Can anxiety cause mouth symptoms?

[nygrl]

Over the last few months I've been suffering from major anxiety. I've been convinced that I have ALS. It started with some weird hand weakness. I'm waiting for the results of some blood tests and Xrays...my Dr. thinks it could be rheumatoid arthiritis. Anyway, I have had all kinds of weird symptoms..muscle spasms and cramps in legs, weakness, you name it. These have decreased recently.Over the last few months I've been extremely fatigued, like I can barely get out of bed. My newest scare is that I feel like my tongue is swollen and I'm salivating a lot more than usual. I don't feel like I'm clenching my teeth or anything but it feels difficult to speak clearly and my jaw and behind my ears really hurts. My husband says he doesn't hear anything different when I talk...he's probably just sick of hearing me complain of my latest ailments. I don't know if this is just anxiety or if it's really something I need to be concerned about.  Has anyone else had a problem like this? I'm so sick of feeling this way and worrying obsessively about my health. Has anyone else had problems like this with their  mouth or should I head back to the Dr?

[diana112985]

Hey punks, i have the exact same symptoms, i feel as if i dont remember how to chew, my tounge isnt there, and sometimesi feel as if im ina dream and my body isnt really mine...it never seems to go away and sometimes i wonder as to wether ir not ihave ms as well, but my family and doctors or convinced that i am fine and that nothing is wrong with my because all of my blood work has come back fine its good to know that im not the only one who feels like this, and it is also on a daily basis, sometimes i feel like i cant talk or even think, or move my hands and feet or swallow.....i feel as if im loosing weight because of it as well, i have even went to measures to make sure in case something crazzie happens to make a living will....i know i sound retarted but its a daily struggle that makes me think that im going to die....and no one seems to uinderstand

[Jen1284]

I too have been having a mouth problem I feel my tongue is swollen my teeth hurt I feel my mouth isn'twith me I have dry mouth and I'm always biting down to make sure my teeth are there I've been dealing with panic an anxiety on top of depression but my biggest fear is my mouth any suggestion

[kristinabenson]

I too have anxiety and panic attacks. Have went to doctor and they taught me how to control them to a point when they start. Just recently I had major stress in my life. One thing after another. I tried keeping myself from having attacks. One day my speach was as if my tongue was swallon and I talked with my teeth clenching. No control over it. This happend to me before when I had to take paxil. Got myself of of that. Withdrawls from that medication was the worst. Tappered off when I found out I was prego. Good thing I did. Hear bad stuff now about it. This time I am not on any medication and my speech thing happend again. Muscle relaxers don't even help. Lasted for about 2 weeks and then one morning I woke up and it was gone. Had headaches and my gum was so sore in one spot. All from anxiety. I have to deal with panic and anxiety for my life. But getting taught how to control them is the key. Life is stress and always will be. Can't change that. I live in Juneau, Alaska. Lol.

[angrydook]

Yep, Kimlouise thats exactly it! Many mouth symptoms associated with Anxiety come from the sideeffects of the anxiety medication. Drymouth is very common. Also any soreness, sores, aches, bleeding could be associated with night time teeth grinding and clenching, also caused by excessive anxiety. I would look into a night time mouth guard to see if that helps. It helped me.

[kimlouise]

for years I have had a very sore tongue yes I was told it was a geographical
and should not hurt but it has and yesterday finally after many dollars later and a visit to a specialist  dentist that looks many different issues he tells me I have dry mouth syndrome and it now makes sense yes stress stress and more stress many of the comments in here says it all  gosh i now know why and hopefully its going to go away or be managed at last than you every one here too so I know its not in my head  or mouth as it real.

[toplate]

nice to know that others feel the stress goes to your mouth and tongue. I am 39 years old and have been dealing with this problem since I was 17 years old. When I got in a classroom I would not like to be there, I froze up! could not focus other than my tongue and swallowning would be on my mind constanly. It stopped when I went to college, then I graduated. Got a job in engineering. Three years later I started having panic attacks. People I worked with thought I was crazy, moving aroung circles for no reason, very embarrsing. After 10 years of being tied to a computer drawing I decided no quit and go back to a long love of building homes. guess what, the anxiety still followed me. Since I was on my own and could do whatever I want, I still had to do to support my family. More stress! Well being self employed I devolped bad habits. I drink alot of beer and use smokeless tobaco. Guess again, more stress because I felt guilty. I think the less you feel guilty about yourself the more you feel happy. Yes I still drink beer and chew, but if you keep it moderate you'll feel better when I start my day. We are special people: we don't need coffee, drugs, etc. like others. It's better to be alert rather than be dopy and need things other's to feel like we do. I/We do the slow down because we had enough of being fast all day. Please don't start drinking or takings meds because we are our on boss. Feel good about your goals each day that you did. I found out what works for me that I don't need to drink or chew/smoke heavy, just keep things simple and life will be simple.