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[nellynell]

Does anyone have symptoms that are always there and never go away??
List all your symptoms below, help everyone get a better understanding...write down all you symptoms and if there are constant put (persistent) next to it...


1.Feeling of unreality like im in a constant dream and everything looks  fake(persistent)
2.Fullness in the head
3.Kinda feel like im floating when i walk, like my body and head seems light
4.Tired no matter how much sleep i get (persistent)
5. headaches
6.shakeyness
7. constantly think im dying or i have a terrible disease or cancer
8. never feel like my self
9. nervousness

i know i have many more...please help me out even others by putting your symptoms so we dont feel like the only ones with these problems...

thank you!!!

xoxox
Alicia

[RCA7591]

Definitely. Here are mine:

(1) Shortness of breath (persistent)
(2) Palpitations/Extrasystoles
(3) Abrupt fluctuations in pulse/BP (persistent)
(4) Lightheadedness
(5) Feelings of unreality/distorted perception
(6) Feelings as though the ground is moving beneath me
(7) Non-specific chest pain (persistent)
(8) Numbness/tingling sensations
(9) Visual disturbances
(10) Migraine headaches
(11) Coldness of the extremities (persistent)
(12) Tremor
(13) Days and nights reversed
(14) Insomnia (persistent)
(15) Overwhelming fatigue (persistent)

Anything your mind can dream up may manifest as seemingly, very real "symptoms", even if it's subconsciously. Ultimately, you are your own worst enemy.

~Ryan

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

heres mine
1. tingling of head/ears ( persistent when in anxiety)
2. waking up all times of the night ( fall asleep easy but cant stay that way)
3. dont want to eat ( lose weight fast )
4. stomack problems- feel sick every morning (persisent when in anxiety)
5. feel like am out of body not my self (presisent when in anxiety)
6.hot flashes/warm feelings/clammy
7. crying spells/short with others
8. dont want to leave house or do much


   thats what i have maybe a few others but thats the most i have. i dont have anxiety all the time, just when something throws me into it . like health or drugs.. just coming out of anxiety from leavquion meds. hope to stay out a while. hope ya all have a great day and stress free. barbara

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

oh i knew i would forget a few .

tired/weak (persisent )

[wishiknewbetter]

numbness/ tingling in extremities(persistent)
trouble sleeping(persistent)
bowel movement changes(they have been weird since I came home for the summer but get worse when I have anxiety)
chest pain(persistent)
migraines(almost every day since I was a young child)
vision problems
feeling like I am dying/have undetectable disease(persistent)
stomach nausea after eating
muscle/joint pain
becoming a hypochondriac(i pay attention to all aspects of my health now.)


thats me. i always thought i was alone.

[suzi-q]

morning nausea (everyday)
stomach problems
shakiness
heart palpitations
tingling in face and hands
feeling of dread
don't like to leave the house
surreal feeling (like it isn't me)
dizziness
headaches
short temper
head rushes

Probably more....

[ziggy123]

Can I just ditto all of the above lists? It is nice to know that we are not alone and that when people say, "oh no, that can't be anxiety related", we know differently!

[daughterofsarah77]

My symptoms seem to change from time to time...like my anxiety morphs and takes on a different form as soon as I think it is under control.
Overall has been hypochondriac problems regarding all these symptoms.
headaches (tension and migraine)
blurry vision
dizziness
loss of appetite/nausea
tingling of face/arms/legs
muscle twitches
feelings of "blanking out" momentarily
feeling like i am vibrating on the inside when i lie down
chest pain
palpitations (PVC's)
high pulse
lightheadedness

I work in healthcare, but going through this has amazed me the mind/body connection and what each can do to the other. But realize, especially those of us with hypochondriac problems, that we can learn to use that fact to our advantage. We can learn to use our mind to shut down what this anxiety does to our body.
I have thought I've had everything under the sun! MS, stroke, heart attack, some kind of heart problem, celiac, colon cancer....I am still having to realize these issues are anxiety.

[be still my beating heart 13]

Besides having hundreds of classic panic attacks throughout the last 7 years I too have constant daily symptoms!  Here they are:

Dizziness
Headaches
Shakes and Tremors muscle twitching (hands constantly, random patterns throughout body)
Tingling/Vibrations (feet CONSTANTLY, hands forearms calves lips tounge sporadically)
Tingling Internally (inside body cavity)
Heart pounding (without excelleration in heart rate)
Rapid pounding heart rate
Extra Heart Beats (daily number and severity fluctuates)
Sweats
Cold extremities
Hot flashes (full body)
Visual Disturbances
Emotional/Mood swings
Insomnia (either can't fall asleep, mind won't shut up, or can't stay asleep)
Hypochondriac, obsessed with the feeling that I am dying or that my death is eminent

I too have worried about MANY diseases:  Heart Disease, Hyperthyroidism, Hypoglycemica, MS, esophogeal cancer, colon cancer, POTS, Autonomic Neuropathy, Anyurism, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Leukemia, Lymphoma, and AIDS.  All of these have either been ruled out through medical tests or disregarded by my doctors.  I have been told constantly that it's all anxiety related.  Thank you nellynell for opening this thread, as it has been a much need reality check in my battle with anxiety!  Hope you all felt well today!

Cori

[krista]

Hi, here are mine :)

1. sharp pains in chest (comes and goes)
2. numbness in limbs (comes with chest pains)
3. fullness in head (comes and goes)
4. feel like my pulse is racing
5. constant pressure on my chest, like I can't breath
6. feel like I am on the verge of a heart attack
7. feel like i have a terminal illness that no one can find
8. weight loss...and refusal to take SSRI's because of weight gain
9. can't travel because I'm afraid that I'll have a heart attack and won't be able to get to a hospital.
10. can't go to the gym, because I"m afraid to work out.

and the best one....symptoms of cyberchondria, where I constantly look symptoms up on the internet and get a million disease results...or that everyone I speak to, especially on this websites forum "heart disease" think that they are a doctor....or that someone can diagnose you through the internet.

[daughterofsarah77]

haha i am so glad i am not alone in my hypochondriac issues....Cori I forgot I was convinced of the POTS too..it seemed to explain EVERYTHING! Yes and cyberchondria is also an issue...worst of all...I am a nurse and I know waaaay too much and read into everything like crazy!

[Shannon Wyatt]

Here are mine:

1.  Early morning Body Shaking
2.  Sweaty Palms/Feet
3.  Hands Trembling
4.  Feet Buzzing (also internal buzzing)
5.  Racing Heart
6.  Blood Pressure Spikes
7.  Insomnia (at times)
8.  Fear of Flying (not that the plane will crash -- just that I'm trapped)
9.  Nervousness
10.  Fear of having a stroke
11.  Muscle Tension

I've had others too, like loss of appetite and diarrhea -- but these have lessened.  It is so true what "daughterofsarah" said above in relation to the mind.  It is very powerful and can give us these symptoms by just thinking of them.  I try to counter my negative thinking with positive affirmations.

[bip]

HERE ARE MINE..

1.Nervousness
2.Worried of dieing of a serious disease , CANCER...
3.Shake
4.Headaches
5. Heart Races
6.  Always thinking something is going to happen to me
7. Mood swings
8. I cry out of the blue
9.  Loss of apptetite

I have more  always worried about EVERYTHING  If something is wrong with me I think of the worst.
Talking to everyone here my ANXIETY seems better. You ALL are very supportive..

[Jade59]

Check out the "Fibromyalgia" site.  People state the same symptoms there as here.  Also check out info on Borderline Personality Disorder.  I have all the symptoms described above and the Fibro and BPD fit me to a tee.  I hope this is helpful.  

[mia193]

Hi -
Here is my list -

1. Nervousness
2. Palp's
3. Tachycardia
4. Worry I am about to die when any of my symptoms start by a heart attack, etc..
5. Edgy
6. lightheaded(at times)
7. Cry out of the blue - different times of the month!
I too could probably cut and paste some of the symptoms on everyone's list for my own list

[ziggy123]

If you do not mind me asking, how high does your heart rate get?

[mia193]

hi
no, i don't mind - it usually never gets over 120- when i say tachy- i mean for me that is anywhere between the 90's and low 100's and I am aware of it beating faster.  I had a 10 day holter monitor, echo and stress test - passed them all and found out i have MVP, and that my pvc's/palp's are benign.  I am a nurse and I just know too much and worry too much with any little symptom that I get.  Do you have any info for me or know how to slow it down?

[daughterofsarah77]

Glad I'm not the only nurse dealing with this!
I run tachy too, between 90-120. I have also just gone through a full cardiac work-up and everything is fine.
I know that my psychiatrist did mention to me some meds that were not necessarily anxiety meds, but ones rather that slowed down heart rate and helped with shakiness... for me, due to the side effects of them they were not options for me.
The high heart rate is annoying and worrisome at times, but it's not dangerous to have.

[mia193]

Even though it is a complete drag having to deal w/all of this, it is so comforting and also helps w/the anxiety of it all, to know that others are in the same boat!  
I have been through counseling in the past and it helped me deal w/a lot of things, and I think that there is a lot going on again in my life that makes me tune into these symptoms again.  My family doctor gave me a script for .25 mg of Xanax and it has helped, but after reading some of the posts out there, I am a little anxious to take it here and there for fear that is making things worse.  What were some of the meds to help w/slowing the heart rate and shakiness?  I also seem to be waking between 2-4a and feeling an internal (i describe it as) "bubbling - like a fluttery" feeling in my stomach/chest and then I jolt awake, get tachy and immediately take my HR, (I also have an automatic BP cuff) i take my BP and it is usually 100/60 or slightly lower and my HR is in the high 80's - 90's. So there is nothing really bad happening -  I don't get it!  I used to work nights and now i work days after 14 years or so and i don't know if it is an automatic response to my body "thinking" it should be awake.  Who knows!  
sorry for such a book about me!!  Just thought I would share this, in case there is anything you know or could suggest!
take care!

[daughterofsarah77]

He mentioned Inderal...not sure that is spelled right....
Just something that stood out to me...I see a massage therapist who used to suffer with anxiety. She found out after years by way of a Naturopathic Dr. that her Melatonin levels were way off and that was the cause...could that relate at all to you with the change in your hours and you being used to being up at night and awake during the day?  I don't know much about this...and this lady was a little waaaay into the alternative stuff...but who knows?

[TomSelleck]

You guys have so many that I have, I thought I was the only one who had some of these.  

[mia193]

OMG- that is exactly what I was considering- I have melatonin tabs in my cabinet, and infrequently took them to help me sleep!  I thought maybe it had something to do w/my serotonin levels too.  Thank you for the suggestion- i think i might see a nutritionist to see if they can help me w/vitamins and stuff.  I take vit. supple's now, but I have to do more research on this melatonin thing.  Thank you.  
I did try inderal years ago, and because my bp is so low, it really made me feel like i was "walking on egg shells"
I was desperately considering  taking benadryl on a trial basis! (i have sinus problems, so i thought it couldn't hurt!)
I also just read on another site, that the bubbly feeling I  have in the middle of the night could be d/t my GERD (i have a hiatel hernia) so, I may try taking an antiacid before bed (and a melatonin) and see if I am a brand new person when i get up!! LOL!
Thanks again daughterofsarah77!!

[mia193]

Isn't a nice feeling (and it definitely decreases the anxiety) to know you aren't alone w/these symptoms?!

[daughterofsarah77]

That was why I didn't take up the offer of the Inderal...my BP is already low too, so no way was I going to mess with that!
The only thing my cardiologist mentioned was perhaps a slight vasovego (prob spelled wrong-I don't WORK in cardiology : ) tendency, since I have the low BP and am slender. This was brought up because I asked about POTS, which he said I do not have. But I get light-headed and dizzy, and that was a problem before the anxiety/panick attacks. I'm curious myself about Melatonin's role...I used to be a night owl, and I actually really do not get that much sunlight (because being in it makes me feel light-headed and nausea)...so when the lady mentioned that I thought maybe it had some merit. I can't afford to see a Naturopath, and if I ask my regular dr. about it he will really think I'm whacked....I've run out of tests to ask for!

[daughterofsarah77]

I self-medicated with the Benadryl for quite awhile to put myself to sleep...also used it through some period to down my anxiety. But I believe it may have turned on me and caused some anxiety though after awhile. Who knows?

[mia193]

Thanks again for the information/suggestions!   I really can't afford a Naturopath either - I may go to this one health food store around here that has a registered dietician who works there and gives advice!  
Maybe my problem is a vaso-vagel response too, since i am on the slender side- and have a low b/p- I never realized that one either!  
I will let you know what happens w/the melatonin and/or benadryl!
I know what you mean about the benadryl too- I would feel too relaxed (if there is such a thing) and then get anxiety over that!

[Shooped]

hey people :) thought i'd contribute!

[1]Headaches
[2]DIzziness/Lightheaded
[3]Feeling like the next days my last.(brain tumours/anyurisms etc)
[4]Nervousness
[5]Twitches
[6]Top of head feels tight/tense
[7]Visual Snow/Floaters
[8]Nose feels blocked most days when i wake up/blood in it at times also(omg an actual symptom! lol)
[9]Just don't feel like myself, haven't in about 6/7 months.

neurologists tomorrow :/

have a nice day!

[mia193]

I hope that your appt. goes well and nothing is found- hope it is all due to stress and anxiety.  It can do some awful stuff!
take care!

[TomSelleck]

I'm interested in these "visual disturbances"  I have aswell this visual snow, afterimages, along with the other symptoms.

[luvmybabes]

Mine are:

1. Worry I am going to die or have cancer
2. muscle twitches and pain
3. muscle tension
4. Floaters in eyes
5. Heart  palpations, PVCs
6.Nervous and Mood swings
7. Light Headedness
8. Angry all the time
9. Tackycardia
10.Constant checking of my pulse
11.horrible fear of having an anyurism
12. Fatigued

God this is horrible. I don't get why I have to be this way.  :-(

[Violetroar]

You know...Im to the point where I wish I had an actual disease instead of this stuff. Its like, you go to the doctor, they tell you that you have panic attacks, they give you some meds, and then you go home, have an episode of feeling like your gonna die, and there is nothing that can be done about it.. Im pretty fed up with this stuff. I just want to feel normal again. But then again, with all these medicines I dont even know what my normal is anymore...And I do the constant checking of my pulse....People look at me like Im crazy....Everyone has started to call me hypocondriac "which I do not think I am" its just that it seems so much severe than panic. Its kinda like you have that thought in your head that the doctors could just be wrong and it is a heart problem or something...Anyone with me on that one?

[mia193]

Yes, I feel that way too...It is like a roller coaster, you are down, go to the doc's go up alittle and then back down again!  I am trying to stay away from my xanax and rely on my vit's, biofeedback and exercise, not to mention my two kids to distract me!  I too, CONSTANTLY check my pulse!  I actually thought I was the only one out there who did that - and when it is too slow, I panic and when it is too fast I panic!  I am never satisfied!  Sometimes I get really mad at myself, because I know of other people with truly serious illnesses, and I am sitting here worrying about nothing. (even though to me it is something!)  oh well....getting older isn't what I thought it would be!
I would try to do some reading on how you are feeling, it does help- the libraries are great, and you might feel better knowing that it is something that can be worked through- over a lot of time, but it can be done.  Hope you have a great day today.....

[brndygrl]

Here are mine and they've gotten much worse since I gave birth 2 months ago:

*Constant thoughts of death (leaving family and friends behind)
*Fear of being alone
*Fears of disease/illness (cancer, anyurisms, brain tumor, heart attack, stroke, thrombosis...etc)
*Tingling/numbness of face, arms, legs, feet, lips
*Salty taste in mouth...most foods taste salty
*Tightness in back, left side of head
*Lightheadedness/dizziness
*Trapped/helpless feeling
*Feel like I'm crazy
*Feel like I exagerate or am a hypercondriac
*Feeling like dr's aren't really looking at my symptoms
*Chest pain
*Jaw pain
*Blurred eyesight
*Constant crying, especially when thinking of death
*Checking my pulse

Reading that others have similar symptoms and are physically healthy make me feel better sometimes...most of the time it's the "yeah, but what-if's". I know that I should be enjoying my life to the fullest while I AM alive and there's really no way of knowing when I'll die, but I often worry about "what if it's today and I haven't said or done everything that I needed to?"

[Mark TX]

I think most of mine have been fully covered by others already.  I've been fortunate that I've not had a full-blown panic attack in well over a year now.  (Could it be because I'm off most the meds?  Food for thought.)

I think these have both been mentioned but here are two I thought I'd add:

+ Agoraphobia - I couldn't go out for a jog because I'd feel the sky start to 'close down' on me.  I had to rush home.

+ Feeling of being trapped - I recently had to back out of a cavern tour because I panicked when the guide said "anyone who's claustrophobic please leave... I don't want to call the paramedics."  At the very mention of the idea my heart went into palpitations.  Or even little things can set this off... I won't go through the drive-thru at fast food restaurants, because if a car pulls in behind me, I'm blocked in and have no escape.  Good grief.  I used to travel around the world all by myself with not a worry and now I'm afraid to go through a drive-thru!  This is what an impact anxiety can have on your life!

mark

[tanns]

would you describe the thing you feel in the middle of the night as a "vibration"?  I get this slight vibration in my chest on the left side only in the middle of the night.  When it first started I thought it was afib or something but after it happening for so long, I can feel that my pulse is regular and it isn't very fast anymore.  I guess I am getting used to it.  It has to have a cause though, right?  Who knows, I'm no doctor, I just pretend to be one when I self-diagnose myself!!!

Have a good one.

[tiredof livingthisway]

Mine:

-constant fear of death
-think every ailment is something dramatic like cancer or parkinsons
-pvc's
-loss of appetite
-snowy vision
-unreal feelings
-shakiness
-i have a new one. Does anyone experience this? I feel like there is a little motor running in my enitre body, especially my head and chest. Worst when I'm trrying to sleep.

[limegreen]

Here are mine:
-Lack of sleep
-Constant joint pain
-Tingling all over, mouth, face, legs, arms, hands, feet
-fear I may die from a terrible disease
-Some chest pain
-headaches
-sore jaw

[mia193]

Hi -
It feels almost like tiny gas bubbles to me, almost like an all over nervous feeling - i thought it was afib too- but i had a 10 day holter monitor and i check my pulse when it happens, and it sometimes is a little fast - about 100 or less.  i am beginning to think it may be gastric related and I have a hiatal hernia, so i have been taking my antiacid at night before bed.  

[tiredof livingthisway]

This sight is so amazing. I can't believe that so many people share the exact same symptoms!! My husband never understands why I can't control my anxiety. I need to show him this site, so maybe he will see that this is a true problem and not me just being dramatic. He doesn't understand why I can't see that my symptoms are just anxiety and not a fatal disease. Also church has helped me a lot, and my Zoloft!

[marciej]

I have to say that two years ago I had most of the symptoms listed above. I thought for sure I had HIV,ovarian cancer, something was wrong. I ended up in the ER thinking it was over. My husband kept saying it was in my head. I was so embarresed when they diagnosed me with anxiety. For about a year I was on Xanax and it helped. I finally got tired of having to be doped up to do anything so I slowly stopped taking them. Now when I feel it coming on I just tell myself its the anxiety, i'm not going to die and it doesn't get to the point of dizziness and ER's. Also I have to say that because I was trying to get pregnant and they tested for so many things including HIV that my anxiety has decreased significanly. (now I just worry about heart disease now and then,ha ha, probilbly need a heart scan) Anyways I just wanted to give a little hope that it can get better. No pills for over year and only slight anxiety compared to the past now and then. Take care everyone!

[gwolverine]

Has anyone ever looked into hormonal imbalances as a cause of anxiety?  i am looking into it now and and going to get saliva tests.  I have a great life and i truly feel that my anxiety is a SYMPTOM of something else....  maybe if i had anxiety only when i was stressed or it was just when something bad happens, i could buy it, but i have it 24/7.

[mia193]

yes, I considered it to stem also from hormonal imbalances, or at least get worse because of that.  What types of test do you ask for from your doctor?  What are "saliva tests"?
thanks for the info...

[gwolverine]

Actually, i didnt get the idea from a Dr.  I got the idea on my own by doing a google search for hormone imbalance anxiety.  All kinds of stuff came up.  Then i found a nutritionalist who says she agrees with the possibility.  if you want to know where i got the kit from, or if you want to know what she tells me, let me know.  it will probably take a couple weeks to get any results back.

[mia193]

Can you tell me the web site?  and where to get a kit too...

sounds really interesting-
thanks

[gwolverine]

www.nutritionalchoice.net.  Now remember, I just started this and I don't know much about it.  I don't know if there is really a link as this is just a hunch.  Best of luck.

[tesia]

Here are some of my SYMPTOMS...
Feeling like i am in a dream, Unreal
Acid Reflux
Tingling and numbness anywhere that come and go daily (persistant)
Sore leg Muscles
Morning Tremors/viberating sensation in legs and arms (persistant)
TMJ/ears pop and neck muscles experience a throbbing pains (persistant)
Feelin like im gonna pass out or die
Scarred I have ms or some other neurological disease (persistant)
Racing heart
Feeling like I have to gasp for my breath
Back and neck cramps
Hands and feet go numb REALLY easy,  if im sleeping on then or if im seated a certain way (persistant)
Easily worked up by scarry or action packed movies (persistant)
Cry easily
Obbsessive thoughts/fears of the unusual
Cold extremities

I could probably go on, but here yah go!

[kteen16]

1.Feeling of unreality like im in a constant dream and everything looks  fake(persistent)

i hateeeeeeeeeeeeeee that feeling.


mine are :
sweating , tremors, fear of dying/doom, rare crying spells, nausea/gagging, trouble consitrating, racing heart, switching body temperatures. i go from hot to cold, obsessive throughts, shortness of breath, heat flashes, drowsyness, frequent urination, sometimes diharrea, heartburn, feeling of being rushed, cant calm down, muscle aches,  constant thoughts of death, fears of disease/illness, grind my teeth, feel like the doctors might of missed something and this isnt axiety, but a bad disease, shaking, chest pains, stomach pains, gas, IBS, loss of appitite, thinking of food makes me gag.
theres sooo many.

[AnxiousGurl]

I think many people tend to think that anxiety is not a sickness and that its all in our heads.......but the truth is ........
its a real health issue that is overwhelming and paralyzing(in the sense that it stops us from being able to function)

So here goes.

Nervous feeling (persistent)
Headaches (all to often)
Heaviness in the head
Inablitlity to focus
Uncomfortability(if thats even a word)
shakiness (worst in a panic attack/mild in an anxious state)
Stiff and tense neck and shoulder muscles/tense stomach muscles
Stomach aches
Feels funny to walk like im not in my body/heaviness in walking(dont know if that even makes sense)
Diarrhea
Emotional
Hyperventilation
sweaty
helpless/confused/worried state of mind
fatigue ( alot)

theres probably more....

[daffysoundz]

wow so much of these symptoms that i have. and that i have never heard anyone saying anything about,thought i was the only one. here is mine

1.Hands and feet go numb REALLY easy
2.skin brusing easy
3.allergy problems increase
4.heart palpitations.( not fast just hard)
5.tightness in my head
6.weight lost
7.insomnia ( sometimes no problem falling asleep but staying asleep)
8.vibrating feeling when i go to bed an/or when waking up
9.burning sentsation in my back, or all over when i realy feel bad
10.muscle twiching
11.chest tightness, like a bar is pressing on my chest
12. sweating hands, feet and face
13.breathing in a ammonia sentsation. and a funny taste in my mouth
14.feeling like im going to die from somthing the doctor missed
15.always going on the net to find other reasons for the symptom, and always relating them to some kind of cancer, heart, kidney or liver problems even hiv through getting a tattoo last year


i think i pretty much covered it, sorry for such a long list i just had to get that out an off my chest, an you know what, i feel so much better now knowing that im not the only one with some of these symptoms

[sylviasylvia2]

I love all of ya'll at this point.  I am so convinced I did not accidentallly stumble upon this website. I recently had a sleep study that showed I was actually having nightime panic attacks when I hit my deep wave of sleep. (I was also diagnosed with sleep apnea 3 yrs ago which can mock night time panic attacks. however, my sleep apnea is controlled) I would wake up  out of a dead sleep with my heart racing 130-150 beats, my blood pressure 185/115 (which I normally have low blood pressure) I can't catch my breath, feeling like I was going to die, completely convinced I was having a heart attack or an adrenal gland tumor (pheocromocytoma).  I did so much self research because I was afraid to fall asleep.  Now that I know I have this problem because it has been documented,  I am glad to have all of you to lean on..I also have these attacks but mildly upon waking up in the morning after a couple hours of sleep. I was put on antidepressant, mood stabilizer, valium and heart/blood pressure medication to offset the adrenalin rushes.  I have bipolar disorder that has been pretty well controlled for a number of years and now as of the last two months been feeling like I am going nutz!!!! Here is my lovely list o' cr@p:

1. Constant anxiety about flippen everything
2. heart palps
3. doom, doom, doom, it is all going to happen to me!!!!
4. Total foggy head off and on all day
5. heavy brain feeling
6. floaters in my eyes, spots
7. complete tensness in neck and shoulders
8. headaches
9. insomnia
10. feelin agoraphobic, scared to go to far off places
11. Sex drive WAYYYYYYY down
12. loss of appetite (very unusual for me, I love to eat)
13. IRRITABILITY, can we say "lock her up now?"
14. Mood swings
15. Crying off and on
16. Concentration???? What's that??? LOL
17. I hear people talking to me but have a hard time comprehending them.."what did you say?
18.Oh, there's more......much more

Love you all  )))))hugs(((((((

[jester8492]

1.muscle pains

[jester8492]

cant stand that one    

1.muscle pain
2.loss of breath
3.cant think clear.
4.short tempered
5.cold hands.
6.no idea where i am
7.feel like im on fire
8.migraines
9.cant sleep
10.nervous
11.racing mind
12.worried about pointless things
13.muscle twitching
14.weight loss no appetite
15.cant keep focused
there are more but you get the idea              

[Yazzi]

Hi first i'd like to say how are you Alicia hope you are feeling better .. and these answers are helping you and others alot . it sure helpd me a bit. :) Ok some of these symptoms are very similar to the ones i have not all but some. glad tehe ;) i was worried like hell. well i have alot lets start with this..

i predict bad things are going top happen in my life only bad
i think im going to pass out or die out of the blue
i think im goin to have shock
i think my heart is going to stop or fade away grow smaller or have a heart attack out of the blue
i am very paranoid
i have voices in my head telling me to yell out some thing for no reason
i feel so lazy dizzy out of breath and heavy
i have shock feeling all the time.
im a hypochondrict
loss of appetite
seeing the future as a death whole
sweaty hands feet and hot body
tierd
feel every thing is unreal or not even there like a dream perhaps
feel exhausted
feeling depressed and stressed
feeling angry and sad
crying some times
feel that only one thing is keeping me alive and if i lose it i will die
feeling if i dont go some where or do some thing i got told to do i will die
strange thoughts
might be relaxed but not in the inside
stomche problems
sharp pain
i predict im going to die the next die or wake u dead
i think that the symptoms i get might cause me to die.
fear of the fear.
i hope this helps u alicia good luck to the rest and keep posted i know how you feel its dreadful isnt it. Good luck :) :)

[scaredjo]

had to get on it and list mine ummmm here goes

1) chest pains daily (very scary)
2) palpatations
3)dizzyness
4) blood pressure obsession
5) fear of there is something wrong with my heart
6) chest tightness
7) breathless
8) scared of sleeping incase i dont wake up
9) cardiophobia
10) hypochondria
11) obsession with heart tests (i have spent hundreds)

feel a bit better all thats of mi chest xx

[AnxiousGurl]

Forgot to mention that I always have nightmares........anyone else have nightmares all the time? Im always dreaming that someone's after me...chasing me...trying to kidnap me...kill me.....It started when I was young

[Luisitosax]

1- Constant worry
2- Brain fog
3- Dizziness
4- heavy pressure and tiredness in my eyes (constant)
5- I don't like to go outside my house
6- Feeling of irreality
7- Severe anxiety when I have to speak in public
8- Occasional depression
9- Hypochodriasis
10- Unhappiness (most important af all)

[Life_Change]

I have had social anxiety my whole but didn't know about until a few years ago... now I having crazy panic/anxiety attacks, insomnia, nightmares...

1. Pressure in my head, like my brain is swollen
2. Feels like my ears are plugged, and sometimes painful
3. Short tempered, snapping for no reason
4. Skin crawling, numbness
5. Tremors, entire body
6. Muscle twitches
7. Always thinking im going to die
8. Scared to sleep, thinking i wont wake up
9. Blurred vision
10. Concentration, focusing
11. Heart beating quickly
12. Always thinking people are talking about me
13. Cant talk in front large groups
14. Headaches

I was wondering how people live like this and go to work everyday, i am struggling every morning to wake up and go to work, when you start a new medication haev you taken a stress leave to see how you react? I just started a new medication yesterday and had to leave work because I was having really bad side effects...

[snoozies43]

I have GAD,

1. Insomnia.
2. Persistant worry
3. Numbness in limbs
4. Floaters
5. Hard to make decisions
6. Joint Pian
7. Memory loss
8  Headaches
9. Brain Fog
10. Dizzy
11. Sharp shooting pain
12 Clumsiness...LOL!!!!!!! ..then again i always bumped into things
13. More that escape my memory now..:D

Easy on the ol folks now!

[sallyann27]

here's mine:

1) Fear of dying or being in an accident
2) Fear of medicines
3) Feeling that everything is surreal.
4) Constant tiredness
5) wake up gasping for breath
6) Rechecking things
7) Need to control everything
8) Feeling I'm going to stop breathing
9) Feel like I have disease and they haven't found it
10) Constant worry
11) find it hard to motivate myself
12) think i will develop allergy to nuts or prawns.

it's hard isn't it to always be worried? i am jealous of "normal" people and their happy little lives.

[darksideoftherainbow]

i'm thankful this thread was opened, it brought me back down to reality...
anyways i don't neccessarily want to title these as symptoms cause i don't know if one thing has to do with the other...but here it goes.
lightheadedness/random dizzy spells
nausea
sweating
brain zaps
cold extremeties
sore lower back
tension in shoulders, neck and jaw
tmj problems, grinding of teeth, soreness
headaches
trouble falling assleep, and trouble waking up in the morning
no desire to leave my house on some days
depression
rapid eye movement
constant fear that something is wrong
fear that i am or will go crazy
self awareness
paranoia to some degree
random extreme changes in mood

there's more but i can't think of everything right now.

[blueberribbonbaby]

I too have many symptoms. I wonder if im too paranoid of it. Lately i have these symptoms..can someone let me know if something is wrong with me?

- Feels bloated even when drink and eat small portion.
- Blurry vision
- Stomach discomfort for many monts now
- I recently notice pulse at my stomach..it freaks me out
- Noticable palpitation lately
- Sometimes dizzy
- Random muscle twitch everywhere on my parts of body(too often)
- Feeling tired n sleepy even after more than enough sleep
- Feeling that im gonna die soon
- Sometimes nervous when thinking about unfavorable things
- Feeling anxiety of something terrible is going to happen

OMG. im no the one right?

[Survivor59]

Well, geez... was wondering if my symptoms were just anxiety related or something real.  Having dealt with major anxiety and depression (on and off) for most of my life, I should know better, but the symptoms aren't always the same.  A few of the current symptoms:

1.  Joint pain, muscle tightness, weakness (comes and goes so I figure its a lie)
2.  Dizzyness, lightheadedness - feel like an elephant is sitting on my head, pushing me down
3.  Loss of appetite (good - maybe I'll lose some weight)
4.  Fear of some crappy disabling disease (not particularly afraid of death though)
5.  Freak out when I'm in a situation where I don't feel in control
6.  Generally uncomfortable in social situations
7.  Occasional bouts of IBS/nervous stomach

It *****.

[niamac]

Fear of dying (persistent)
Thoughts of brain tumors/ heart attacks/ tumors (persistent)
Uncomfortable in social situations
Feeling of fullness/ air bubble in my head (persistent)
Burning patches
Numbness and tingling around my eyes
Neck/head cracking
Panic, headrushes
Tightness in chest
Nervous stomach, nausea
The need to be able to escape a place or situation, need to be near a hospital (persistant)
Pain in hips, knees, ankles(persistant)
Feel that nothing is real
Strange vision
weird electric feelings in limbs
crawling sensation on forehead
restlessness, cant keep still (persistent)
worry(persistent)
dizzy




I could keep writing this list for hours, haha

[niamac]

oh and heart palps, racing pulse
shortness of breath

[Bink1987]

i have shortness of breath,heart palps,feeling like im going to die or pass out or go crazy ,feel like im seeing the room move,umm like im going to die because of a pain i have,umm not going to wake up from sleeping ummm i get tingling feelings in my hands arms feet head, umm my head had shocks go through them like a lighting bolt umm my ears hurt sometimes my arms have pain in them sometimes my chest feels heavy and like i cant breath and i feel like im going to shake my head and go crazy lol my eyes feel weird sometimes , my stomach has issues i do have crohns disease so that could be the reason for that. um i chedk my pulse all the time.i look on my body to see if anything has changed and if it has i freak out i freak out over a sore that is so small , i cant stand to go to the er because i have to ask them ever 3 secs is everything okay i have had a ekg and everything was fine i also have gerd i have had blood test done and all that so i should be find right? well if anyone needs to talk or would like to talk i have yahoo my name is ***@**** !  and some times i feel like something is taking my breath or its going to take it i get burning in my sides oh yeah if anyone has had that let me know and i have shocking pains like lighting bolts go up my stomach and my sides and stuff to and in my legs too, umm i sleep pretty good unless im really anxious i have a fear of taken medicine , i am taking xanax right now .25  so far its help take it when i need it tho.. well it think that is about it !

[gizmoxx]

i am so glad i read this thread. there are so many symptoms and feelings we get through anxiety. i cou;ld write a book on mine! It would be great to just be able to live a "normal" life. If you havnt suffered with anxiety it is so hard to understand it. i dont fully understand it myself really. I would rather have an illness that can be treated even through surgery. it would certainly be better ten feelinglike this everyday ad never knowin if your gonna get better
thanks to everyone who posted on here. its nice to know we are not alone
hope you all ave a good day today

sherrie
x

[pinetopfirefighter]

Somehow this makes me feel better.  Anyway, here are mine.
sweaty hands-feet, heart palps, depersonalization, head pressure-fullness, irritability, WILL NOT FLY, fear of heart attack, sometimes will not leave house, cant "shut down" mind, rhinitus, all the fun stuff!!

[LisaMS]

This makes me feel so much better. I have been to the doctor several times in the past 4 months. I have had numerous tests and everything is coming back normal. The doctor finally said she has no idea what is wrong with me. After I read these posts I have almost every symptom.

Racing Heartbeat
PACs
Vibrating feeling in chest
Feel like the doctors are missing something
nose feels stopped up
weakness in legs and arms
pain in neck and back
burning in center of chest
blurred distorted vision
joint and muscle pains
can't sleep for more than 5 hours
loss of appetite
IBS
weight loss

[jakegorzen]

WOW!
This made me feel so much better, I never went and had test done or anything "besides to check for a overactive thyroid" came up neg.
I get almost all of these symptoms, and they all suck!
Does anyone feel it more in the morning and mid afternoon?
I feel it worse in the morning...think it has something to do with the cortisol level.
Also, I was doing some research and it seems many of us have ALL the symptoms of having the bacteria Candida, it causes so much of thiese its freaky....but atleat it is treatable.
I to have overwealmed myself looking up "symptoms" becoming a hyprocondriac....then when I read this, Ive decided to just STOP! no more will I allow this to controll me.
Mine came from out of nowhere, and runs with the "GAD" 24/7 thing, I started out litteraly shaking......thats kinda going away, Im going to the DOC today for a recheck, and Im having them check me for htis Candida thing. Its just to much of a coincidence all the symptoms....exspecially the "Brain fog, musle aches, bad eyesite, floating colors...etc.."
jigsawhealth.com/articles/candida.html
This website has alot of info on it, if no one knows about this, they should go check it out:)

Im new to the community, so drop me a line, Id like to hear from everyone, and there personal expierence with this crappy disease "both anxiety, and candida"

[telmeto]

Everyone who responded to this post, can you also comment as to whether you are taking any medications and if so what they are?  It is well documented that sometimes the feels described in this thread are just side effects of certain drugs.  Hmm I wonder.  

[sallyann27]

I am not on medication for anxiety due to number 2 on my list! - Fear of medicines.

[suzi-q]

I take Paxil...50 mg daily....buspar...30 mg daily......klonopin...as needed (maybe once or twice a month)

[jakegorzen]

I recently started taking Prozac, been taking Klonopin for about a month...1/4-1/2 a day to stop the nervousness all the time

[luv470s]

It is so nice to find a community of folks who are dealing with similar issues. As inside we know we feel terrible at times, and that are issues can be quite disabling. Mine are ever changing and some of them are:
  1.) An absolute FEAR of having Cancer
  2.) God complex, "why is he allowing this to happen to me".
  3.) Racing Pulse
  4.) Barely can sleep more then three/four hours a night
  5.) When I get up from such short sleep I cannot go back to sleep, I get sweaty, sometimes nauseas, tachycardia, and feel my stomach turning. I can rock back and forth in bed in a cool room and cannot get back to sleep no matter how tired I am. (does anyone else have that particular sleep disorder).
6.) Headaches "Now almost daily"
7.) Blurry Vison
7.) IBS "sometimes I feel I better not go out, or I'll have constant urges to go"
8.) Pain in groin area and urge to pee often even if the smallest amounts, took antibiotics no relief  
9.) Fear of impending death through agonizing disease
10.) Constant worry that drs. are making mistakes about my health and that they're clueless
11.) Loss of friendships due to constant sick feelings
12.) Irritability
13.) Anxiety in epic proportions
14.) Depression, I think that would go hand in hand with anxiety
15.) In past 10 years have taken about 20 Ct's, MRI's, Bone Scans and X-Rays if you add them all up. And they could have created a new human from all the blood they've drawn from me!!  
16.) Reading the internet medical sites and seeing no matter how many tests you take you just haven't taken the right one to rule out that certain disease you fear!!!!!
And that's just a brief description of my worries! ~I hope and pray that God will Bless us all with great health and happiness (though I think he forgets to bless me)~.

[mom2makinlee]

Ok so I have so many symptoms they are just too long to list.  I am right there with all of you on here with the symptoms.  I think I have had every symptom on every anxiety list on the web.  Oh and to the original poster....yes anxiety symptoms can be present all day everyday trust me been there done that (Thankfully I am not that bad this time but if I dont get it under control I will be soon)

My mom always tells me..."You worry about all these diseses and illnesses and just watch you will live to be 100 just because it would be ironic that you wasted your whole life worrying for nothing just to end up in a wheelchair and diapers."

I dont want to waste my life worrying anymore...I am so sick of it.  I am going to be 27 this year and I have been doing this for 10 years now... SO MANY doctors visits, ER visits, and tons of tests.  I wouldnt be surprised if I got something from all the MRI's Xray's and CT Scan's I have had!!!

It is just crazy how this takes over our lives like this!  

God bless all of you and hope to all of us that we find relief that works for each of us so we can just have fun and enjoy our lives! :)

[KirstinMc]

HERE GOES!

1 CONSTANTLY CHECKING MY PULSE
2 PHOBIA OF HAVING A HEART ATTACK
3 CHEST PAIN
4 BURNING FEELING IN CHEST
5 LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER ACHE
6 JAW ACHE
7 RAPID HEART BEAT
8 DREADFUL ANXIOUS FEELINGS
9 NAUSEA
10 JOINT AND MUSCLE ACHE
11 FEELINGS OF DREAD
12 INDIGESTION & DIARREHEA
13 JITTERY
14 DIZZYNESS

[cnote]

These are feelings I get when I have an anxiety episode, which last about a week or 2. Then I'll go months without getting one.

Bad butterflies in stomach (nervous/scared stomach)
No appetite
Shaky arms/legs
Rapid heart rate
Nightmares
No sleep
Pacing
Crying spells
Feel like I'm losing it
De realization (nothing seems real)
Night sweats
Clammy palms

Now these are when I'm having a anxiety spell... and all these symptoms occur at the same time... and its terrible. Usually have to go to the Dr. or something and have him get me some lorazepam... and tell me it will leave.

And it always does leave eventually!!! =) Always does... that's why I've got to be strong and not so scared if it does happen again.

[sleepyGene]

Hey all,

I am there all the way 24/7 I suffer:

1)  Derealization, I Iive in a dream world all day every day
2)  Tired all the time even though I sleep plenty
3)  I wake up a lot and dream a lot, and I remember the dreams which tells me I'm not sleeping too well.
4)  Wake up too early frequently.
5)  Frequent episodes of jitteriness where I feel like my insides are crawling
6)  Constant forgetting of words or names in conversation
7)  Incessant thoughts that I have a brain tumor or maybe Alzheimer's
8)  When I'm in bed with my eyes closed I am usually 100% relaxed and feel great, but as soon as I face the real world I feel fake and mentally deficient.

[stresshead130968]

HI everyone

Great idea this and OMG do i love this site, here goes

buzzing/tingling hands and feet (moves round randomly)
aching limbs (occasional)
bad dreams
waking in night
adrenallin rush in the night (not very often now thankfully)
constant fear that my partner will leave me through all this
lack of confidence
all symptoms are made worse when i'm alone at home for any length of time
shoulder,neck and upper back stiffness
generally feel like i'm going insane sometimes
sadness
fear of serious illness, mam died december last year of a long and painfull illness so naturally i've mimiced all her ailments even though dr gave me blood test to prove i haven't got it. thought that would make me feel better but surprisingly no.

The beauty of this site is as i read these links i can feel sooooo many of my symptoms easing away so i guess it's like a form of therapy for me. Now when i feel myself getting too worked up and "flappy"i just plonk myself in front of this site and chill, Strange? maybe but hey what works works , so keep the posts coming .

thanks all !!!

[happy2bhere76]

It's amazing to see how many people have anxiety, its a relief to know that we're all suffering the same sensations!  

I was just wandering whether anyone above actually ever had anything serious come out of the above symptoms?  Like a heart attack or a stroke?

I'm just thinking that maybe a bit of anxiety isn't so bad...perhaps its even normal...?

Whenever I feel anxious I just start running on the spot - its my mind playing tricks on my body so I have to do the flight and fight thing....If my mind is saying run, then I do!  

There's nothing worse when your mind, body and soul are so out of rythym - that is how I would explain anxiety.

Love and best wishes to you all.

[jlo21]

hey here are all my symptoms

1.headaches
2.tightness of chest
thinking im going to die
shortness of breath
heart racing sooooo fast
can't be anywhere crowded
theres sooooooooo many more im just not myself i just want to be that person i was a couple months ago i feel like i took so much for granted and now i would do anything to be that same person

[Dalubaba]

After reading all the above post s a therapy -an exercise- may be a treatment comes to my mind.Search for the word "SWAISO" It is a chinese exercise.
Rationale; we as a habit give 70% awareness to Upper body and 30% to the lower body.Aim of this exercise is to reverse this awareness.I.e 70% awareness to the lower body and 30%  to Uupper body.
Study the article in SWAISO and practice it with full concentration. I t think at east 60% of the people wil get encouraging results.Please try and give feedback in theis forum.

[dhylles]

i am so happy to be on this site because it makes me feel a little bit better to know i am not the only going through this... wow.. i am in awe of how many suffer from anxiety...

fear of dying from a serious illness (aids) and i got tested negative last month
heart racing
feeling to pass out and die
gas..lots and lots of gas.. burping, passing gas
stomach pains
chest tightening
can't sleep,.... i toss and turn and wake up every hour
frequent urination
headaches..sharp zaps in my head
loss of apetites sometimes
crying for no reason
getting frustrated very easily
knots in my stomach
feeling to vomit
my mind is always running 500  miles a minute
feeling like i will have a heart attack or stroke
thinking of death and dying while having conversations with people
loss of focus and concentration
feeling drained and lack of energy at times
tired and sleepy
no zest or passion for things i used to like doing
isolate myself from people
praying and asking God why me
paranoid
thinking about past mistakes i have made that are coming back to haunt me
hypochondriac (which i just learned what that meant today)

what helps me is the love and support of family and friends, God, my boyfriend, and a couple of self help books, prayer and i will start doing yoga on thursday and trying to push myself everyday with baby steps and giving myself pep talks with positivity and prayer and going to see my therapist everyday.

i know that many of you are not religious but maybe more spiritual but if this helps anyone you can actually be calmed down by saying/reading psalms 23, 121 and 139. try it and see if it works. Does not hurt to try..

God bless you all and i will keep you in my prayers...

[mikelhk]

well, here's what i face, been going on for at least 3 years, maybe 4 or 5

1. extremely heavy coughs, coughs that literally have me shaking and shivering
2. wretches and nausea
3. occasional puking from the nausea
4. chest pains, like a very steady and heavy pressure on the heart
5. the pains sometimes escalate to a sharp stab that has me cringing. sometimes it just starts hurting this way for no reason
6. my sleep patterns are erratic and broken
7. my elbow and knee joints on my left side feel sprained, sometimes i limp because of the knee
8. i over-think lots of trivial things, which gets me really nervous and anxious that sets off everything else
9. i hate standing in queues, it gets me extremely restless and uncomfortable
10. for the most part, i'm very restless. i pace around way too much.
11. i cried alot at night, when i was younger. but these days, i just feel this constant sadness and dread that gets me all nervous and stressed
12. i don't know if this is medically relevant but, when i listen to music, i tend to visualize images in my head and if i miss a beat or if my mind doesn't place something right i have to reset the track. i do this more than 10-20 times before i finally piece to images right

i don't know what's going on for the most part. my doctor suggests anxiety so i'm up for a psych consultation next week. it worries me even more.

somehow, i feel alot better now to have found an active and supportive community

[happy2bhere76]

My anxiety comes from my fear of having a heart attack - that my heart will stop beating.

I don't know where this thought comes from, and why, I am so obsessed by it.  I don't know whether I'm actually scared of actually having a heart attack or death itself...but when I think about it, it seems so silly to worry about something that may not even happen.

Is there a Doctor that can perhaps give me some advice on how to stop me from worrying about this?  How can I stop thinking about this?  Is it possible that a heart attack can happen if you think about it too often?

[tizerhead]

class post. i have mainly head related problems.

brain feeling like theres a weight tied to it

ears ringing

low rumbling in ears

hand clenching

odd twiches ocasionally

all makes me feel like i have a neurilogical disease. looking at this looks like im not the only one makes me feel less paranoid

[conny]

Symptoms have been off and on for years.  But lately they have been almost everyday - 24-7

1.  Feeling like you cant (or wont) breath
2.  Off balance sensation (not exactly dizziness)
3.  head and sinus pressure (sometimes very intense, other times not there at all)
4.  General strange feeling (very weird unrealization feeling)
5.  Feeling like ground is shaking underneath me (but it is not)
6.  cold hand and feet
7.  tingling in hands
8.  hot flashes and feelings on nausea
9.  Feeling like I am going to pass out
10. Feeling like I am going to die
11.  Feeling like I am going to lose my mind or go crazy
12.  Heart beats harder but not faster (but the above symptoms can happen and heart feels fine
13.  Constantly checking vitals ( temperature, blood pressure, pulse)
14.  Extreme fear of disease like cancer, stroke or heart attack
15.  minor headache that does not go away for few days
16.  back ache and neck cracking all the time
17.  tightness in throat and hard time swallowing sometimes (other times its fine)
18.  Strange sensation when I walk like my legs are not there (very bizzare)

The list goes on but these are the major culprits.

I have seen many doctors and had many tests.  Going for CatScan of sinuses but have seen ENT 3 times and he is not sure anything is wrong.  

Primary says I am fine and sent me to shrink.  I have seen psychiatrist for about and month and seen small improvement.

my main problem is that I cannot grasp that this could all be "JUST" anxiety.

[SHERRY19]

I have been on Zoloft for 12 years hate to see what I would be like if  I wasnt!!
1. Cant catch my breath feel like Im smothering. Very scarry!!
2. Very Paranoid
3. Irregular Heart Beat
4. Insomnia, When I finally do get to sleep I continually wake up thru the nite.
5. Clostraphobic especially on planes
6. Fear of not having Friends. (I have pretty much chased them all away)
7. Fear of Death or having cancer.
8. Fear my Husband will die.

[Heidy85]

I've been suffering from anxiety since I was 13 and now I am 23. Never had any medicactions and not planning to. Throughout the years i've learned to control it. Sometimes I gotta admit it is hard but I push myself and face my fears and that has really helped. Now I get these symptoms once in a while.

1. Cold hands and feet
2. Hot flashes
3. Heart races
4. Nausea every morning
5. Nervousness
6. Muscle Tension
7. Shortness of breath
8. Dry Mouth
9. Feeling always tired

[Heidy85]

oh yeah I forgot to mention

I cannot focus in school in sometimes.

I find it funny when I tell people that I suffer from anxiety, they just don't believe me. I think it is because I am very social and out there.

[Ronnie101626]

Anyone ever just feel constantly cold?  Like your skin cant feel the warmth of your body.  I do warm up in sunlight/heat etc but a breeze will feel chilling and clothing feels cool against my skin. This has been going on for 8 months and started right after I had a procedure to cure my Tachycardia. I have been to 2 internists, 2 neurologist and 2 cardiologists, had numerous tests and I have stumped them all. Most suggest Anxiety and want me to see a Psychologist.  Im convinced it's something serious and can't shake this feeling.  How can I make myself feel constantly cold?  My thighs also sting when it's cold out, like my pants are freezing to my leg (hate that feeling cause I work outside).  Also, when I do get hot on a real hot day, I sweat profusely everywhere!  I have never been a sweaty person.  Anyone else have these or other symptoms that just wont go away?  My wife says to just ignore them but It's like trying to Jog with a broken foot..Just cant do it. I'm worried sick. Strange thing is, im on Zoloft and other than constant coldness, I feel great, which makes me suspicious of it being just anxiety.

[txlonly29]

I have been suffering from anxiety for a little over a month and these are they symptoms that I have been experiencing:

1. Living in a dream
2. Irritability
3. sharp pains througout my body
3. Muscle tension
4. tension headaches
5. hypochondria
6. change in bowel habits
7 wanting to just be alone so that I can worry
8. scared of what the future holds
9. muscle twitches

[ozi59]

I'm so glad I found this site and forum, unbelievable how many of us suffer from similar symptoms, what a relief, I would like to talk to all of you.
I'm fifty and just starting with menopause symptoms which are horrendous but I always had anxiety but now it's 24/7.It  started three months ago, big boom, ended at ER with Tachycardia.
Here they are:
1.Fast pulse, fast heart rate
2.obsessed with checking pulse
3.Tachycardia, couldn't relax for the whole time I was at the ER. Pulse was 140, BP 180/90
4.Digestive problems, abdomenal (abdominal) pain, cramps, acid reflux.
5. Knotted stomach and esophagus
6.Hypochondria
7.Feeling of doom, something bad is going to happen to me.
8.panic attacks
9.Fear of having a deadly disease lurking in me
10.Very bad sleep
11.Feeling of internal tremors
12. Social phobia, thinking people think I'm sick, dying or worthless.
13.Gagging with food sometimes
14. Weak legs, feel weird when walking, as if floating
15. Worried I'm going crazy!
16.Hot flashes, cold flashes
I have been taking Oxazepam, 5mg everyday now for more than three months. It takes the edge away but I'm aware that it's addictive. My doctor prescribed Beta Blockers for panic and heart beat going crazy. So I take that occasionaly. I have been in therapy for the last few weeks, and I'm planning on going on Cognitive Behavioral therapy. All this I hope will help with this nightmarish existence, I'm so happy I found people who know what I'm talking about.