Anxiety, depersonalization, and popping and cracking joints

[soanxious89]

Hi,
I have been diagnosed with anxiety and I am currently taking 10mg Lexapro which doe not seem to be helping. I have really bad physical symptoms and I think there is something else medically wrong with me, even though the various health test that I've had all came up negative. My question is, does anyone of you suffering from anxiety feel constantly tired all of the time, feel like you are out of your body, like on drugs or living in a constant dream? I guess it's called depersonalization? But can it happen Constantly? I also have floaters, halos, white lights in my vision and doubled vision. Like, if I focus on an object, whatever other object is behind it or beside it is doubled. If you know what I mean? And when I sleep my body also vibrates. I have obsessive thoughts, I do obsessive things, I am constantly thinking, and feel like I have some kind of disease that the doctors cannot find. I cannot concentrate, I forget everything, feel foggy headed, and just feel empty. And can anxiety cause constant joint popping? I have constant grinding, popping, and cracking sounds in my joints all over my body, especially in my neck, very badly in my shoulders, my back, jaw, elbows, wrists, knees and hips. It does not usually hurt but my muscles and joints hurt and seem to be tense, weak and stiff.  Can anxiety cause all of these CONSTANT symptoms? This problem is effecting my life and my relationships and I just want to feel normal and like my old self again. I just need to know if Anxiety can cause all of these symptoms, and constantly, 24/7 I have these symptoms.THIS IS TAKING OVER MY LIFE! PLEASE HELP ME!!!

[khan456]

irregular frequent urination can be a symptom?..how to get rid of it all these worse stuffs? i made several diabetes tests but all were f9.

[khan456]

oops! same thing is happening here for last 6 months...i m totally puzzled what to do next..i m going to docs and they are giving some depression-related tablets. But nothing is working. i m having cracking,stiffing in muscles and bones. i also have one prob extra. that is after eating, i feel unwell and imbalanced immediately after eating. my test results were good too.....hba1c 5.1%,fbs 5.05, 2haglu-6.8, tsh-1.85,T3- 122 ng/DL, creatinine-1.2, SGPT-22, hmglobin-15.6,echo lvef-73% etc etc. what can i do really???

[Aiman88]

Welcome back..

[soanxious89]

Hello,
This is Soanxious89, the original person who posted this question back in 2010. I am getting better. But my symptoms were caused by Lyme disease. I recommend you get tested for that. Actually get tested by the igenex labs (google it) because normal blood test givin by your PCP (primary care doctor) are extremely unreliable. I am not trying to scare you. And do not worry it is curable. I'm being seen by a LLMD (Lyme literate medical doctor) and I am currently taking antibiotics to get rid of Lyme disease. And I am getting better. But, all of your symptoms can also be caused by anxiety. I'd just rather you be safe and rule out everything else. Send me a personal message if you have any other questions. I am here to help. May God bless you all.

[JacksonSparky]

I have very similar symptoms and am desperate for answers, here's a list of my recurring symptoms.  Constant cracking painful joints, depression/anxiety,bad short term memory, dry scalp, thyroid on neck swells when eating certain food, small soft lump under skin of forearm, have had a non severe consistent cough, eyes sensitive  to light, small muscle spasms on leg muscles. It seems like every few months i get another weird symptom that refuses to go away. The painful joint cracking is my main concern, its been progressively getting worse and i constantly feel like a need to stretch my joints! Has anyone who's commented here had any luck finding out what's wrong with them?

[Emidolly888]

Omg hello! I am 14 yes very young I havnt been diagnosed with anxiety yet but I have nearly all the symptoms of anxiety! But I keep thinking I have a disease and I cry like everyday thinking I am going to die and I have weird thoughts and I remember a lot of things from when I was younger! I constantly have depersonalisation like all the time and I sometimes snap out of it but go right back into it! I have tingling numbness irritable eyes that itch and get sensitive when I'm outside! My joints crack all the time ecspecially my wrists and jaw conxpstantly but now my neck and shoulders and loads of other pleases have been cracking even my fingers and toes! But my back always like grinds when I bend and eve hen I bend my neck and shoulders they make me grind like to now which is really bad! I used to do so many activities like trampolining and now I don't which could make it worse as I sit around on my iPad all the day! I get scared to go to sleep that I'm going to wake up dead or like paralysed but I never have felt tem ways! I had a panic attack the other week and it was horrible I and to go to the hospital and I havnt been the sma since it was like a month ago! But my back has always grounded since I can remember and my wrists and jaws have been cracking for like two years but now everywhere else is cracking I'm going doctors in Monday about it all see how they think but I had blood tests and they came back all fine!