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Posted 8/27/2011 10:56 PM (GMT 0)
Well, I posted here today :) and I am just wondering... my whole left side of my body, literally from my head, down to my toes, is numb and tingling. I am only 17 years old. I  am wondering if this is related to anxiety, or something else, everytime I search, it says stroke which makes the tingling worse.

If I think about it it gets worse, I get this feeling when I get my panic attacks but now its all day today. If I think about it, it can get worse, I can make it only happen in my head, or all over, it is really strange and I am scared. It is like restless leg syndrome, if you think about it, it happens. I don't know what to do, I am taking prozac so maybe that could be doing it, yesterday it started, last night, in my left arm and all the sudden it shot around my body and I had a panic attack. This numbness and tingling is freaking me out, is it just my anxiety?

Posted 8/27/2011 11:24 PM (GMT 0)
Hi FL...I posted to you again on your original thread;)
S.C.
Posted 8/28/2011 2:11 AM (GMT 0)
LOL when im in panic mode, i go crazy hahaha!
Posted 8/28/2011 2:25 AM (GMT 0)
What do you mean? Are you referring to your erasing of your posts? Please do not feel embarassed by anything that you have written...we have been there and know how you feel and what you are going through:)

Keep posting your feelings/troubles, and we will try to help!

I hope the panic is letting up some,
S.C.
Posted 8/28/2011 7:07 AM (GMT 0)
Hi flash , tingling is very common with anxiety and panic attacks....It happens a lot to me too....my dr said the tingling is because I hyperventilate when I'm anxious....I breathe too fast...so what I do now is if I get too anxious I use a sandwich bag put it over my mouth and breathe into it for a couple of minutes..

I know it sounds a bit goofy but it actually helps slow down your breathing and helps with the anxiety....and never be embarrassed about anything you post on here we are all family on here and we all suffer from anxiety in one way or another....and believe me there's probably nothing you could say that we haven't heard or experienced ourselves.....

I hope you feel better soon best wishes too you.....shannon
Posted 8/28/2011 5:19 PM (GMT 0)
I was just posting all over haha! I was really nervous of the tingling, my first instinct, stroke. I still have the tingling today, on the left side of my body and if I manifest it it continues. I will try the bag for sure, I have seen people use those to help control their breathing, I do notice I do not let in huge breaths when I am anxious. Thank you so much :)!
Posted 8/28/2011 11:50 PM (GMT 0)
Your very welcome, and I think you are way to young for a stroke....your only a baby....sounds like you have got a little case of anxiety monster...don't worry I've got him too, so does everyone on here...keep posting and we will all work together to give you good ideas to get rid of him....hugs shannon
Posted 8/29/2011 1:22 PM (GMT 0)
Good Morning,

Here is a breathing exercise you may find helpful.

Find a place where it's quiet.

Sit in a straight back chair with both feet on the floor or lie on the floor with a straight spine.

Begin inhaling by expanding the abdomen (let it inflate like a balloon), then move the breath into your rib cage and, finally, all the way into your upper chest.

Exhale by reversing this action; begin at your collarbones and exhale down through your rib cage and into your abdomen. Contract your abdominal muscles as you finish exhaling.

You might find it helpful to lightly place your right hand on your abdomen and your left hand on your rib cage to help direct the breath on its journey.

Begin by practicing for one minute and then gradually lengthen the practice to five minutes.

This technique helps to eliminate shallow chest breathing and encourages full exhalation and inhalation.

Once again, there's no need to push yourself or judge yourself for being anxious. The idea is simply to be quiet for a short time and notice your breath.

Be well,

Kitt

 

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