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Whole body tense and stiff. Feels like poor circulation. Does anyone feel like this?

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Soanxious
Soanxious

I have extreme health anxiety and every morning I wake up my whole body feels tight and stiff it almost feels like my blood isn't circulating. I have been laying around for over 5 months due to this debilitating anxiety and my head just won't stop. Sometime I feel like my arms and legs are burning and tight. I don't feel rested when I wake up. Does anyone feel like this?

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  • nattalie36373
    nattalie36373 Soanxious

    Posted

    I feel so bad that I can't talk to my friends about any of this. The few times I tried they cut me off by saying 'yea yea I get it, sometimes I get anxious too.'

    But anxiety disorder and esp health anxiety is a LOT more than just feeling anxious.

    I hate how friends have time to be on social media reading about kanye's latest rant or reading about how to tell if your man is cheating. They have time for that crap everyday but they can't take a minute to Google 'what is anxiety disorder.' I feel guilty for having a mental illness and I'm mad at my friends for not tring to understand. So I just stay away from everyone.

    • Guest
      Guest nattalie36373

      Posted

      Talk to your friends, they can really help. They care about you and you can always rely on others. If you need help, feel free to post on here or send me a PM if you need anything.
    • Soanxious
      Soanxious nattalie36373

      Posted

      I feel the same waysad I was always the friend that would do anything I could to help and was always offering there whenever they needed anything and when things started to get really bad 5 months ago I didn't text or call anyone bc I felt so awful and I rarely heard from them. And one of them has anxiety. I felt really alone like no one understood like I had no one there for me when I needed themsad
    • Guest
      Guest Soanxious

      Posted

      Defintely reach out. It's not too late
  • arnold76584
    arnold76584 Soanxious

    Posted

    I have muscles that contract so tightly that i feels like that and i get tingling with it . I spend 99% of my time in a recliner as when i stand this muscle tightness is activated and walking is so difficult ,i an only get around in my house. Mine is a symptom of benzo withdrawal and can even happen when you are taking one and its called tolerence withdrawal.
    • Soanxious
      Soanxious arnold76584

      Posted

      Gown old are you? And how long have you had this? I was on ativan for 5 months everyday and I wondered if that could of been part of it. But I have had this lazy stiff feeling for a long time and I really haven't been active or done anything in a long time either. I take my daughter to school come back lay on the couch til I have to get her and then come back and lay some more so I probably do have poor circulation
    • arnold76584
      arnold76584 Soanxious

      Posted

      If you go to either Benzo Buddies,or Ashton manual - you will find your symptoms are just like those of us who are in withdrawal from stopping a Benzo,- Ativan,Klonopin,zanax,and Valium are amoung the most common!
  • lisalisa67
    lisalisa67 Soanxious

    Posted

    Are you on any medications that note this as a side effect? Is there a reason you cant exercise? Do you drink enough water? Do you have fibromylagia? Have you seen a specialist in regards to your circulation? Have you been checked for anemia? B12 levels? Have you seen an endocrinologist? Honestly i feel like something else is going besides anxiety from what you have wrote.i dont know what but somethng..just a feeling im getting.
    • Soanxious
      Soanxious lisalisa67

      Posted

      I'm on a low dose of zoloft and was taking extra strength omega 3, magnesium and ibuprofen at first for muscle aches and tension. All of which apparently thin your blood. I went through a really hard time with severe anxiety and started having panic attacks which I never had before and that set off everything else I was convinced I was dying ran to a dr and the hospital probably 3 times a week had blood work atleast 4 times in the last 4 months, emg and ncs, neurological exam and everything comes back normal. My anxiety was so bad in the morning that I would get nauseous and throw up probably everyday for 2 months. I had no appetite and could barely eat. I lost 15 lbs from the stress anxety and panic attacks and I have layer between the couch and bed for over 5 months everyday. My anxiety is so bad that I became scared to leave the house. I started lately going out a little bit like to the store or families houses but I usually lay down and google or try to watch a movie. I just can't get out of this rut. My dr told me of course I'm going to feel stiff and have poor circulation from laying down all day everyday for so long and bc I'm not eating much I'm not gaining my weight back. She said my wbc couldn't get any better my b12 was high normal but ni have been taking a b12 supplement my platelets were normal and said I'm scared I have c***** bc of the brusises and her response as well as a few other drs responses were "I'm not sure if you have ever seen brusises from that but they are alot worse alot more and alot bigger then what u have and they don't go away" my bruises were just small and theu started off yellow green color and somwtimes went a brown and back to yellow then went away. I have googled read forums that alot of people have experienced random brusises on legs where they kept waking up with more and everything was normal and eventually they went away and it stopped. The bruises I was getting went away and I don't have any right now and the first time I noticed them was after i had the flu over christmas when they were the worst. After I stopped all the supplements and lowered the zoloft I still got some but not as many. I just had some on the top side of my thigh 1 on my calf and maybe shin and a few in the other leg. I just got really scared bc I knew I didnt hit my leg in all those places. I have gone to the dr in a panic and she said all your blood work is normal it would of showed if u had any type of c***** your wbc rbc and or platelets would be affected. Even though its hard for me to believe bc of my heakth anxiety im still scared everyday.She told me my symptoms are from anxiety tension not eating properly weight loss and laying around ot doing anything. I just have so much anxiety I can't get myself to do anything it's been my routine for months
    • Soanxious
      Soanxious

      Posted

      Also I haven't been eating much protein fruits or veggies bc I have no appetite I eat whatever I feel I can to get something into me but it's not the healthiest. Before all this I ate very healthy but I really have let myself gosad I don't feel healthy in lost too much weight I lay around have no energy and I can't semester to change it. Just as an example it is 3pm here right now and I had a bowl of Multigrain cheerios and a banana all day so far.
    • Soanxious
      Soanxious

      Posted

      One more thing I should probably mention is that I have been smoking off and on. When I get really stressed and go through a bad period I turn to cigarettes. So since may or June I started smoking during a really stressful time probably about 8-10 a day and then when I started to have really bad anxiety I cut back to no more then about 5 now today I haven't had any bc my heakth anxiety is worrying about lung c*****. This is completely debilitating and I just want title to stop. The anxiety is stopping me from exercising, working going out socializing eating much playing with my 6 year old sad
    • Soanxious
      Soanxious

      Posted

      I have had this poor circulation feeling of tightness in arms and legs for years as long asni can remember so I'm sure if it was something serious theu would of found it by now but I still worry
    • Soanxious
      Soanxious billie18342

      Posted

      Do you eat properly? Do you lay around all day too like me im starting to think bc all my blood work is normal that Maybe it really is from laying around alot not eating smoking all causing poor circulation
    • Soanxious
      Soanxious billie18342

      Posted

      Alot of people I talked to that smoked and quit told me they felt tired and crappy all the time when they were smoking too and felt alot better when they quit. I haven't had any today bc my health anxiety is so bad I'm terified so hopefully I can just stop now
    • billie18342
      billie18342 Soanxious

      Posted

      I eat pretty normal now, I didn't about 4 months ago!!! But I do lay around a lot! In September I was TOO active and then it all changed over night!!! Its crazy!!!
    • Soanxious
      Soanxious billie18342

      Posted

      I have had anxiety since I was 18 and when I felt like this with o enrgy feeling stiff and tight laying around alot the dr told me it was anxiety so I have constant anxiety and it exhausts me. When I go out into stores it's worse I feel like I'm going to collapse and I feel weak. I was always uncomfortable around crowds and never really felt like I knew how to socialize I was thinking about what other people thought and didn't really know what to say so I woukd stay quiet alot. When I think about it I feel like my anxiety goes back to when I was a kid I used to think and cry about dying and I would cry everytime my mom went out scared she wouldn't come back and I have no idea why.
    • lisalisa67
      lisalisa67 Guest

      Posted

      Its an very hard addiction to kick. Everyine who smokes knows to stop. I have quit and strated up again many times myself. Keep it to a half a pack or less. Once panic triggers it somehow becomes a crutch. I get that
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