Weak legs...am I going mad?

[patagonia816]

I suffered my first panic attack after I ate a marijuana brownie in August of this year. Since that time I have experienced chest pain, the sensation that my throat is narrowing, tingly sensations in my lips, chest, hands. My heart will pound, sometimes in the middle of the night. Recently (4 days ago), I got up off the couch and noticed my legs felt weak. I was perplexed b/c I hadn't done anything strenuous. The weakness was especially obvious when I bent down....they would tremble. I began to worry. The next morning the weakness was still there so I went on Google like a fool and searched symptoms. Well, at that point I was making myself feel so sick b/c I was worrying I had Parkinson's. From that point on all I have done is worry. Now my upper body feels a touch weak and shaky. Sometimes I get muscle twitches as well as finger twitches. When my heart pounds it will feel as though my head and upper half move with the beat of my heart. I noticed my legs don't feel as bad when I am going for a walk. Also, when I hold my hands out, palms facing me, my fingers will twitch then too. Has anyone else experienced this? It is consuming me.

[patagonia816]

Thank you all for the input. I went to my primary care doc and then to the e.r. 4 days later because I wasn't satisfied with what my pc doc had to say. Both doctors did neuro exams on me and said everything looked normal. So every time I am about to think something negative, I imagine both doctors telling me they do not think it is Parkinson's. Now I am just hoping nothing gets worse. Thanks guys. Boy, this is such a pain in the ***, isn't it??

[jordygotswag]

Okay, so I'm reading all of your comments and I figured I'd comment as well. The things I'm going to tell you sound dumb, but maybe some of you know what I'm going to be talking about. My friend got me to come over to his house because he said, I have legal Marijuana. I thought to myself, okay.. that would be legit, so I went over to his house. He showed me a small packet that said, "Atomic Bomb, Not For Human Consumption" I was stupid and just laughed that off because apparently it was the new thing since it was legal. I took a few hits and than it kicked in. I stood up and it felt like my heart was going to stop. I felt like I wasn't in the real world. I told my friend, I couldn't breathe and he just laughed and said, sit down.. you're just high and that was ********, never try it even if it is legal. That was what officially triggered my first panic attack. I tell doctors and others that and they either never heard of incense or looked at me like I was crazy. Than my panic attack went away after I woke up from a nap. Then, a year later my dad had a heart attack and I had a panic attack in the hospital from watching my dad suffer this. I was horrible and I felt like I was going to faint, but than an hour later it went away. Than, last year my sister was diagnosed with cancer and I had tons of panic attacks for days. I kid you not, I would have anxiety 24/7. Tight chest, irregular heartbeats, but no headaches! Now, in the middle of Feb, I was chillin' with my friend and I laid on the kitchen floor like a dying animal with the worst headache ever. I physically couldn't even get up. Now every day since, it's been 7 months and morning to night, I have a dull headache, sometimes a sharp pain in my head. It's strange because it moves around. I feel it from my temples to the back of my neck and the sides of my neck and behind my eye. I feel all of your pain when you say, OMG am I going to die yourself? I use to be the cockiest person ever and never worried about a thing. I had a hot *** girlfriend, good job and my life was great, until the devil hit me and that devil is none other than anxiety. I've gone to shrinks and it's just a waste of money. I have this headache right when I wake up, to when I go to sleep. I don't throw up, have blurred vision or anything like that, but I did have this thing when I was laying in bed and I tried opening my eyes and it felt like my brain was shutting down, irregular heartbeat. It was the scariest sensation I ever felt. I never use to have headaches, but my dad had them and they say anxiety is genetic. I feel like I have a brain tumor and I annoy my parents and everyone else around me always asking questions about it. I'm sure it gets beyond annoying, but I can't help it. I don't know what else to do. I told my doctor about it like 4 times when I've gone in multiple times and he says, it's anxiety, tension headaches and it all leads to stress. The crazy thing about anxiety is, if you think you have something in your mind, you actually start make yourself sick. All my friends look at me like I'm some crazy person and I always tell them, if you had it, you would understand, but they don't. I guess it's apart of life, but it's really taken over and I regret ever smoking, Cloud 9, Atomic Bomb and other incenses.
I could write a book on this subject because of how experienced I am with all the anxiety I have every single freakin' day! You cry out for help, but it feels like know one is there or listening. Trust me, I'm with all of you researching for an answer and I refuse to get an MRI because than I'm stuck with a $5,000 bill just to tell me that it's anxiety when I already knew that? Nah, I'll pass. Everyone tells me, I'm fine including my doc, so I'm just gonna cope with it. Ps. I am the worst hypochondriac ever.
I connect with everyone's comment, literally. I have the worst of worst anxiety, and also pain relievers like, Advil and **** don't work, so that leads me to believe it's anxiety because obvi the anxiety headache it's an actual headache, it's just a sensation, so it wouldn't take the pain away. That's just my theory. Sorry for this being so long and rambling on, but I could talk about this for hours, but I'll stop here and like I've been saying to all of you that will check this a year later since it's been a year since you's have written on this, YOU'RE NOT ALONE ANXIETY BUDDIES. :/

[nicole467]

I feel the same I feel that weak all the time I don't leave the house I shake and go really hot and sweaty my legs and arms go numb my heart feels as if its skipping a beat some times and all this sets me of in a right panic I have seen many doctors about it and all of them have said its anxiety but its hard to not think that you are dying some times and it can be hard to tell yourself that nothing is wrong with you its silly really but what seems to help me is taking my mind of it by doing something simple like a word search.

[remar]

You said all of these symptoms started after your first panic attack so I think it could very well be anxiety. You're having several classic symptoms of anxiety, there's a very long list of them.
Have you been to your Dr for a check up yet? If not, I would recommend doing so. I really doubt there's anything psychically wrong with you but it's always best to see your Dr when you have new symptoms, even after a panic attack.
Yes, many of us here on this forum have had the symptoms you're describing. We're always here to listen and help anyway we can.