anxiety???? painfull

[blueberry703]

ok i hope this is anxiety but its been about two months now but I have been feeling absolutley terrible for two months. I started out with feeling a lumpy throat and the doctor said i was fine. it  got worse and then my headaches, migraines, dizziness, spacey, achey in arms and legs (especially right arm feels achey, limp, weak and i get pins and needles alot) i also get this sharp cold kind of pain that runs through my hand to my head. I have also lost my appetite along with weight. This is unusual for me because im usually always hungry. I have been very stressed lately and i am very active with dancing. I have just stopped and its been 10 years that i have been dancing so maybe that has something to do with it. Ive been to the doctor and even the emergency room i was feeling so bad. They did a full blood test, ekg, emg, flu and mono test, xray for bronchitus or ebv virus and it was all negative. They took another today to check for anything else and im waiting for the results but this is definitley NOT like me and adding on that I have gotten no sleep whatsoever so i feel terrible . i get a lot of mood swings which includes depression and i always have random crying spells. this could be a hormonal issue but im not sure... im really worried it could be serious but ive been to doctors and none of them can figure it out im guessing anxiety GAD????? HELPPPP

[blueberry703]

thnx for that advice.. it helps alot but its so annoying whenever my legs feel heavy and my whole body feels heavy that i start to get all worked up again whenever something starts to go wrong. But i will try your advice and hopefully i will calm myself down. Thnx for the advice!!

[mike1122]

Yea I know what you mean my legs always seems like they fall asleep and they get cold and very tinglely. I also feel dizzy after everytime I eat something, which is all the time but I just have to tell my self to calm down and then put my hand on my heart and feel my heart beat slower after every deep breath I take you should try it.

[blueberry703]

OMG i really needed to hear that haha i think i have a brain tumor or something serious too. I am also CONSTANTLY running to the computer to check out what this could be. My mom thinks im psycho and just wants me to get better but it hasnt yet so yea.. My head has been feeling heavy, dizzy, numb everything you said i have. Im still waiting for the results to come back but i feel so terrible and i feel like theres a brick in my head or something but i also find it hard to concentrate. thnx for sharing your symptoms ik exactly what you mean when you say that u like hearing that your not the only one cuz your definitley most DEFINITLEY NOTT!!!!

[Emma82]

I've been having the same issue for about a month and half.  Been to the ER twice and my primary maybe three or so times.  All tests came back normal, but I just psych myself out by thinking they aren't doing the right tests.  Especially my primary, who I'm pretty sure thinks I'm making half the stuff up.  After feeling like I'm never going to feel normal again, I ended up in the ER last week with a severe migraine convinced I had a tumor, aneurysm, you name it.  The catscan came back clear ,and now my migraines are pretty much gone....which got me thinking that maybe all the docs are right and this really is just anxiety.  If knowing my brain is fine makes my headaches go away, then I guess there's something to it.  What bothers me the most though is that if this is anxiety (which I've been medicated for for about a year), why the sudden onset of so many symptoms at once?  Its been like a neverending panic attack for over a month and I can't think of anything that set it off.  Reading about anxiety does help, b/c it explains alot of symptoms.  Of course, when I type in my symptoms, a whole bunch of diseases come up as well, so the internet is a scary place for me and I've been trying not to look too much stuff up.  Anyway, here's everything I've dealt with in the last few weeks if it makes anyone feel better about their own symptoms (and I'd feel better knowing more people had  the same):  headaches (including shooting pains, throbbing pains, numbness, tightness, and cold feelings) chest pain, random shooting pains all over my body, dizzyness, racing heart, blotchy skin, pins and needles (and the feeling Blueberry mentioned about feeling like I'm not getting enough blood to my extremities, my veins are more visible and they become blue and distended in my fingers, etc)......and probably more that I'm not even thinking of.  I run to the internet everytime a new "symptom" appears, I'm constantly looking at my body for anything weird looking, and I'm always checking my pulse.  I feel like a crazy person, and what I think people who don't suffer from this don't understand, is that the pain is REAL.  It might be caused by anxiety, but everything I listed above has been happening to me, I've been in pain and its effecting my everyday life.  This last week I've just been trying to tell myself its anxiety, but at the same time I'm on the lookout for new symptoms......ugh, sorry for the long post, but it feels good to get it all out to people who know what I'm going through.

[blueberry703]

yea sounds like what i have but do u find that your hands and feet are cold often and you feel like  not enough blood is going through ur arms and legs?? i also feel dizzy and stuff almost all the time

[mike1122]

I Know exacly how you feel. I have all those same exact symptoms the one that really bugs me is the felling un real or something weird I hate it. Im worried there's drugs in my food and drinks so it really hard for me to eat or drink anything if its already been opened. So after I eat or drink something I get reall dizzy and all I want to do is sleep but when I close my eyes I feel like im falling. And I also get butterflies in my tummy which makes my heart beat faster and harder. The only problem is, I haven't been to a doctor because my mom said I worrie to much, so I don't know what is wrong with me but I go online and type the symptoms of anxiety which makes me feel better because I have most of the symptoms. Your lump in your throat im not sure but mine it feels like I can't swallow well and I can't breath in all the way I hate it. I hope I have GAD and its something not serious. But just ask me if you have any questions because I might be able to help you.