Is this anxiety or something I need to get checked out? Please Help

Hi Everybody,

I am having a very hard time at this moment due to the fact that I'm not sure whether I'm having symptoms of anxiety or a serious aliment that needs to be checked out. I have been diagnosed with GAD in the past, and thus have a pretty good sense of what my reactions to anxiety are. But I've been having this new sensation lately (started late last week) that doesn't feel like my classical anxiety symptoms: I feel a dullness (not painful) in the back of head, in and around my spinal chord area. If I move about, however, the dullness turns into a dull pain. I defintely feel brain fog as well, almost like I'm kind of drunk if you ask me. Additionally, over the past few days, I have noticed that I no longer have the urge to eat or drink, even though I force myself to, and despite forcing myself to eat over the past few days, I have no urge to go poop. When I do go, my stool is soft, slender and long. It just all seems pretty weird if you ask me. I went to my GP, who put me on new meds: citalopram 10mgs to see if these would help.They haven't helped so far. My GP didn't seem to think it was a serious ailment, but considering these sensations have gotten a little worse, I have my doubts.

Is this something that I should have checked out somewhere, if so, what could it be? or could these be merely new anxiety symptoms?

Thank you very much for checking this out,

Bob

Hi Bob,

Most medications need about 6 weeks to fully integrate into our systems, and even then sometimes it takes a bit longer for all of the levels to settle.

Have you dealt with anxiety in your past? Sometimes anxiety manifests itself in new ways if you've gotten "used to" how its reared its head in the past.

Check out our resources tab at the top of the page for some self help mechanisms- they're very helpful!