Pinched nerve in head

[JDeeziac]

While experiencing anxiety I put alot of pressure on my upper left temple using my jaw/facial muscles on left side.....after releasing pressure I felt a sharp pain on top of head above temple...4days later I close only my left eye and felt a snapping sound in that same area of temple and then the sharp pain on top of the head lasted for 3 months or so...then other symptoms such as tingling/pins and needles, and feeling hot constantly started about 2 months after injury...then the sharp pain started to subside but my upper temple feels extremely sore,numb,some burning/itching, and I can feel a nerve or something that is tight in there....this area began to twitch a lot and then the twitching spread to the rest of my body starting with involuntary twitches of tendon in left elbow then from there it moved everywhere to my kneecaps and thighs arms chest abdoman...temple still feels sore numb today and Im starting to experience pain numbness in my arms legs...sometimes at night my feet will snap back or neck will snap back...is this nerve damage and if so will it continue to get worse to the point where I lose muscle function and sometime of paralysis...I still feel the popped in the temple if I squint in the sunlight this is followed by dizziness and a little disorientation I feel very cloudy almost after exercise...what does this sound like am I in trouble of losing everything below the pinch which i felt at the top of my head it was sharp sharp pain frequently in the same spot for about 3 months and slowly tailed off but then these other symptoms started and my temple is very numb....I have a mri on wed....will this show if any root nerve damage is there??? I am worried feel like my body is getting weaker by the day, numbness in arms and legs at times burning sensations starting to spread throughout body when will I know the full extent of the damage???

[JDeeziac]

If all tests come back negative(mri,emg) maybe more of them....I will be so thrilled. I am just mainly worried that my condition is progressing...I have dealt with anxiety all my life and I have never felt as I have in these past six months....my body is telling me that something could be seriously wrong...I was very angry when I put pressure on my temple and I feel as tho I put too much pressure possibly suffocating some nerves up there....it is really stupid of me to hurt myself. I used to smoke a lot of weed throughout college and I feel like that worsened my anxiety/anxious thoughts. I feel as tho if i can get healthy physically I can deal with my mental issues...obv I was unable to control mental side that night when I injured myself, but if I can get healthy again I think I have enough will power to control it especially if I am off the weed/alcohol...I havent smoked since a few days before the injury, but could def. limit the drinking further. Thank you for your input, I appreciate it. When I was younger I had to have emergency surgery for a stuck kidney stone, and you would think that would have woken me up a little bit...but then again I was in sixth grade at the time, and didnt change my diet so I ended up with another one senior year of high school...things are just rough right now...looking for answers in this life.

[cj29]

Health anxiety can cause all sorts of symptoms in my opinion.  You are already worried, so in my opinion, we can tend to magnify or misinterpret everyday feelings as something that is catastrophically wrong when in fact it is harmless.  You are doing the right thing by getting checked out but when you are determined to be physically ok, do you have access to counseling to confront your anxiety?