Pins and needles... Due to anxiety?! Really?
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I can't get a GP appt for a fortnight to discuss my healthy anxiety so in the interim I'm going crazy. Since I i woke up today, I've had pins and needles in my hand leading up to elbow. Brain is telling me it's serious, MS, STROKE, HEART ATTACK. Help 😢
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Rainboy jods54
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Yes - REALLY!
Tingling sensations are frequently associated with an anxiety state. Some people will never experience it, for others, like yourself, it may be quite intense.
It is understandable for your brain to entertain all kinds of horrible possibilities, rejecting 'Anxiety' as too simplistic. However, anxiety when it becomes a medical problem, is a complex and pernicious enemy, and it's greatest weapon against you if fear. It feeds on your feelings of fear, and your feelings of fear are stimulated by speculation that you are about to die from a dreadful illness.
If you had any of the three conditions you mention, you would have some very noticeable and serious physical symptoms to go with it including great difficulty in writing.
Have you tried requesting a telephone appointment with your GP?
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jods54 Rainboy
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Rainboy jods54
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archemedes jods54
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If you feel there is the slightest possibility that this could ne a heart attack or a stroke then you really must get yourself down to A&E immediately.
mrs.wife24531 jods54
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SkyeBeth jods54
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jods54 SkyeBeth
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I've just woke up and it hasn't happened yet. It was my left hand/arm. I'm calmer now and I don't think it is a heart attack or a stroke. But maybe its my health anxiety talking but I do still think it's something to worry about.
SkyeBeth jods54
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kelly1981 jods54
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Hope you are feeling a bit better. I have just come out the other side of a terrible experience with anxiety that presented physical symptoms in my body that were very scary and unsettling including left arm pain, chest pain, brain fog, dizziness, pains in arms and legs, burning sensations on my skin and feeling like I was going to die and not to mention feeling like I was going to die or had a horrible disease despite all my blood tests and doctors telling me I am fine. I absolutely understand how scary and frightening this is and it is important you do get checked out by your GP but know that fear feeds anxiety and the more you focus on it, the more it will stick around. As uncomfortable as it sounds, you need to learn to coexist with the anxiety you are feeling and to relax and do things that make you happy. The more you focus on in the worse it will be. Distraction and not paying it constant attention can work wonders. It can be a slow progress but anxiety is absolutely physical as well as mental. Talk to people you trust and think of seeing a social worker or support group. Knowledge is power and it will require some work and acceptance on your behalf. Feel better Â