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.

[hockeycrazy3033]

*continuing from what I previously said because it wouldn't let me finish the rest*

Anyways, I have three questions. 1. Does anxiety cause a burning sensation throughout your body? 2. Can regular blood tests tell if you have diabetes? I even was checked for billirubin *which is about the liver* and they told me everything was fine and I think your liver would be messed up if you had diabetes right? 3. Does anyone here that has anxiety attacks ever feel extremely weird and not real? I feel real but it just seems odd. Like I always think something is wrong with my head because I feel like im out of it but im not. Kinda misplaced feeling. It's just weird.


Also, I'm a 20 year old female. 5'1" 118, and am fairly active. Diabetes does not run in my family, nor does any other disease. Am I just being too paranoid?

[shnin]

1. Does anxiety cause a burning sensation throughout your body?  yes, it can, and it can be extreme.  I get it all over.  even in my brain.  

2. Can regular blood tests tell if you have diabetes? I even was checked for billirubin *which is about the liver* and they told me everything was fine and I think your liver would be messed up if you had diabetes right?
The doctors must have checked me 8 times over the last 2 years for diabetes.  negative every time

3. Does anyone here that has anxiety attacks ever feel extremely weird and not real?
yep.  That is exactly how I feel most of the time.  and when I do not feel wierd it feels great, like My brain has just returned from a long holiday off somewhere.  and the problem is your trying to stop being wierd, but the anxiety makes you feel wierd.  wierd hey!!!

[hockeycrazy3033]

Thanks for answering. :)

You're right about everything. My liver would pretty much have to be messed up as it relates to diabetes. lol also the weird feeling..it's like you are TRYING sooo hard to get back to normal but the more you try the more it doesn't help..I guess it's just gotta come back on it's own! I just gotta be positive.

Thanks again!

[shnin]

That is all I have ever wanted and that is all any of us want.  Is just to be normal again.  I have a friend who is suffering depression, real bad.  

and she says to her husband every week, I just want to be normal again.

I just posted an article further up the page as well.  have a read if you want to.  

I am coming out the other side, without drugs, and am very proud of myself and hapy to be on the home stretch.

good luck, and god bless

[nate89]

wow hockey we have like the exact symptoms except minus the burning pain, but my anxiety pains seem to be in my head, right wrist and sometimes chest. and as u already know i thought the really weird feeling was from a brain tumor. its crazy how one day ur having a good life everythings normal. then one day bam all this shyt just comes down on you, all sorts of pains and constant worry. i am still fairly new to this anxiety BS. and i cant wait to be normal again. does anybody know how the h3ll anxiety starts?

[fairygirl87]

Hi I have had panic attacks/anxiety for about 6 months now and in the past month they have gotten extremely worse. When i read your thing it felt like i was reading something i wrote.. i too am 20 yrs old and i weigh about 105. I lost weight due to the anxiety. I have been in and out of the doctor now for a month and like you , everything is normal. My symptoms feel like something is seriously wrong though and i also thought i had cancer, diabetes and everything else in the world! My symptoms consist of rapid heart rate, muscle stiffness, burning sensation through out my body, headaches, paranoia, tremors, numbness and tingling in my hands and arms,  shortness of breath, and a feeling like i am going to pass out.  I also have feeling out of no where that something is seriously wrong, its very scary and the whole thing has turned my life up side down! but i have good days or moments and they feel great i feel like my self again or normal....i guess just take one day at a time.

[fairygirl87]

i forgot to mention that i have problems with swallowing too but the doctors think thats also due to my anxiety...especially since i have a fear of choking.

[dizzy68]

just want to say tht i too feel the same as you guys i am eighteen and it is all new to me too. I am finding it so hard to accept my symptoms are not serious and they are anxiety it is soooo difficult. I have been getting pulpatations and feeling like i am going to feint, pains ect Do u have to get tingling hands and that for it to be anxiety because i dont get things like that? Sorry Lol x

[Netter1965]

My symptoms started back in Nov. '07.  My leg felt bruised sitting in my office chair.  Then eventually burning sensation went down left side of leg & now it runs through bottom, both legs & into feet.  Sometimes, I will have burning in my arms & hands & sometimes a tingling sensation in my face.  Very weird.  I've had extensive tests with a Neurologist (nerve/muscle testing) &  Neuroseurgeon (MRI's, bloodwork, you name it).They ruled out diabetes, thyroid disease, autoimmune diseases, anti-inflammatory diseases. My family Dr. is treating it as neuropathy.  However, after reading everyone's comments, I'm thinking it could very well be an extreme case of anxiety.  I had my first attack in Sept. '07.  My life has been very stressful since then.  They say stress does crazy things to your body.  I've been on different medications for nerve pain.  None have worked.  I have recently been put on Cymbalta.  I'll keep you posted to let you know if it calms the burning down.  I'm so ready for some relief.  

[ERichard]

I've been in and out of ER last week for high BP, fainting spells, and burning sensations in my leg, groin, and arm. They can be in one place, and then another, or in two places at once.  It's like someone took a just burnt match and placed it on my skin.  I can also get that sensation near my eyes.

[cleanteeth05]

After reading some of your comments I think I may be able to go to sleep tonight.  My anxiety or panic attacks started a year ago.  I went on cymbalta and everything was ok.  Then this past april weird things started happening again.  Getting very dizzy burning sensation on the top of my head, tingling on the left side of my face, and it drives me insane.  I am constantly thinking that I am going to drop dead. I turn 30 on friday and i have two little girls, and all I want to do is watch them grow up.  I am tired of feeling this way and tired of doctors,  I have yet had any other tests done. Although I am going to just to rule out other ****, so when these sensations happen I can try to calm down. It just really ***** that I went to having a normal life a year ago and everything has turned upside down.  I am having a really hard time enjoying anything right now.  

[ERichard]

Hi Clean,

I can relate to what you're going through. About two months ago I felt the same way.  A LOT of burning sensations, thinking I'm going to die, panic attacks,  high BP, etc.  All the tests proved negative, but I passed out one day, and ended up in the hospital for eight days.

I too am on Cymbalta, as the psych Dr. wants me off of Ativan and Paxel.  Good luck to you, and don't give up.

[pepss]

i have burning sensation in my foot in my privite area i am a male whats causing that can it go away

[tommylee333]

i also get the burning sensations in my legs feels like they are on fire the doctor told me it was an inflamed nerve.

[stokeseybird]

i know how you all feel and god isn't it horrible im a 26 year old female i have been suffering from anxiety/panic for a year now and im sure i have had every symptom going and think that i am going to die instantly im so scared all the time i have 4 kids and they are my world i worry what would happen to them if anything happened to me it is awful and i just want to be me again i will list some symptoms and hopefully someone can relate to these by far my worst symptom is heart futter/flops then headacres and all over weird feelings and sensations in my head,burning senstion all through my body feeling i can't swallow and i really have to force myself to,trouble breathing,chest pain and the dizziness is another i hate always feeling of balance and the feeling that i will pass out at any moment and many more to many to list anyway hope this helps and if anyone can relate to reassure me that this is anxiety that would be great until then im sure there will be many more trips to the er and many more to the doctors and i prey that one day this will all go away

[overit2]

I have had panic atacks and anxiety for 20 years on and off.  The last several years are okay, but my parents died and I have been stressed alot this past year.  The last 2 days I have experienced pain and a burning sensation on the top of my head and on my forehead and face.  I ahve convinced myself  I MS or some dreadful disease.  I am 45, and otherwise healthy.  It's ahrd to believe that anxiety can do this.  I am going to the Doctor tomorrow and I am sure we will start all of the tests to calm me.  I don't know what else to do.  When does the burning sensations stop???

[monkeybishop123]

I too have this burning sensation, top of my head, forehead, scalp, face...!!
Im also getting a feeling that i have something stuck inside my head, like a huge airbubble or something.
My panic and anxiety started about 8 weeks ago now and i have thought about nothing else since. I am convinced there is something serious wrong with me, at first i thought it was my heart or diabetes or something. The doctor gave me a blood test, ekg, urine tests which all came back fine. I started to feel relieved but this didnt last long. I am now sure that i have a brain tumor/anurism or blood clot in my head. Im hoping to get an MRI in the next few weeks. I am only 22 so i know that im just being a hypochondriac but the symptoms feel so real. Here are a list of some things that have happened to me - pressure like air bubble in my head, burning pains, numbness, popping noise in head and neck, cant keep still, feeling as though im in a dream all the time, trembling, heart palpatations, dont feel like i want to do anything, cant leave the house alone, feeling like im about to die any second all the time!! chest pains, confusion, tinitus, fear of going mad..............
Anybody else have these really weird feelings in their head?

[daffysoundz]

ok so i ve pulled this one out of the archives, because i have not heard anyone talking about burning sensations in a while now, im getting a bad burning in my back, the thing is, when i touch it, it does not feel like my skin is hot at all but yet when im sitting down and my back is resting on the back of the chair i can feel it.
anyone else have the same felling

[MC0915]

For the past few months I have felt like something is seriously wrong with me. It started with muscle twitching in my arms that have since spread everywhere. I have also been experiencing nauseau, no appetite, fatigue, insomnia, muscle aches and pains, and the past few days I have been getting this burning feeling in my body. I had it in my back the other night, I could feel it more when I was laying down. Right now I have it in my head. It's a pretty scary feeling. I did not know what was wrong with me and made the mistake by looking it up online. I found that muscle twitching could be a sign of MS, ALS, and Parkinson's disease. That was all I needed to here. Now I worry constantly that I have one of these diseases. I went to my dr and he told me it was anxiety. I have also been waking up with racing heart and feeling like I can't breathe. So, yes, I really do think that anxiety can cause that burning feeling in your body.

[justwondering12]

just wondering if with everybodys anxiety do you have these feelings pretty much constantly or just every once and a while. i went to a neurologist for dizziness that has been here for 10 mths and he says that he thinks it is migraines but we are wondering if my anxiety is playing a big role. when you all have dizziness from anxiety how long does it last bc mine is a pretty constant thing being off balance all the time.

[Julzstar]

I feel a little relief reading everyones comments. It was almost a blessing because here I was having symptoms AGAIN and jumping on the computer AGAIN to to see what disease I might possibably have. I've always been a nervous worry wart, but never never to this extent, its taking over my life! I"m a 30yr old mother of two and I've lost the ability to enjoy my life and my children!! Who am I, where am I, when will me return!!!
MY SYMPTOMS- ache body arms, legs, fingers, toes. Tingly numb feeling left side of head & face (not a headache) left upper shoulder pressure & acheness, stomach burning sensation (usually in the middle) left breast bone burning sensation. I have convinced myself that I am dying of a terrible illness CANCER! I must have a tumor thats growing on my left side thats spread to my brain! I've thought of it ALL!! I dwell on it and when I start concentrating on these symptoms here come the panic attacks!! sweating,heart pounding i can feel it throbbing in my throat, shivering, trembling, nausea, upset stomach, cant sleep, passing! I feel like a crazy person trying to talk myself into feeling normal again! I'm in a fog daily, like i'm not all there. My mind is constantly on the go!! i cant control my thoughts.
I'm so scared to going to the dr because A-he's gonna think i'm crazy or B- He's gonna tell me YES you have a serious illness like CANCER and I cant handle hearing those words. i will really lose my mind!

HELP is something really truelly wrong with my health or is this all mental???????

I am now on Zolof and some other Activan (when panic attack occurs)

[autum]

I can relate to the symptoms..   When I was a kids I was seriously really depressed, and didnt want to live...   but the older I got... I still had problems with stress, depression, ect...  due to all the problems in my life...  and finally in 2006 or 2007 I started having breathing problems really bad at work and I didnt know what it was so I went to the doctor...  and he sent me to the hospital to make sure it wasnt anything serious..  come to find out, I had my first pannick attack, which lasted a couple of days...  he gave me a inhaler, and then after that he put me on lexapro 10mg...  but before that..  I was having burning and pierced sharp pains in my arms, legs, feet, ect..  but after I took lexapro, it seemed to help for a little...  my pains were so bad at times..that I dont know if this is part of it, but  one morning I woke up with my knee hurting and then by that night, I was on crutches because I couldnt walk..  then after that...  my pannick and anxiety attacks were still pretty bad...  so he went from 300 mg of welbutrin and lexapro together... now Im on Zoloft, and it seems to help me a little... I take xanax when I feel an attack  coming on..  I have noticed though I still having burning in my feet some, but it hasnt been that bad since i started taking zoloft...  Also I dont know if this is another problem, or the same thing, but I cant wear pants due to it hurts for my knees to have anything laying on them...  I have to leave my knees out from under the covers because it hurts..   anyone having symptoms like this?  


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[autum]

I dont know if this matters but: Im 24 weigh 140 and height 5'6.   Im a mother of 3 kids... 1 of my own and 2 step kids (mykids) and I have a lot of stress in my life with my son's father...  and my mother who doesnt want to have anything to do with me... she is more on my son's fathers side than anything...and she is constantly manipulating my 7yr old, which really hurts me ...  so I do have stress with that constanly, and work...  I guess I worry to much

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[jpaul119]

I have gotten some comfort from reading your comments here.  I have had several problems for about a year.  I am 47, male.  It started with headaches and loss of sleep.  It then caused burning in my arms and mid section.  Recently, the burning has gone to my legs and groin area.  It has change my mood and feelings alot.  It is like you want to be yourself again, but just can't get there.  Every day is a new struggle.  You try to put the bad feelings in the background and move forward, but it is hard.  I has have trouble swallowing when the burning feelings are going on and get dizzy.  I am on cymbalta and get counseling.  It does help.  Good luck to you all.  Thanks again for your comments.