Anxiety Flare-Up!

Sigh, these last few days have not been fun. Heart rate has been high, my legs feel tingly, and more. I searched diabetes a while a go and thats my new thing I think I have lol :(. It is so weird, I got my blood checked a few months ago, and my sugars were fine, so I don't understand how I think I can just have something they checked for. This sucks. But the last few nights I have been seeing like flickering lights. I have been very anxious lately, I can't seem to get out of this, I was super anxious and stressed about something, and after freaking myself out even more by reading stuff online about symptoms I know it is making it worse. When I think about my legs tingling, that is when it happens, right now it is driving me crazy, I hate having anxiety!!! I keep getting dull pains to because I know I am tensed right up.

It is so scary, it is hard even when you have the relief, to accept.

Yes, unfortunately with health anxiety, the worries and what ifs keep coming back...even after seeing good test results. We either start to doubt them, or just come up with another possible disease to attatch to our symptoms.

That is why numerous trips to the ER/doctor won't work. The change must come from within...our way of thinking has to be retrained to relieve the cycle of worry and symptoms.

Therapy, can be an effective treatment for those with health anxiety. Many also benefit from medication to get relief and maintain lower anxiety levels while working with their therapist.

CBT in particular is proven successful with these issues. If you can by any means look into it, I recommend doing so.:)

Take care and be well!

S.C.

Hey everyone, thank you for the wonderful responses! I feel better, still have the symptoms, but they are not as bad. Lately it has been jumping from one disease to the next!

I figured that it was me giving into the anxiety and my brain controlling the symptoms. I found that I was able to move the ticklish and restless feeling around, which is absolutely crazy!

I need to just realize I am OK, even though it is hard.

And Fox I am still here :D! Haha, the palps are not as bad, right now I am at 107, I am anxious and I just ate, hehe :) Other than that I hope you are all doing great! I hate the what if thoughts, they are the worst!

BP 126/80 BPM 80 Your turn! LOL!

HEY! That's great! See our little game is working! Haha!

Mine is a bit high right now...92 But still under 100, so that's good. ;)

Woke up this morning with palps and sweating, so it automatically freaked me out and I immediately went to the "what if's". God I hate that!

I think because of my friend on the PS forums having a heart attack, it's kind of shaken me up a bit. And one of the biggest health anxieties i've had is my heart!
And to top it off I remember dreaming about something right before waking up, but i'm not sure what it was.....Maybe that's a good thing. LOL!

PLUS i'm due for my monthly any day now, and that always makes my anxiety worse. I'll take my xanax at 11 and it'll calm down.

I'll be on and off throughout the day as usual, talk to ya later! ((hugs)) Fox

Shelly, I'dsay your best bet would be to post a new thread and introduce yourself. That way everyone can see that you are new, and you'll get alot more response.

That being said, there is always someone here to talk with you or give you advice, so in my opinion you have come to the right place. Are you taking any meds along with seeing your therapist, or are you trying to control it without?

Maybe you could post more about this in your own thread.

P.S. WELCOME TO THE FORUMS! :)

Hey everyone! Just in for a quick update!

Last few days have been a bit down, I have had left arm pain and some chest pain, so I was kinda freaking out, as usual LOL. But I am fine. Palpitations have been there all week, but other than that everything seems fine. I have these 2 bumps on my legs with bruises, so I immediately thought blood clots, LOL, but I know they're just bruises, I still do not know where from though, I hate when I get bruises and have no idea where they are from!

Anyways hope you all are having a great weekend!

Sorry Flash (i'm just gonna call you that from now on cause your name is too darn long! hehe!)  I haven't been on the computer much in a few days. I just finished my cycle a few days ago and my hormones are crazy, making me more anxious as usual.  Seems I get increased anxiety right before and right after my monthly "friend" anymore since starting peri.

OK let me check........ OK i'm hovering between 84 - 88 right now. Nothing to eat recently.... LOL! 

OK TAG! You're it!

Oh my! I have been having a terrible night, behind my right ear is twitching and it is so annoying and ugh! It is giving me a headache and I don't know what to do, yesterday my neck was sore so I am thinking maybe a pinched nerve, I have had the what if's all night ,they are terrible. I also finished my cycle, well today, and I just feel terrible, I am super nervous right now thinking, oh no, maybe a stroke is coming, or a tumour, all of the bad things of course. The twitching I have never experienced, anyone else ever have this? Could it be from anxiety tensing up muscles?

And hello Fox LOL, right now, Im at 72, just woke up, feeling kinda anxious. I checked my BP the other day, and it was 148/103 .. LOL, I think it was wrong, I checked it 2 minutes later, the pulse was 150! and then it wwas 135/85, I have been super anxious lately, blah!

Michelle, you can jump in anytime you want, We don't mind, the more the merrier. LOL! I hope you are feeling somwhat better today. I'm always on, so if you ever need someone to talk to, or just to vent, please feel free. :)

What is it with this month anyway? My anxiety is horrible right now, and has been since I finished my "friend", even WITH my meds. My doc wants me to up the dosage of my zoloft to 150mgs now since i'm still getting anxious on the 100 mgs, and I even take my xanax! Lately I have been having to take an extra half of a xanax just to relax. I don't know ladies.....I'm going to try and stick it out on 100 mgs for a bit longer to see if I just need more time.

I also get twitches sometimes, they always appear somewhere new every time. I also get tingling in my face alot too, especially when i'm anxious, and it's always mostly on the left side. So talk about being paranoid! LOL! All of my disorders skyrocketed since starting peri, this is NO FUN at all!

OK Flash, just checked and my BP is 128/80 right now, so that's good, but my HR is hovering around 100 right now. Just took a xanax and am doing some deep breathing as I type, so hopefully it'll go back down soon.


((hugs)) Fox

Thanks for your response Fox, I slept okay last night after I was able to relax. My hormone specialist has me taking 100mg bioidentical progesterone capsules 2/ 1 hour before bed. I am also on a cocktail bioidentical hormome cream based on my lack of hormones 6 days per week. Believe it or not, they help big time. I also am on the same meds. that you are. Zoloft 50mg. 1/day and xanax .25 mg three times a day. I have only been on these meds for 8 weeks and am just wondering if maybe it's time to up my doses of the meds. I would use more xanax when I have nights like I had last night, but I'm afraid to take anymore. I have been taking 1 and a half tablets about every 6 hours and somtimes it feels like it's just not enough. I'm not worried about addiction to xanax, because there are times when I don't feel as if I need it at all. How much is to much?? I had an ER doctor tell me that I could safely take up to three tablets when needed.

Blessings, Michelle