Pain

[tamka38]

Do anyone Anxiety cause them physical pain am struggling everyday with different symptoms

And I don’t know how long I can continue like

This it makes me so depressed because one

Minute am find the next am panicking I need

Someone to take too

[Teaching]

I always have terrible physical pain that cannot be compared to anything. My own anxiety is horrible. I hope and pray that one day, it's gonna be old story. I'm with you tamka38, let's continue to push forward.

[tamka38 in reply to Teaching]

I be in so much physical pain and I been to my doctor and got all my blood work done

And still don’t know why my body hurts so mush,I can’t do the things I want to do

Because of pain and anxiety. Am praying for the both of us because my family thinks am Just being lazy.

And it makes my depression worse am tired of being anxious and sad.

[nicetomeetyou in reply to tamka38]

I have terrible muscle tension throughout my body caused by my anxiety. It can be so bad that my clothes feel like they are crushing me. When I lie down it’s like lying on rock. I can’t stand for long as my legs and feet hurt and sitting is extremely comfortable. Part of my problem is I spent so much time lying down that my muscles became weak as well as tight. I’m now exercising everyday - walking, stretching and light weight lifting. Even though I don’t feel better yet my physical therapist says he is seeing improvement in my muscle tone and that when you first start exercising weak muscles it’s normal for them to continue hurting. If you aren’t exercising I highly recommend it. Just start slowly at first.

I hope this helps.

[tamka38 in reply to nicetomeetyou]

Am happy u told me that because all I do is lay down on my couch all day the only time I get up is to open the front door to let someone in or go to the bathroom and when I do it up am out of breath and my

Legs are weak and my knees start to shake

And the bottom of my feet always hurt

Than I get terrible headache and the back of my neck hurts am in pain constantly and from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet and I think am going through

PerMenopausal and my body is haywire

Is going crazy

[nicetomeetyou in reply to tamka38]

I know it’s hard but you can’t stay on the couch all day. Your muscles just get weaker. The body is designed to move and it wastes away if you don’t. The good news is you can undo the pain and weakness but it’s important to start slow. Maybe you could find a physical therapist or personal trainer to design a plan for you. If the there are lots of exercises online. Search for “exercise for muscle atrophy”. And try to walk if even for a few minutes at a time. I have a treadmill and a month ago was only doing 5 minutes. I’m up to 20 now and I stretch and do strengthening exercises daily.

[tamka38 in reply to nicetomeetyou]

I will definitely start doing exercise tomorrow because I know that’s

Why my muscles are weak and

I need to start doing something

Because am tired of being in

Pain and it makes my anxiety

Worse and depression too am

Just tried of struggling every

Day I almost want to give up

[nicetomeetyou in reply to tamka38]

Yes that’s how I feel. Just start slow because you aren’t used to activity. Also understand it will take time to build up your muscles and feel less pain. Just be patient with the process and know every medical expert has told me exercise is important both for inactivity as well as for anxiety.

[tamka38 in reply to nicetomeetyou]

Ok thank u so much

[MT2018 in reply to tamka38]

Hey there! So, I totally agree about the need to exercise! I also struggle and have to push myself to exercise! It's all true-our muscles atrophy. When that happens, they can't hold up our organs, then those end up in the wrong place-slipping down or sideways and not working right. The list goes on about the physical ramifications of not moving. Can I add to that? ALOT of my pain ended up being from FOOD That's right. Food. I was eating foods that were packaged, processed, prepared in restaurants etc and all was causing me to be sick and mimicked all sorts of diseases like arthritis, fibronyalgia, and so much more. Yep, the chemicals and additives were literally a pain in my...neck...and everywhere else. Sometimes, it hurt so much I couldn't stand having a shirt against my skin. Well-I decided to give an organic, whole food plant based diet a try and lo and behold!!!! In just a couple of weeks, headaches were gone, muscles didn't hurt! Soon after, joint pain disappeared. Wanna know what else disappeared? Anxiety. Within a month! Now, when I start feeling anxious-I think about what I've eaten or drank...and usually that's the culprit. Exercising and going back to healthy eating kicks the anxiety right out of me-to a manageable level at least. What do I mean by whole food plant based? You can google it, but basically it means you can eat pasta-made from ancient grains. Rice-brown rice is ok-organic. Breads, from sprouted grains. Fruits and veggies. I personally don't do oils most of the time-cause there are inflammatory chemicals in them and that causes pain. Maybe plant based (and the exercise) would help you too!

[tamka38 in reply to MT2018]

Am going to look into it and thank you so much

[Sunandrose87]

Anxiety gives me chest pain. I been tested by doctor and cleared for heart problems.