Your ok what's going on is normal with panic and anxiety just relax and remember this saying panic and anxiety attacks are very uncomfortable but not dangerous watch this video
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g_mFzOudxng
hope it helps
Could be a magnesium problem. Are you on an antidepressant?
No, I'm not on anything at the moment. I just take .25 xanax as needed.
I ask because both benzos and antidepressants interfere with magnesium absorption. A lot of what you're describing would apply to someone with insufficient magnesium, but of course could also be caused by a lot of other things. You might try supplementing with magensium citrate or taureate, and you can also try Epsom salts (magnesium salts) in your hot tub.
Let me add, don't take magnesium at the same time as your Xanax, as drugs for mental problems usually use the magnesium pathway to get to your brain. That's one reason they interfere with magnesium absorption, and vice versa. Also, do you consume a lot of dairy? It's very high in calcium but very low in magnesium, causing an imbalance between the two. And do you eat a lot of green leafy vegetables, the best source of nutritional magnisium (and calcium, in the proper balance)?
Those symptoms are very common with anxiety.
For 3 weeks now I've had a constant tension headache. Muscles are literally so tight around my scalp and head, and even neck.
It feels like a rubber band around my head. Even feels like nasal pressure as well. But its just the tightness from the muscles.
I feel off balance with it a lot too sometimes and getting shooting pains.
But I have surrendered to it, and have accepted it as anxiety.
I don't even take medications anymore for it. Been off of em for roughly 3.5 years.
So, anxiety CAN still do weird stuff.
Be careful on the xanax. "When needed" can get you in trouble sometimes.
I prefer to take one once every few months. I don't ever want to go down the benzo trap again.
I also get muscle twitching A LOT. All over my body. It's totally normal with anxiety. It's called BFS. Look it up, it can not harm you one bit.
I recommend a book my Claire Weeks called Hope and Help for your Nerves.
It's my med free way of understanding anxiety etc. and how I can choose to accept it and let time pass. My anxiety always eventually fades away.
I have faith that yours will too. :)