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Posted 8/5/2014 2:52 AM (GMT 0)
I feel like I'm going crazy.....always thinking something is wrong with me. I'm still waiting on my "official" test results from last week. I've read the reports online but meet with my doctor tomorrow. Well, today, I started having pains in both wrists. By the end of the day, both of my wrists were hurting and also causing pain in my fingers, arms and into my shoulders. It's not constant but coming and going. So tired of new symptoms triggering my health anxiety. I've noticed that my body is very tense most of the time....I really hAve to focus in order to relax my body. Any suggestions? Or clues on why I'm having the sudden pain in my wrists?
Posted 8/5/2014 2:57 AM (GMT 0)
hi teacher !! let me tell you 2 years of this and new ones come ..... its a cycle and im going to break it one way or another , im so sick of it
Posted 8/5/2014 3:05 AM (GMT 0)
I'm so sorry... I know how you feel though.

I won't say that I feel terrible every single day, but more often than not I have something going on - pains, burning sensations, tingling, numbness, palpitations, headaches, depersonalization, muscle twitching!!
When does it end?
And when can I say for sure "this is *just* anxiety"??
It's been 2 years for me as well... it's taking a toll on my quality of life.

I really hope and pray that we all find healing soon... in the meantime, I am very thankful to have found this community. It helps to know I'm not alone and that I have somewhere to go when I am feeling alone and at a loss.
Posted 8/5/2014 3:27 AM (GMT 0)
I think I used to focus on what new symptom I was going to have. If I had something new of course it had to be something bad. I think we are more sensitive in feeling every ache and pain. We can get aches and pain it is normal us with anxiety just feel it more than someone without anxiety. I was at this point last year and some of this year. I began to realize that it is anxiety and meds he'll too. I stopped searching my body for every flaw, and stopped anticipating what else was gonna make me fear I had something wrong .. Just keep fighting and staying strong..
Posted 8/5/2014 11:42 AM (GMT 0)
Pain in wrist and arms up to shpulders = carpal tunnel from being on the computer to much, googling symptoms. I know, I have those pains plus tingling and numbness. I could freak out and think I have ms or a brain tumor, but I know the real truth. Your body is so tensed up and on edge plus in the fight or flight mode that your going to have tons of aches and pains. I hope when your tests results come back normal and you can find peace. HUGS
Posted 8/5/2014 1:17 PM (GMT 0)
Teacher- forgive me but I forget if you're taking any anti depressants in the past 2 years of dealing with this? May I ask your age? I'm part of a perimenopause/menopause forum on another site. This topic is one of the MOST common threads....

I know my current situation is a lot situational but I'm starting to wonder how much hormones are playing a part..

Did your anxiety/depression(?), start 2 yrs ago only or have you had it in your past too? Was it situational or "random?"

SOIA- yours started when your son got ill didn't it?

Are either of you gals in individual therapy?

Of course I don't have the cure (or I'd be rich lol) so going the medication and therapy route. I have a history of 3 other bouts of situational anxiety/depression.

I asked my niece who's an OB-GYN resident doctor if there were any natural remedies for hormones wreaking havoc on us women. She said nothing approved. I asked what does she recommends and she said Effexor. No joke. It's an anti depressant lol.

I'm learning about The Law of Attraction now in my journey. Basically what you put out to the universe with our thoughts/actions comes back. Basically karma.. In Christianity it is described as Faith. Saying in faith that things are getting better, I am strong, I am healing etc. You say it in faith now regardless of whether you believe it or not & in time, you will believe it. "Wishful thinking" I have poo pooed in my past but I'm really starting to practice it (in Faith) & it hasn't cured me but it brings peace (most times bc I still struggle with stinking thinking). My thought is, my stinky thinky hasn't gotten me anywhere so it can't hurt to change it up an speak in faith as if I am healing, I am confident, I am healthy, etc.

Sending love!!!
Lisa
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