Hey there! I just have a question if anybody could answer or they experience it themselves. So I've been diagnosed with severe social anxiety and depression for many years now. But within the recent months my body has been having this daily shaking feeling like tremors or trembling, shaking feeling throughout my whole body constantly all day everyday. When I'm having panic attacks and when I'm not having panic attacks at the moment my body shakes but it's not out if control shaking, it's low or moderate but it's always there and constant. My question is this is anxiety still right? Not like something is wrong with my body or something right? Also I always have the urge to go pee but I can't go all the time but I feel the need to go like pressure forcing me to go pee. Is that anxiety to? Like muscle tension of something. I tried researching it online and I've seen my doctor. He says I'm healthy but why is my body like this? Is it the back of my mind fear? I'm sorry if I'm asking so much but my body keeps having these weird sensations. The trembling, shaking and the constant urge to pee. I've struggled with anxiety for years but this must be a whole new level of anxiety for me now. Just great....Is it all anxiety fueled?? Or is something wrong with my health? I'm a little anxious now and very confused.....
Sorry I'm just trying to figure out to get a grip already.
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I, too, have an anxious bladder. When I get anxious I go pee at least few times before doing something. It's a strong sensation and when I do go, it's only a drop but the sensation felt like I was holding it all night or day.
When Im anxious or having a panic attack, I shake like a Chihuahua.
Anxiety affects people differently. Some get tingling sensations in their hands or other limbs. Some get sever stomach cramps and even diarrhea. Heart racing or palpitations and etc.
Now I would have suggested because I'm not a medical doctor to get a work up because it could be other things. But since you already saw your doctor and he gave you a clean bill of health. Then yeah, it's anxiety.
You're just a ball of tension. You have to find a coping skills that work best for you. To settle your mind and body. A good therapist can help with that.
Books to look into about anxiety like "Hope and Help for your Nerves" by Dr. Claire Weekes
DARE: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks by Barry McDonagh
Those books are highly recommend around here. It'll help understand your anxiety. Anxiety itself can't hurt you nor can the sensations. Even though they are unpleasant. Remember that.
Thank you so very much! You helped me put my mind at ease! Because I've always struggled with anxiety for so many years but never like this with the very weird sensations, I was worried I'd die or I've gained a terrible sickness. It's weird though that these intense sensations started now and not years ago or over the years since I've had extreme anxiety. Why now did my anxiety get even more crazy....really weird.
Anxiety can get stronger because of stress. Maybe something new in your life? Something has changed? And the other probably likely reason is that we are getting older. Things don't roll off our backs like they used too.
Anxiety can mimick symptoms especially if you go for Dr.Google 😂 Anxiety will start making you think you have everything from congestive heart failure to cancer. Then you start getting symptoms of shortness of breath or pains in your abdomen. All because you googled other symptoms lol I know it happened to me when I had real bad health anxiety.
But now I'm getting better at it. I don't have the shortness of breath thing anymore or the tingling sensations in my hands. I credit therapy, DARE book and getting downgrade in my dosage of thyroid medication.
Yeah its just weird that now I'm starting to have these feelings. I've had extreme anxiety since I was very young. Why now do these symptoms happen now very consistently? It's just weird to me. But thank you for replying and reaching out!
Happy Birthday. Your symptoms are of high anxiety but did your Doctor do a blood test to check your thyroid and for diabetes? You can get the shakes with those problems as well and diabetes can make you pee a lot. Go back to doctor if you are worried and ask for blood test. Neither of those conditions kill you. You are ok. Love and prayers.
Well the last time I had a blood test was I think November 2022. And because i kept thinking something was wrong with me then too. Between Nov. And Dec. I've had 3 blood tests on different days during those two months. Each time imy reaults came back healthy and I was fine but yeah that was almost a year ago. I only did a urine test just a few days ago and they said the results say I'm healthy again which is a Blessing! I just hate these constant anxiety sensations, I keep thinking what if I pass out and die now? I've always struggled with panic attacks and constant fear. But my body starts shaking now everyday? Great....But thanks for the prayers and birthday wishes! God Bless!
Ok that’s good. I know what the shaking is but that was when l cut down the drugs. Have you changed yours or cut down? If not then yup it’s more than likely it’s anxiety. You could ask the doctor why you have suddenly started the shakes as it’s not like you and you haven’t done that before. See how it goes, but don’t worry ok because you have been checked. Take care and God bless.
You did the right thing in getting checked out by your doctor, maybe in time this will help ease your worries. What you mentioned is very common, especially the shaking- that's just a stress response. It's hard to figure this out when your brain is telling your body you are in danger, but for what it's worth, these are common things for people with anxiety issues.
Thank you! But also I get shaking when I'm anxious or having panic attacks. But now I'm having shaking even when I'm not panicking at the moment and I'm calm but my body still has these tremors and shaky feeling even when I'm not overthinking at the moment or anxious about nothing. My body shakes for no reason now. It's really weird. But thank you for the birthday wishes!
I doubt it's for 'no' reason, sometimes I'll shake or fidget when I'm just a little bit anxious. I think a lot of us can appreciate how difficult it is to look past health anxiety when answers are not clear. Since I was a kid I've had a habit of bouncing my leg, I can't help but do it, I didn't find out until I was in my thirties that it was likely a stress response from trauma. I find it comforting to have a reason as to why something is happening and while I don't want to make light of your own concerns, this is a super common issue, even for people that don't have anxiety disorders.
I know, I think it could be subconsciously anxiety fears.I'm always worried non stop throughout the day about stuff and my future. Then when I have a rare moment of calmness my body continues to act off.
I've been recently dealing with the feeling of all over body shakiness mixed with anxious energy my self. I'm not sure but I might have read about frequent bathroom urges as a symptom with anxiety somewhere. It is maybe a little unusual or just uncommon. Given you have also seen your doctor it is likely just the anxiety. It isn't that far outside the norm one common complaint is feeling like they are going to throw up and/or have it happen because of anxiety.
As to the constant anxiety. There are various ways to cope with it. It sucks I've been there. I've had all day panic attacks and that did get me worried usually don't hear about them lasting that long. From that hard time in my life I did gain things from it.
Now, When anxiety starts creeping up, my mind goes to what if this one is really bad? What if that experience in the past is going to come back? What if something is wrong with me because I'm feeling things I haven't before. And then yah I freak out a bit it gets worse and usually this is when I can catch myself now. Because I do not want to increase the nasty feelings I'm having I just want them to go away.
First I start with telling myself I am feeling anxiety or having a panic attack. The sensations are real and really uncomfortable but are not going hurt me. My mind has reacted to a perceived threat imminent or not the brain has responded with fight or flight and is preparing my body to respond. So there is a lot of happening in my body with no not much of a place to go and I'm very aware of the physical sensations.
And I know logical thinking may not be able to reason with my anxiety today or this time. That takes continued work even after it fails time and time again and that is ok. So ok it isn't very helpful right now and I am really worried if I am ok. How do I know if this is anxiety or not? Answer is I can't tell. Because there is too much happening inside my body right now to get an accurate answer about what is or isn't anxiety symptoms or panic attack symptoms.
That said I do know for a fact a technique that works. U.S military uses this technique and teaches it to soldiers to use when their life is under direct threat so they can maintain the ability to think, fight and survive. They call it combat breathing but really any calming breathing technique will do. Breath in through mouth slow and even for a count of 4, hold the breath for count of four, breath out through nose slow and even for count of 4. Repeat. Personally this doesn't work for me but gives a basic place to start.
I often feel my breathing is being restricted and that bothers me. So I breath in deep and as slow and steady as I can while expanding my stomach with my breaths for as long as is comfortable before breathing back out slow and even for as long as I can and just skip the middle step of holding the air. And just wait it out it takes time and work and you will likely stray back to less calm breathing and that is ok when you notice it just go back to calm breathing.
Try practicing when you are not anxious to help it become habit. It will help it be more automatic and easier to do when you need it. Sometimes before I go into something I know will cause me anxiety I take pause to be mindful of my breathing.
A side note when we exercise we naturally breath mostly from the upper chest because we need a increased supply of oxygen. When your really anxious or having a panic attack there's a tendency to stop breathing as deeply or as steadily before the anxiety.
Breathing technique has a meditative effect which medical studies have been looking into the effect a daily meditative ritual has on activity in the brain it is showing to potentially generate a lasting calming effect on the part of the brain that gets overly worked by anxiety disorders and stress as calming practices help reduce episodes of anxiety. It is in combination with treatment and coping skills as well to deal with issues of mental wellbeing and self care.
With the research I've done to find as much as I could to help my anxiety and sticking with the practice even though I thought it was nutz at first and felt like it was time wasted or I'm doing it wrong I was less motivated to use it until I came across battle breathing used by the military and medical information after that.
The breathing technique in a nutshell reverses the steps that put you into fight or flight response. The part that sucks fight or flight is a quick response reversing it takes longer. Being physically active for a while may decrease the length of time it varies even for me still or at least offer distraction. Sometimes I just freeze up and feel unable to do anything for myself.
When you get back to being calm you can get an accurate observation of what is actually happening in your body having in mind that you may likely experience some symptoms of adrenaline withdrawal that is normal and will subside on it's own.
Your brain doesn't distinguish between imminent threat or perceived threat it reacts to both the same. I was not prepared for the adrenaline withdrawal effects when I finally managed to utilize the technique and it started another panic attack because I was bothered by the fact that I was still feeling not ok physically thankfully my hubby explained to me adrenaline withdrawal. It took multiple attempts even after before I could keep my calm through the after effects long enough that I didn't cause another loop of anxiety to deal with.
Thankfully I had my husband's support he couldn't stop or fix it but he stayed by me while I went through it and I knew at the very least I was safe if anything happened because I know he will take care of me and get me help if it was needed. It didn't fix the panic attack I was dealing with I still had to crawl out of those on my own but I did have assurance I would get medical treatment if needed.
There is one other thing he gave me that are mantra's for me now. It was the only thing he could think of to do or say to help me. He recited part of a couple different fictional books to me... from
Dune;
I must not fear, Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
It took some time for me to work through that passage and gain the message I needed from it.
The other I don't know what book it is from so I'm unable to give proper credit to the author. And I am likely to misquote it badly I hope the author will forgive me.
There is a king who asks a wise man to think of something to be carved into stone that will always and forever be true throughout time. The wise man spent days in inner reflection finally he has it and has it carved.
On the stone it reads
"This too shall pass"
Some days that knowledge is all I have to hold onto. That this will eventually pass and change.
Thank you very much for taking the time to explain this all to me and the different methods and different way of thinking to help cope with anxiety too try. I'm trying my best against anxiety, it's been very tough. But I keep trying different things to get me through it. Thank you! 🙂
I know my post is really long. I did my best to boil down over five years of work on my own anxiety and what I have gained from it is not the be all end all to coping skills or all I've learned mostly it is a chunk of my journey thus far.. I mainly put my focus on sharing what I've had a lot of success with, how I use it and why I use it. I struggled in areas all over as I learned those things and used them from being kind to myself because my A.D.D. makes it really difficult for me to focus to just keeping one foot in front of the other or periods of time I didn't do anything for my mental welfare because I just didn't have it then. It is an ongoing struggle I'm here because I find myself needing more support then I have right now. I hope to learn from others here and share things to try and help others. Feel free to modify and/or take only what resonates with you or disregard it entirely if it isn't for you. I'm always happy to learn more. Even if it doesn't work for me I can still share it to others.
No it's not a problem, I tend to right long posts too lol but I did read it all and the breathing aspect in detail to explained maybe could help, because I've tried breathing stuff before it doesn't help me all that much. But I also like your mantras they way of thinking to get through panic attacks. So thank you for reaching out! I always feel happy when someone does, it makes me feel less alone and not that worthless.
My best guess from information is your adrenaline is constantly high causing muscle spasms where as previously only happened during and attack and the depression of low seratonin or dopamine prohibited constant high adrenaline previously your depression chemical suppression could of lowered or balanced more whilst anxiety risen taking over excess adrenaline release compared to your normal it's hard to manage both conditions with the same treatment for life as external factors and age change the levels of hormones and chemical reactions in the brain over time best bet is to understand when depression is high or anxiety is higher and have regular medical check ups and slightly adjust medication dose for a period of time to balance out which one is higher or an acute anxiety sedative to take as and when short term when anxiety is higher than normal base level for you.
ugh yeah. High anxiety always leads to that feeling for me. And when I’m not shaking on the outside I still feel the shaking on the inside. I’ll hold my hands out because it feels like I’m shaking like a leaf. Sometimes I feel vertigo as well. I call it left side of center. I just can’t seem to ground and be still. It happens when the cortisol levels are extremely high. I also experience tingling and sometimes I honest to God feel like I’m having a stroke or something. But I’ve never had anything bad from any of the somatic symptoms yet your nerves are worn out, sensitive and need a break. You’re just gonna have to accept these feelings and let them exist until they go down. The more you accept it is just the chemical discharge of the sympathetic nervous system the less your brain will care.
Thank you! I just get worried "what if" thoughts that something is seriously wrong with my health besides anxiety. I know it could just be anxiety. I'm just a big overthinker. But thank you that is something to train my brain on.
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