Has anyone else

[Chache]

Has anyone else felt tingling tongue? I swear everyday is a new symptom. I was drinking a soda and when i finished my tongue started tingling 😒

[Andrea1915]

Yes had a tingling tongue to many times to count I use to obcess about my tongue stick it out and take pics of it all day long I would look at it constantly in the mirror and ask my family if they think my tongue is swollen and goes to the side I was completely obsessed and I felt like I couldn't talk right this went on for a long time then just disappeared! I use to suck on ice cubes and chew gum all day long I actually couldn't talk unless 1 of those things were in my mouth I went and saw 4 ent dr's and got scoped 4 times looking back I can't believe the insanity of it all! Now my tongue never even crosses my mind it's always something though that's for sure

[Vt1988 in reply to Andrea1915]

I know this is an old post but I’m going through this same exact thing right now!

[Andrea1915 in reply to Vt1988]

What do you think triggered it? Do you have any breathing issues

[Vt1988 in reply to Andrea1915]

Not really... though when I panic I do and my nose is almost always clogged which doesn’t help. I believe it’s postpartum anxiety. I was dwelling on what my newborn could possibly be allergic to and due to lack of sleep and extreme worry, stress & anxiety my brain flipped it and I all of a sudden became fearful I would develop a food allergy as well....didn’t help things by any means. I have since stopped googling my symptoms. I just can’t wait to be back to my “normal” ... if there is such a thing. It all started which worrying over a food allergy and it’s like I manifested the physical symptoms of my tongue swelling (though there was no signs of swelling) as well as tingling and odd sensations. I also catch myself grinding my teeth a lot and thrusting my tongue forward.

[Vt1988 in reply to Andrea1915]

What do you think triggered yours? You gave me hope that it will get better.

[Andrea1915 in reply to Vt1988]

I think stress triggered mine I think my started out with a burning throat and then I developed burning tongue but omg that tongue thing drove me nuts just reading your post started to make me aware of my tongue and it feels bigger in my mouth now lol that’s how powerful the brain is but I go though things and then some other symptom happens then I replace whatever was consuming me with something else it’s insane! Anxiety is a terrible thing to live with and the physical symptoms of it are life consuming

[Vt1988 in reply to Andrea1915]

I can completely relate & understand. I went through something similar when I was 25. I had a miscarriage and then my grandmother who I was very close to passed. Then while at work I suffered from a migraine with aura which mimicked a TIA.... it threw me into healthy anxiety and I was so afraid of having a stroke. I developed major muscle twitching and then convinced myself it had to be MS or ALS. I mean, how could anxiety be causing all of this?!?!? It absolutely was though! I was healthy in every other aspect, mind was just working in overdrive, constantly in that fight or flight mode. I know this to shall pass but right now it’s maddening. I am constantly fighting between my rational and irrational side. I have noticed small improvements so I continue to move forward but even Today I had to fight with the thought of “what if it isn’t anxiety, what if you wait to long?” The thing is though, I know I was obsessing over food allergies before this began... then while obsessing I started to develop the symptoms... my rational side knows it’s anxiety but my irrational side just wont shut up, lol.

[Andrea1915 in reply to Vt1988]

You sound exactly like me! I have those migraines w aura too never had one before until I was pregnant with my son 6 years ago and ever since then I get one like clockwork every 6 months and those things are sooo scary I too also think it’s going to give me a stroke!! I also went through the als scare I convinced myself completely that I had that a few years ago and it was triggered over my right thigh having a weird feeling in it and thinking so strongly that I had als brought on the twitching throughout my body I had it all day long it was crazy I just can’t believe what this fear and health anxiety does to us literally takes over your life

[Vt1988 in reply to Andrea1915]

Oh my goodness, it’s a relief to know I’m not the only one. I honestly think our anxiety also makes the migraines worse. The one six years ago was my first and only until I was 8 months pregnant this year. Then I had two terrible ones. I was in the hospital for three day’s (as a precaution because I was pregnant) and then the day they discharged me I had another one after being home a couple hours. I had another about two weeks later but I was able to calm myself and the symptoms weren’t so bad. Since the 8th month of pregnancy my health anxiety has been terrible... my son is now three months old and this fear of a food allergy is going to drive me crazy!!! I feel lucky (*knock on wood*) that I haven’t had a migraine since my son was born but the fear is always in the back of my mind. Tonight it’s “why do my lips feel funny” given I have a cold, I’m congested, and their chapped. I get on my own nerves, lol. My tongue still feels funny but I’m actually catching myself playing with it so I can tell I’m causing it but still my mind tries to run with it. Oh, I twitched so much during my ALS thoughts. My calves were the worst!

[Andrea1915 in reply to Vt1988]

It’s funny because I have thought I have had almost everything imaginable but I really never worried about a food allergy my son was born very allergic to eggs and he is 5 now still

Won’t eat them I think he remembers vomiting when he would eat them as a baby he’s also highly allergic to dogs and cats we have both in our home he heat hives from them if the dog licks him