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I just want to thank this community for your support and allowing me to know that I'm not alone with my bizzar anxiety symptoms x

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Panickier,   I feel we learn from each other.  This is an amazing community

with not only others who understand but care as well.  Wishing  you well  x

Hello

Lovely post , I agree with Agora we all help each other and great how it works :-)

Have a lovely Easter and Bank Holiday :-)

Take Care x

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Mike1313

Hope this helps you?? Common anxiety symptoms include: 

Body (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with the body in general): 

Allergy problems, increase in allergies (number, sensitivity, reactions, lengthier reactions) 

Back pain, stiffness, tension, pressure, soreness, spasms, immobility in the back or back muscles 

Blanching (looking pale, loss of color in the face or skin) 

Blushing, turning red, flushed face, flushed skin, blushing, red face or skin 

Body aches, parts of or your entire body feels sore and achy, feels like your body and muscles are bruised 

Body jolts, body zaps, electric jolt feeling in body, intense body tremor or “body shake” 

Body temperature increase or decrease, change in body temperature 

Burning skin, itchy, “crawly,” prickly or other skin sensations, skin sensitivity, numbness on the skin 

Burning skin sensation on the face, neck, ears, scalp, or shoulders 

Buzzing sensation in the feet, toes, hands, fingers, arms, legs 

Chest pain, chest tightness 

Choking 

Chronic Fatigue, exhaustion, super tired, worn out 

Clumsiness, feeling clumsy, co-ordination problems with the limbs or body 

Cold chills, feeling cold 

Craving sugar, sweets, chocolate, usual craving for sugar and sweets 

Difficulty speaking, moving mouth, talking, co-ordination problems with the mouth or tongue 

Dizziness, feeling lightheaded 

Dizzy, feeling dizzy 

Electric shock feeling, body zaps 

Excess of energy, you feel you can’t relax 

Falling sensation, feel like your are falling or dropping even though you aren't 

Feel like you are going to pass out or faint 

Feeling cold or chilled 

Feel wrong, different, foreign, odd, or strange 

Flu-like symptoms, general malaise, feel ill, like you are coming down with a flu 

Flushed face, red face, flushed skin 

Frequent urination 

Head Zaps 

Heart palpitations, racing heart 

Hyperactivity, excess energy, nervous energy 

Increased or decreased sex drive 

Infection - increased infections, persistent infection 

Mouth or throat clicking or grating sound/noise when you move your mouth or jaw, such as when talking 

Muscles that vibrate, jitter, tremor, or shake when used 

Muscle twitching 

Nausea 

Nausea vomiting 

Neck, back, shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness 

Night sweats, waking up in a sweat, profusely sweating at night 

No energy, feeling lethargic, tired 

Numbness 

Numbness tingling, numbness and tingling 

Numbness and tingling, and other skin sensations on hands, feet, face, head, or any other places on the body 

Persistent muscle tension, stiffness 

Pounding heart, heart feels like it is beating too hard 

Pulsing or throbbing muscles. Pulsing or throbbing sensation. 

Rib or rib cage tightness, pressure, or feeling like a tight band around the rib cage 

Sexual Dysfunction, sexual uninterest 

Shooting pains, stabbing pains, and odd pressures in the neck, head, or face 

Shooting pains in the face 

Shooting pains in the scalp or head 

Skipped heart beats 

Sore or tight scalp or back of the neck 

Startle easily 

Sweating, uncontrollable profuse sweating 

The floor feels like it is moving either down or up for no reason 

Tightness in the ribs or rib cage area, may also feel like a tight band around the ribs or rib cage area. 

Tingling sensations, anywhere on the body, including the hands, feet, legs, arms, head, mouth, chest, groin area 

Throat or mouth clicking or grating sound/noise when you move your mouth or jaw, such as when talking 

TMJ 

Trembling, shaking, tremors 

Twitching 

Unsteadiness, dizziness, feeling dizzy or lightheaded 

Urgency to urinate, frequent urination, sudden urge to go to the washroom (similar to urinary tract or prostate infection symptoms) 

Warm spells 

Weak - feel weak, weakness, low energy, light, soft, like you may faint 

Weak legs, arms, or muscles 

Weight loss, weight gain 

Chest (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with the chest area): 

Chest tremors, trembling in the chest, chest feels like it is vibrating 

Chest pain or discomfort 

Concern about the heart 

Feel like you have to force yourself to breath 

Find it hard to breath, feeling smothered, shortness of breath 

Frequent yawning to try and catch your breath 

Heart Palpitations – beating hard or too fast, rapid heartbeat 

Heart - Irregular heart rhythms, flutters or ‘skipped’ beats, tickle in the chest that makes you cough 

Pounding heart, heart feels like it is beating too hard 

Rib or rib cage tightness, pressure, or feeling like a tight band around the rib cage 

Fears (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with fear): 

A heightened fear of what people think of you 

Afraid of being trapped in a place with no exits 

Constant feeling of being overwhelmed. 

Fear of being in public 

Fear of dying 

Fear of losing control 

Fear of impending doom 

Fear of making mistakes or making a fool of yourself to others 

Fear of passing out 

Fear that you are losing your mind 

Fears about irrational things, objects, circumstances, or situations 

Fears of going crazy, of dying, of impending doom, of normal things, unusual feelings and emotions, unusually frightening thoughts or feelings 

Heightened self awareness, or self-consciousness 

Need to find nearest washrooms before you can feel comfortable 

Need to seat near exits 

Head (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with the head): 

Brain fog 

Burning, itchy, tight scalp 

Dizziness 

Dizzy 

Dizziness or light-headedness 

Frequent headaches, migraine headaches 

Feeling like there is a tight band around your head, pressure, tightness 

Head, neck or shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness 

Head zaps, head tremors 

Giddiness 

Numbness 

Numbness tingling, numbness and tingling 

Shooting pains, stabbing pains, and odd pressures in the neck, head, or face 

Shooting pains in the face 

Shooting pains in the scalp or head 

When you close your eyes you feel like are beginning to, or will, float upwards 

Sore jaw that feels like a tooth ache 

TMJ (Temporo-Mandibular Joint) - clenching of the jaw or grinding of the teeth 

Hearing/Ear(s) (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with hearing): 

Feel like there is something stuck in your ear, that your ear canal it plugged or blocked, that there is a pebble in your ear that you can't get out 

Low rumbling sounds 

Reduced hearing, frequent or intermittent reduced hearing or deafness in one or both ears 

Ringing in the ears, noises in the ears, noises in the head 

Pulsing in the ears, throbbing sound in the ear(s) 

Tickle or itch in your ear that you can't seem to get at 

Mind (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with the mind and thinking): 

Afraid of everything 

Altered state of reality, consciousness, or universe feeling 

Brain Fog 

Deja Vu, a feeling like you've done or experienced something before 

Depersonalization 

Derealization 

Desensitization 

Difficulty concentrating, short-term memory loss 

Difficulty thinking, speaking, forming thoughts, following conversations 

Disorientation 

Fear of going crazy 

Fear of losing control 

Fear of impending doom 

Feelings of unreality 

Frequent feeling of being overwhelmed, or that there is just too much to handle or do 

Having difficulty concentrating 

Nightmares, bad dreams 

Obsession about sensations or getting better 

Repetitive thinking or incessant ‘mind chatter’ 

Short-term learning impairment, have a hard time learning new information 

Short-term memory impairment, can't remember what I did a few days, hours, or moments ago 

Spaced out feelings, feeling spaced out 

"Stuck" thoughts; thoughts, mental images, concepts, songs, or melodies that "stick" in your mind and replay over and over again. 

Trapped in your mind feeling 

Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear 

You often feel you are carrying the world on your shoulders 

Mood / Emotions (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with mood, emotions, and feelings): 

Always feeling angry and lack of patience 

Depersonalization 

Depression 

Dramatic mood swings (emotional flipping) 

Emotionally blunted, flat, or numb 

Emotional "flipping" (dramatic mood swings) 

Emotions feel wrong 

Everything is scary, frightening 

Feeling down in the dumps 

Feeling like things are unreal or dreamlike 

Frequently being on edge or 'grouchy' 

Feel like crying for no apparent reason 

Have no feelings about things you used to 

Not feeling like yourself, detached from loved ones, emotionally numb 

Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear 

You feel like you are under pressure all the time 

Mouth/Stomach (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with the mouth and stomach): 

A ‘tinny’, ‘metallic’ or ‘ammonia’, or unusual smell or taste 

Aerophagia (swallowing too much air, stomach distention, belching) 

Burning mouth, feeling like the inside of your mouth is burning, or tingling, or like pins and needles, or all of these together or at different times 

Burning tongue, feeling like your tongue is burning, or tingling, or like pins and needles, or all of these, or all of these together or at different times 

Choking 

Constant craving for sugar or sweets 

Constipation 

Diarrhea 

Difficulty swallowing 

Difficulty talking, pronouncing certain letters or sounds, mouth feels like it isn't moving right, slurred speech 

Dry mouth 

Feeling like you can’t swallow properly or that something will get caught in your throat 

Feeling like your tongue is swollen 

IBS 

Lack of appetite or taste 

Lump in the throat, tight throat, something stuck in your throat 

Mouth muscles twitching/jumping 

Mouth or throat clicking or grating sound/noise when you move your mouth or jaw, such as when talking 

Nausea 

Nausea vomiting 

Nausea or abdominal stress 

Numbness 

Numbness tingling, numbness and tingling 

Stomach upset, gas, belching, bloating 

Teeth grinding 

The thought of eating makes you nauseous 

Tight throat, lump in throat 

Throat or mouth clicking or grating sound/noise when you move your mouth or jaw, such as when talking 

TMJ 

Tongue symptoms - Tingly, “stretched,” numb, frozen, itchy, “crawly,” burning, twitching, “jumpy,” aching, sore, or swollen tongue (when it isn’t). 

Urgency to urinate, frequent urination, sudden urge to go to the washroom 

Vomiting 

Skin (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with the skin): 

Burning skin sensations, skin sensitivity 

Numbness 

Numbness tingling, numbness and tingling 

Skin problems, infections, rashes 

Sleep (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with sleep): 

Difficulty falling or staying asleep 

Frequent bad, bizarre, or crazy dreams 

Hearing sounds in your head that jolt you awake 

Insomnia, or waking up ill in the middle of the night 

Jolting awake 

Waking up in a panic attack 

You feel worse in the mornings 

Sight (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with sight): 

Distorted, foggy, or blurred vision 

Dry, watery or itchy eyes 

Eye tricks, seeing things our of the corner of your eye that isn’t there, stars, flashes 

Eyes sensitive to light 

Spots in the vision 

Flashing lights when eyes are closed 

Your depth perception feels wrong 

Touch (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with touch): 

Burning skin sensations, skin sensitivity 

Feeling cold or chilled 

Numbness 

Numbness tingling, numbness and tingling 

Pain 

Tingling, pins and needles feelings 

Other anxiety symptoms are described as: 

Being like a hypochondriac, muscle twinges, worry all the time, tingles, gagging, tightness in the chest, tongue twitches, shaky, breath lump, heart beat problems, head tingles, itchy tingling in arms and legs, and so many more. 

in reply toMike1313

There are so many things anxiety can create and I think that list must include most :-)  x

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Mike1313

I agree bounce I have been through a lot in life and seen to many disturbing things. I hit my head very hard during an accident in 2014 and now suffer from traumatic brain injury so it's even been harder on me. But life is good and I count my blessings everyday. God bless

in reply toMike1313

Sorry to hear you have been through so much Mike and how wonderful after everything you can still say life is good and you count your blessings , very inspirational and good for you :-)

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