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hey guys i been dealing with stress and anxiety over a few months now and just got over my fear that led me to being stressed out..i want to say i dont feel stressed or feared anymore but i still have these darn symptoms, numbness in hands that are consistent,stomach growling that comes and goes, slight headaches, and many more...why is it that im getting symptoms still when i dont feel stresses out? any answer would be great..thanks
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Anyone who is suffering with anxiety wants it gone, that's for sure.  It IS very possible to treat and manage anxiety, but there's work and patience involved.  It doesn't happen overnight,.

Have you sought any kind of help for it?  It would be best if you seek professional help.  I good starting place is your doctor, he can give you a referral to a psychiatrist, who can properly assess you and offer an accurate diagnosis (there are many different kinds of anxiety disorders).  From there, you can decide on a treatment plan than may include meds, therapy, or both.  A multidisciplinary process is really successful for a lot of people.

You have to do the things your therapist tells you, and do some work yourself, pushing yourself on days where you really don't want to.  It's not always easy for sure, but it's well worth the work to get the anxiety down to a manageable level.

Let us know how you're doing!
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hey birdie i feel it would be a lot more easier if i spoke to you on a phone...i promise it will be just a one time thing because my mind does not soak in words better than it does for hearing it from a  voice of someone...if thats okay with you
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The symptoms you relate are not anxiety caused. You have a heightened sense of fear while under anxiety attacks, so you naturally start paying close attention to every ache or pain. If someone told you numbness in the hands was a sign your balance was going to disappear, you would be listing dizziness and poor balance as "symptoms" too.
It is a self fulfilling prophecy, a reverse placebo if you will. Anyone can have persistent headaches and I do, but who knows what causes them? If I pay attention now that you bring it up, my headache has increased, or so I think, whereas in reality I don't have a scientific headache meter and likely nothing has changed.
If they are real, then you have simultaneously contracted at least 3 unrelated diseases (gastro, brain, circulatory for the numbness, I could go on further if you list all the rest of your symptoms) and you know that didn't happen, especially since it just started when the anxiety problem arose a few months ago.
So the first step is to recognize that the symptoms are most likely just in your head. If you read other poster's stories in this forum you will find everything imaginable is going numb, changing color, weaker or hurting. The only pain that I know of caused by anxiety is ribs and heart aches which makes many head to the ER with justifiable panic.
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i dont want to deal it brother i want it to be gone...is that possible? thnks for ur answer
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I have been having anxiety since 13 or 14 years back then i didn't know to deal with it back then but as i got older i found out more than one way helped me deal with it one was if you have an mp3 or if you at home and/or mobile phone you can always listen to music to clam you down and read the bible everyday or every chance you get, when get to. And talk to a therapist or a pshycology.
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