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14756255 tn?1443809031

Is this REALLY anxiety?

I am a 19 yr old female going to be 20 in a few weeks. I was told that I have anxiety and depression which I am starting to think is not true. I have been bulloed aonce I was in the 7th grad, I think if that was the case, it would have developed a long time ago. Anyway, in the begining of may I startes to get these weird body sensations I have never felt in my life. One night I was relaxing on my laptop and all of a sudden I could not breathe. I jumped up and went out into the living room. My whole entire body from my head to my toes was VIBRATING. Like a cell phone. I didnt know what was going on my heart was beating so fast, i was shaking uncontrollably, I felt like I was abut to die. It lasted for about 10 minites an then it went away, but i still felt horrible and scared afterwards. A few weeks after that I started feeling not my self. My head, face, and sometimes just the tip of my nose felt numb and tingly. I didnt know what was going on and it scared me. Then I developed tingling sensations in my fingers on my left hand and a burning sensation on my arm like under my skin. I tried to tel myself that nothings wron but I kept feeling worse and getting new symptoms. I then started to get a feeling like my body is weightless. Like a feather. It felt like my arms and legs werent there and I was floating when I walked. That scared me the most. I then developed severe panic attacks because of those feelings. I eventually went to the hospital. They did a cat scan of my head, bloodwork,
Chest xray and could not find anything. They said it was anxiety, prescribed me xanax, amd sent me home. I tried to believe them and took the xanax, it was helping a little. Then a few more weeks went by and I still did not feel better. Still had numbness, tingling, and burning sensations. Another night I was laying down and out of no where got that vibrating feelingin my whole body. This is the second time it has happened now. I went to the hospital agai trying to tell them there is something wrong but they just said anxiety to me again gave me a xanax. I begun to feel hopeless. It's june/july And I still have these symptoms. I start having bad panic attacks because Nobody is giving me an answer and Im thinking every day that Im gonna die. I stoppes going out, I would stay at home because I felt I was dying. I didnt want to be around anyone. It is now August, seen a neurologist, got an mri done of my brain, neck and spine. All normal. I have developed new symptoms. I now have bad vision including blurriness, i see double, flashing lights. I have chest heaviness with some pains. The newest symptoms are: a buzzing sensation in my belly goes up to chest, i pee a little at a time out of nowhere (do not have uti), fullness and cramping like I am on my period but im not.. My bomes crack, muscle spasms in left knee, legs, and back. Numbness feeling in lower back sometimes middle of back. My joints are popping and aching. I am feeling so weak. Im only 19. Please, does anyone have a clue what could be wrong? I do not want to die. I am 95% sure these doctors arent finding something.
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I hate to say that anxiety can do some VERY strange things to you body and mind. I ve been lightheaded for 3 years now, had relief for periods of 2-3 months starting an anti depressant, only for it to come back! it s really debilitating and I fee for you, I do. It makes one depressed but you have to seek help for anxiety and depression and fight it. Counselling should help too. Along with exercise and meditation. I m getting there too, and it is a long road ahead. I ve had many tests like you too. I have shooting pains in my hands/fingers. I wake up with pain at the back of my head. Lightheaded all the time. Worse when anxious. Intermittent sinus pain, leg pain and face pain. All due to depression and anxiety. Tiredness. + more. After all this time with your symptoms, rest assure, you are not going to die from this. Keep thinking positive and know that you are not alone with these strange symptoms of anxiety and depression. xxx
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Beware of psychologists and general docs recommending specific drugs.  I guess you've learned that.  As for antibiotics, the best you can do yourself is go to the best local health food store and buy a multi-spectrum probiotic from the refrigerated section of the store.  The only way to really get into it if this doesn't help, and it will help but may not solve your problem and is something everyone who takes antibiotics should do, is to see a gastroenterologist who is one of the ones currently focused heavily on the health of our intestinal flora.  Believe it or not, they've accomplished some incredible things by, and this is gross, transplanting fecal tissue from healthy people into sick people and thus reestablishing their colonies.  In order to do this, I would guess they have some way of knowing if your colony has been compromised.  But your average gastroenterologist can't do this and probably doesn't even know about it, so it's probably hard to find a person to do it.  I've heard a couple of great programs on public radio about this new research and also on the research being done on the connection between beneficial organisms and mental health and it's fascinating even if it's not something you should pursue.  I wouldn't go that route if I were you at this point because you're not that sick and will probably get better, so I'd just get a good probiotic, eat cultured foods such as kim chi and sauerkraut that are great food for beneficial organisms, and continue to see if you can figure this out.  Good luck.  
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Been going through the same thing and since I have an addictive personality I have decided to forgo the pills and have had success with exercise and work, The busier I get the less the anxiety takes over me, I was bad, I couldn't  go to work or even the supermarket. It is a battle of wills you against your mind. I go running and swimming every day, but you need to force yourself. My best friend is a psychologist and she gave me tough love and it has worked. Eventually the pills will not work, (like it happened to me) and you're going to need to figure it out yourself. im 34 and battle it every day and if you force yourself you will beat it. Anxiety is weird conditions because it pops up as many different things

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antianxiety drugs are escitalopram and clonazepam or duloxetine and clonazepam.
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14756255 tn?1443809031
Thank for commenting :) My biggest fear right now is that I am dying.. I cannot stop thinking that I have some sort of disease and the docors aren't finding whats wrong and that it might be too late before they do. Its hard for me to think its really anxiety. I still do not leave my house that often. The only thing that has been keepong me same are taking baths to be honest lol. I have a boyfriend and this is sarting to ruin our relationship too. We have been together for almost two years.. He is also frustrated with this as much as I am. He tells me he doesnt know how much longer he can take this and that hurts hearing that and knowing I might lose him from this. We ised to see eachother every single day and I would be out all the tome.. now, we see eachother once a week. I do not like to go to his house because what goes through my head is "what if I die while Im here?" I would rather be at home with my family if I was about to die not somewhere else. Its really begining to be an issue. I wont even go out to the store or anything.
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He is my therapist, he called my doctor and recommend paxil.. She agreed with him and put me on it. Now Im not on anything besides .25 xanax and I only take it if I really need it. If it does has something to do about the antibotics that were going through my body back in march, is there anything I can do about it now? I also just  woke up about an hour ago and when I woke up I was laying on the ride side of my body, rolled over to my left side, and my head, shoulder, back, and leg felt like they had "fallen asleep" but without the tingling feeling just numbness. I felt my body begin to shake a little so I layed on my back.. I have these prickly feelings all in my head and face, some parts of my body including parts of my face, leg,  and arms still feel numb. Its only 9am and Im already starting to get frustrated. I tried getting up for a minute to get a glass of water, walked around a bit, then I went to lay back down to try and get another hour of sleep but I cant. These sensations are too bothersome. Now Im sitting here replying to you.
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Here's' the thing -- anxiety can cause a lot of things, but it also doesn't cause everything people experience.  I'm also confused -- you say you're seeing a therapist who put you on Paxil -- is it a psychiatrist?  Because they usually don't do therapy anymore, and therapists (meaning psychologists) don't prescribe drugs.  And why would someone put you on Paxil if you haven't been on any meds yet?  It's one of the most difficult ones to take and come off of.  All that aside, yes, the long period of being on antibiotics can definitely be a big factor in this.  Antibiotics kill of our beneficial organisms as well as the beneficial ones, and those beneficial organisms are partly responsible for our emotional and physical well-being.  Much of the current research on emotional health is focused on the die-off of beneficial organisms.  On the other hand, it might not be that -- it would depend on how well your colony reestablished itself and whether you took beneficial organisms to try and replenish them.  I can't say what it is, but keep looking.
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14756255 tn?1443809031
Thanks for taking the time and commenting. I was actually about to log on to Twitter that night and I got the horrible feeling out of no where. Nothing I saw on the computer upset me.. I am seeing a therapist. He tried putting me on Paxil .25 mg, I felt ok on it but I was having bad heart palpitations, so I stopped it. I only took it for maybe 8 or 9 days.. He still wants to switch me to something else but has not yet. Back in the beginning of march I did get a bad UTI. It spread to my kidney, they gave me antibiotics and I was sent home.. Later that night they called me and said i had to come back because the infection has spread into my bloodstream.. So I went back, they ended up keeping me for about 3 nights I think.. I had an IV with Levaquin I believe going through my body all those nights. Could that have anything to do with it? Also, a couple of weeks after that, I was at a friends house and he lives in an area with ticks... I found one on my left arm, I took it off. There was no rash or "bullseye" mark but could lymes disease be a possibility? I also used to go to parties that were in the woods a lot and never would check myself for ticks afterwards.. Im just asking because I want to hear other people's opinions.. I feel very hopeless. Im going to ask my doctor to get tested for lymes regardless though. I have very similar symptoms including that "vibrating" of the body feeling. I also feel like as if my body jolts a bit.. Sometimes it will be my arms, legs, or even my whole entire body. I feel that mostly when Im siting down or laying down.. Im also going to see an ENT to see if I have any problems with my inner ear.. I am just really scared. I try to fight these sensations and feelings but its getting more hard to do everyday.. I just want my life back
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It's important to know that most people who get depression or anxiety disorders do get them in their late teens to late twenties.  While you can find examples in your earlier life usually of the same problems, they're usually not chronic; the chronic stuff starts later, usually.  It's also not uncommon for this stuff to seemingly come out of nowhere, though when you look at it more deeply you can see it was coming.  My question would be, what were you doing when you were on your computer?  Did you see anything on it that might have fed into things that have bothered you?  It's also known that some people have pretty bad reactions to computers, either because of the content or the chemicals used in them.  I don't know what's going on with you, I wouldn't give up on finding a physiological cause, especially if before that day you weren't experiencing any depression or anxiety.  But I also wouldn't rule out anxiety or depression because you're at the age when it manifests itself.  If you do rule out physiological causes, including thyroid, blood sugar, hormone problems, etc., then I'd consider seeing a therapist and trying to see if something has been triggered emotionally.
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Sorry for spelling errors :( Im also tired.
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