Anyone with "body anxiety"?

I say "body anxiety" because I don't know what else to call it, but that's exactly what it feels like. It's not anxious thoughts but it feels like anxiety in another part of my body, like you can actually feel your body amping up. Not sure whether it's what is inflammed at the moment or if it's what some of us call a "spike" in symptoms.

It happened with my head/jaw pain and pressure. When I finally took a couple of days worth of meloxicam, it calmed down in my head, then moved to my jaw/teeth. A few days of meloxicam and some OTC dental stuff containing carbamide peroxide, and that pain in gone too!

Thursday and Friday, I had the same feeling but in my stomach. A fluttery, amped up feeling and I reacted to everything I ate (pain, gas, nausea, diarrhea). I finally gave in on Saturday and called to have my Xanax prescription refilled. (I figured it would help with sleep too.) Well, it has helped with both my stomach and sleep.

Well, today is the first day I don't have to wear a hat due to light sensitivity! I've had no pain in my head/jaw for three days! My stomach is much calmer, and I was able to sleep almost through the night again (at least until 4am which is an improvement). I am by no means symptom free, but at least for now, my worst symptoms from the past month are gone.

I'm not really sure where I'm going with this post anymore lol....I'm at work and I got interrupted a few times! But I am seeing my GP in two weeks and I'm going to have my adrenals checked for sure.

It's hard to be too excited because I'm waiting for something else to get worse but I'm realizing that getting better is possible. Sometimes you just need that little break from the pain to start thinking clearly and renew hope!

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and/or Happy Chanukah!

Yes, but nothing at all like how you describe it, nor would I get relief the way you did.

When my body feels "anxious" it feels amped up with electricity so bad I am buzzing and not in a good way.
this has been an on again off again symptom since being infected the second time around in 92'. I feel like the only thing that is keeping me from flying off into space is a ceiling. Turned out it may have been related to high blood pressure, and it abated for some years, but has this past year or so come back again and usually my bp will be within range, so IDK.

I feel sometimes anxiety in my stomach. I feel funny, it is usually when I am nervous because of something.

So I'm NOT crazy?! lol

I definitely feel like you, girlie...it's not my thoughts, it's my body. I didn't fully realize it until it happened in my stomach too.

Blueberry...I wasn't sure at first if I was making myself anxious and making my stomach nervous. After the second day, I was really paying attention to my thoughts. That's when I realized it was all focused in my stomach and the rest of my body was reacting to it.

So weird, these darn bugs.

H Mommy said...
After I had my son I kept having what I described as anxiety running through my body and I believe that was when my Lyme symptoms started to come out. I would get this feeling coursing down my arms or my chest or stomach or legs and it was physical. But I described it as anxiety inside my body. It was really helpful to read your post today as I'm trying to piece together everything.

I understand more so now than ever why some of us are led to believe that anxiety is causing our symptoms. It's so very hard to describe anything in the beginning. I'm also able to distinguish between types and levels of pain, which I couldn't really do before. This lyme journey has definitely made me more in tune with my mind and body.

This forum has been so wonderful in aiding with that too....I never feel alone. I hope you get to figure out more and more until the day you don't have any more symptoms!