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Symptoms of health anxiety

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victoria26170
victoria26170

I suffer from health anxiety & I get a million & one symptoms with it. I get tension headaches my arms & legs sometimes feel weak. I'm dizzy & shaky. I get chest pain & can't always seem to get a full breath. There's to many to log down. Just for piece of mind I would like to know about other people's symptoms to assure me I am not alone xx

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  • elaine75058
    elaine75058 victoria26170

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    hi vic im the same as you multiple panic attacks daily jus lost my appetite thinking ive got stomach cancer i worry so much ive now got digestive issues dr put me on setraline. does it work? im on my 2nd day im going throu hell i worry constantly and pace the hallway up and down thinking of my fatal illnesses what are ur other symptons??
    • victoria26170
      victoria26170 elaine75058

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      My appetite has gone this week too & I get the butterfly sensation in my tummy all the time. Yes sertraline do help eventually with everything it takes time & they have to be given chance to get into your system. I made the mistake of coming off them months ago when I started to feel ok so I've gone back on them now & will have to wait for them to work all over again. Other symptoms I get are ringing in my ears at nite mostly......I sometimes feel like my blood isn't circulating properly in my legs & they ache. I get blurred or vivid vision at times. The symptom that seems to stay with the most is the not being able to get a full breath & I have to force a yawn it's very worrying but I hear it's a common symptom of anxiety. What symptoms do you get x
    • elaine75058
      elaine75058 victoria26170

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      tinnitus constantly in 1 ear severe morning anxiety it used to be 8 how its 4 30 and i cant go off to sleep again. ive got all the symptons u have except headache. ive also feel a little unbalanced and disorientated in crowded places i have dp the other day i googled and accoustic neuroma came up i freaked ont and now im convinced ive got itthis all started after an ear virus.
    • elaine75058
      elaine75058

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      i also get adrenaline rushes and my legs and arms go jellylike for a few seconds and i panic
  • sarah79585
    sarah79585 victoria26170

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    hi i have chronic health anxiety,i am really struggling at the minute,it started with tingling in my feet which spreads up to my knee,i have one numb tingly hand but my face is the thing that really freaks me out,my cheeks are completely numb,my chin teeth and lips are tingly,i have a little muscle twitch thing just near my chin sometimes,i am shaky twitchy and finding it really hard to deal with,im convinced i have ms ,i have all of this all of the time so youre not alone victoria
    • victoria26170
      victoria26170 sarah79585

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      I used to get the tingly hands & face but I don't often get that symptom anymore. It's hard to believe that anxiety can cause all of these bodily symptoms. I am a nitemare for goin on Google I just make myself worse. Xx
    • sarah79585
      sarah79585 victoria26170

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      im terrible with the google thing,yes i agree its hard to accept that anxiety can cause such a wide range of horrible symptoms,i desperatey wanna end this cycle,have you ever had numb cheeks with the tingles?,im taking sertraline 100mg and propranolol 80mg twice a day but i really dont feel like they do any good,ive been on them about 5 weeks now
    • victoria26170
      victoria26170 sarah79585

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      I have had numbness in my face & sometimes a burning sensation. I'm on sertraline only 50mg started them again a few days ago so just waiting for them to kick in. Beta blockers did nothing for me other than give me nitemares. Xx
    • sarah79585
      sarah79585 victoria26170

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      hopefully the sertraline will kick in soon for you,they have given me diazepam twice in the last couple of weeks cos ive been so bad !they are the only thing that make me calm down but docs are very reluctant to give me them,yeah i reckon the beta blockers do absolutely nothing for me,its reassuring for me when you say you had the face thing too so thanku,i have it all the time and today its really bad,my doctor told me only when i accept my symptoms are caused by anxiety will they start to ease but i just cant im totally convinced its ms x
    • victoria26170
      victoria26170 sarah79585

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      Yeh I had diazepam years ago I felt great on them but like you say they don't give them out much. I've been trying to get ready all morning but just don't have it in me atall. I think talkin to other people who suffer with anxiety helps because your convinced nobody else knows how your feeling xx
    • sarah79585
      sarah79585 victoria26170

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      yeah it deffo helps to talk,im having a terrible time today too,i have the face thing really bad but i have 5 kids to run about after,today my legs feel weak like they dont belong to me so i just wanna curl up and cry ,my face thing is absolutely drivin me nuts xx
    • lee12629
      lee12629 sarah79585

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      Im in the states,my doctor is the head of a large hospital drug dependancy program yet he acknowledgeds sometimes medication is a nescessity. Perhaps you should find a doctor who understands more how anxiety wrecks havok on peoples lives. This get on with it notion-even if hes the nicest man in the world shows his lack of understanding. I went for years with out meds til one day i had a health issue so bad that my anxiety and the illness were too much. So far he understands that i am a person that needs nedication. I dread the day he retires as some just dont get how it affects ones life and medication in some cases is the only thing that brings some relief and some degree of normalcy.
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