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Odd Hand Coordination from Anxiety

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Kade1111
Kade1111

I was wondering if anyone here has had problems with their hand coordination or feeling like their hands don’t do what you want them to do? I have been in a pretty terrible bout of health anxiety over the past month and have been constantly stressed an worried. I should mention it’s my first time dealing with health anxiety on this level. I have panic attacks almost every other night. I think this constant worry has clouded my mind and has made it hard to do things that used to be automatic, like hand movements, swallowing, etc. Now I notice all of it. Just curious to hear anyone else’s similar stores. Maybe I have a bit of depersonalization from having so many thoughts at once I just can’t concentrate?

Thank you. 

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  • RydiaMoone
    RydiaMoone Kade1111

    Posted

    Hi Kade. I am sorry you are going through this. I get something similar to that. Sometimes it feels like my  hands arent there or like they are not mine and if i try and touch something i wont be able to feel it and sometimes like you i have trouble with coordination including not being able to type or write properly anymore. I was once told the feeling in my  hands was due to hyperventilating and over breathing which i do alot. I am not sure if this is why your  hands feel that way and I also suffer from depersonalisation and derealistion which makes me feel like im not here or in a dream like state 24/7 and its killing me sad
    • Kade1111
      Kade1111 RydiaMoone

      Posted

      Thank you for the reply, yeah I think sometimes I hyperventilate and I just don’t know it. The reason I was thinking about the depersonalization was because I’m always thinking about my health anxiety and the symptoms I’m feeling almost 24/7. I think I’m just so focused on that it’s hard for me to concentrate or coordinate properly. 
    • RydiaMoone
      RydiaMoone Kade1111

      Posted

      Your are welcome Kade. I know these feelings are debilitating. I too focus on my feelings 24/7 and I look for them. I try to feel them over and over just to see if they are still there if that makes sense. They consume me have taken over my life again. Seems the only relief I get now is when I am asleep and its not a good way to  live if sleep is all I can do to get away from these feelings. Sometimes I think Im on the edge of feeling normal and then boom im right back to the feelings of unreality and weirdness. Some of what I am feeling I cant even describe they are too weird. Sometimes I think to myself that I must be dying because there is no way that this can be living.
    • Kade1111
      Kade1111 RydiaMoone

      Posted

      I feel the exact same way, the only comfort I’ve been getting is mostly sleep, unless I have a dream about my symptoms or I wake up in the middle of the night. I also check to see if my symptoms are still there, and in turn make them feel worse because I’m thinking so much about them. I know it’s obviously anxiety, but it’s like my brain can’t quite make that connection yet.
    • Kade1111
      Kade1111 RydiaMoone

      Posted

      Oh, and I saw on your post that you wanted to talk to someone, do you have a messaging app like Snapchat or anything like that? I’m more than willing to talk with someone that has similar symptoms and anxiety 
    • RydiaMoone
      RydiaMoone Kade1111

      Posted

      Hi Kade I am so sorry that I have taken so long to respond I only just got your reply. If you still want to chat on happy to but I don't have snap chat. Is there any other places we can chat. Hope to hear from you soon

  • lois37764
    lois37764 Kade1111

    Posted

    yes, i have the same thing with my hand. i also suffer from severe anxiety. The symptoms of my hand coordination gets worse as anxiety increases. my mind also feels clouded, in a brain fog. i have read these are severe symptoms of anxiety and anxiety disorders. sorry for your symptoms.

  • stefania53576
    stefania53576 Kade1111

    Posted

    i know this is old but I just wanted to say that yes, I have the same thing. I have been dealing with some debilitating anxiety lately and one of the things I have recently developed is a lack of hand coordination or the feeling of poor coordination in my hand and leg. I obsess over every movement.

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