i'm caught in the terrible cycle.  basically i'm need to accept that i'm caught in a state of hyperstimilation...basically generalized anxiety disorder.  i mean i definitely fit the description...can't relax, perfectionism, constant worry about little things.  sorry for the novel here, but yes...you are far from alone on this one.

    almost forgot to mention...twitching in the hands and fingers.  yet i type and coordinate just fine.

    long story short...the role of psychological processes such as anxiety, depression, or stress may influence the central nervous system and its perception of sensory stimuli.

  • Nf07249
    Nf07249 kelsey20458

    Posted

    I know it's been 5 years but wondering how everyone is going?!

    I have had health anxiety and OCD my whole life but the last three months have been the worst for it!

    It started with muscle pain in my mid back which I've always had but had worsened the more I work out and loft heavy in the gym. I became pre occupied with the idea it was a spinal tumour. Was given an X-ray and immediately worried I'd has too many X-rays recently. From there it was a slippery slope. Random shooting pains, muscle aches, muscle twitches (small ones, big ones), vibrating in my feet that spread to my legs and hands. I had an MRI which only showed a minor disc bulge in my lower back. Two brain MRI's. Neurological exams. All normal. I now also gave tembling in my hands. I have a neurologist appointment in just over a week and I am counting down the days. All my doctors and the hospital doctors think my symptoms are psychosomatic. They are all I think about and I don't really care about anything else at the moment.

    Has anyone had anything like this. The fact its been months and it's worsening is the biggest concern for me.

    • Taz25
      Taz25 Nf07249

      Posted

      Yes, I have terrible health anxiety too and if you look in my reply under the "Numb Chin Syndrome" thread you will see what I'm going through. maybe in a weird way you will be relieved that it's not as bad as mine? some doctors seem to think my issues are psychosomatic too. But I haven't seen a neurologist or done any scans yet as you have.. I hope whatever you got gets better for you, and I'd say don't give up on trying to find out what it is. Maybe my bleak seeming situation isn't the most encouraging, but maybe we will both be ok! Anxiety is a b***h but you got this. I might think the worst sometimes for myself but I don't think the worst will happen to you.

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