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Tingling and weird sensations from anxiety?

Does anyone here have tingling and other weird sensory symptoms on a daily basis?  Mine has been here for 6 years, but it seems that they are getting worse.  I find it hard to believe that people can have these weird sensations from anxiety alone.  I have had a brain MRI and c-spine MRI, the only thing that showed was a bulging disk.  Anyone else have this?
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weed relaxes some people but it may also enhance anxiety that's already present...remember 2 always tell yourself that it's all in the mind and u control your mind...flashbacks are normal when u r sober..it's your mind triggered by a smell,sound,taste,past experience etc. just go with the flow, don't fight the feeling, take deep breaths and take control of your mind,body & soul!
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does anyonw ever get heat with your tingling? iget it in my shoulders mostly and its really hott
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I started to get the same thing you are describing after smoking weed. I was fine smoking occasionally and then about 9 months ago these strange things started happening. First of all, I will admit that I get bad anxiety. But my other symptoms I cannot describe. It's like waves of numbness/tingling throughout my body (mostly in arms/hands). My whole sense of touch is distorted. Texture feels much different. It will last 2-14 hours depending on how much I smoke. Now here's the next weird thing. It now happens when I am completely sober. The first time it lasted 5 days. It wasn't as intense and when I was high. Mostly numbness (waves) and tingling in my arms and legs but sometimes in my face. I went to the ER and they said it was anxiety. At my follow-up appointment the doctor did not take my symptoms or anxiety as a possibility very seriously. Sometimes I wake up at night and this is happening. It has happened full throttle about a month after the initial "sober" incident. I am at a loss. This is very irritating and I don't feel like I can live with this if it becomes a lifelong thing.
This is just a very, very strange sensation. "Numbness" and "tingly" aren't the right words but they are the first to come to mind. If you find out anything I would love to hear what it is because I am really desperate to figure out what is going on here...
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Did anybody ever get the tingling to ho away?
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Definitely sounds like neuralgia. Also associated with migraine.
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Head tingle are typical of nuralga, generally nothing to worry about but a common problem which is hard to treat and often mis diagnosed, making u feel more anxious when u are unsure of the cause.
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