Burning sensation in legs/body.. Anxiety?

[hockeycrazy3033]

This past summer I went to the ER twice in a matter of days as I had a fast heart rate, numbness, dizzyness, etc.. They ran a bunch of tests on me and found everything to be normal. I've been to the doctors since then and they've taken tubes of blood and tests came back normal as well. I've also been to a cardiologist twice in the last month because I constantly worried about my heart thinking it was WAY too fast at 100-120 beats per minute. That's when at rest to! They did an ultra sound, ekg, holter monitor..etc and found everything was normal. My doctor then told me he thinks it's my nervous personality/anxiety that is getting my heart rate up and keeping me paranoid..etc. I mean it seriously is the most uncomforable feeling in the world. I'm ALWAYS paranoid that I've got some illness. I'm constantly looking up symptoms online and when I find one I automatically think I have a problem..then I get scared and my heart starts to race..etc.
Lately I've had this fear of diabetes! First I had the fear of cancer, but now it's diabetes. im  always so paranoid and just because I have frequent urination Im all worried thinking I have it. And to top it off I've had burning sensations in my legs today for no apparent reason. It just feels like sunburn and I look at it and it's not scratcher or anything! Then I go back and think OMG this could be a sign of diabetes..so of course I get freaked out all over again.

[gemz27]

Hi every1, I have had anxiety problems since I was 12 I am now 27 I can go a couple ov yrs without an attack but recently afta having my gallbladder removed my anxiety has seemed to go into over drive, its ruining my life I keep gettin burning pains in my legs and arms plus chest and back pain, I always think I have a blood clot and so on n the thoughht of death petrafies me to, do any of u feel the same, if any1 could give me sum advise or anything please I feel I'm goin insane x

[hopelives248]

Wow I am not sure if I believe drs? But I have had debilitating symptoms progressing for 2 years to know I am having mild dementia problems and my personality has flatlined. I don't even recognize the person I've become. My symptoms are progressed to complete photophobia, stiff neck, and blurred vision with increased dementia symptom. I feel detached from myself and familiar people and places. All test have been normal so I am very worried it is a progressive movement disorder because I am having trouble with weakness in my legs, and some twitches.

[Shellz111]

I am 41 years old and have had panic attacks since i was 21, they started out with shortness of breath, heart racing, my hands and lips would feel like they were asleep, i would feel like i was going to pass out.  After the Dr's putting me on ativan, zanax, elavil, I realized I cannot take any of this stuff, so given that I have 5 children I learned to controll it.. like changing the channel on the TV.  Now it is back with a vengence! I wake up out of a dead sleep with my heart racing, my left side of my head feels like something is growing in it and making me feel weird, I feel like i am going into shock, my teeth start chattering, my body shakes like i am in the snow, I feel like I am going to pass out, the bottoms of my feet feel like fire shoots through them, my left side of my lips and chin will start to feel like they are twitching really bad..my chest starts to hurt, left arm goes numb, I get a headach, I then end up at the E.R. and they draw blood, do an ekg, give me fluids and some tylonal and send me home.. at least once a month i am in the E. R. with this and I have these feelling almost every day of my life. I just cant figure out where it comes from or why! Shellz

[ash250]

These same things are going wrong with me the worst is the burning pain in my chest and the headaches.. I am only 22 and it freaks me out to the point that I think I'm dying... I have been to the hospital 3 times in the past month and each time they say nothing is wrong.. The only answer they give me is that my potassium is low and it has almost the same symptoms as an anxiety attack.. low potassium makes you have terrible mussel spasms.. and your heart is the biggest mussel in the body.. the chest pain hurts so bad that I cry at times.. but I am going through a pretty bad time right now and am very stressed out with financial and relationship problems.. I'm glad im not the only one having these problems but I just wish it would stop..

[markyboy768]

Further to my Oct 18 post....

It turned out that the reason I was burning up wasn't because of anxiety it was because I had pneumonia.

It goes to show how awful and how many are the symptoms associated with anxiety that you can mistake pneumonia for it.

I spent 5 days in hospital.

I'm fairly sure the anxiety attacks are to blame for me getting it. The anxiety can lower your immune levels in time.

Anyway ... I'm back at work now and still taking the 60mg prozac.

I'm not sure if it's working yet ... still getting the anxiety attacks ... it's all a matter of trying to control them. The ones that come out of blue are the worst. They seem to get you off guard.

You have to be strong ... take each day at a time.

I'm having lots of thoughts of dying ... like I won't live long etc.

I will not be beaten though. :>

[DonTakeLifeInVain]

I can relate to that all I can say is read and apply the bible to your every day lives, I was diangnosed with a chemical imbalance in my brain when I was about 18 years old (28 now), I over came that in God's will. I'm still paranoid but have confidence in the lord.. Listen to encouraging music (Pandora Gospel :)