Ive had anxiety alll my life... but the past 5 months after and episode of what felt to me like a mini stroke doctors confirmed it wasnt ive been rxtremely stressed ive made a lot of lifestyle changes from smokin half quarter of strong marijuana to nothing now 4 months clean i keep getting pains everywhere from my heart to my veins and extreme dizziness and headaches been tondoctors and er multiple times all test show up fine and say im healthy its driving me nuts i just dont want to doe early which is my biggest fear have almost died from accidents before which is why inhave anxiety but i need to kno if someone else feels this rspecially weird sharp pains in the veins from arms to legs to head and itchiness😭
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Dizziness itching and weird vein pains
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Hi Nick, sorry to hear what you're going thru. But I'm strangely comforted by what you wrote & here's why: last week I had what I thought was a heart attack, but I couldn't stay in the hospital to find out because I was taking care of an ill relative. The squeezing pain in my chest was accompanied by blood pressure of 188/126. Since that time my blood pressure has remained elevated, I've had dizziness when I stand up, had pains in my legs, and have had a terribly itchy, brilliant red rash on my face, neck, and chest. We are a mess, right? I'm hoping someone will have some helpful advice for us!
Hi nick
Because you stopped the marijuana cold turkey I suspect you experienced some nasty withdrawal symptoms. These symptoms, both physical and mental probably then sparked off your anxiety.
If you have seen your doctor and had the all clear, then this should reassure you that this is in fact your anxiety.
The pains in your veins I suspect is actually your muscles, it just feels like your veins. When we are anxious, we tense all our muscles and because you are super sensitised.........they hurt. Headaches and dizziness are classic symptoms.
Many people complain of itchiness when they are stressed/anxious. As the skin is our biggest organ, it makes perfect sense that it will be affected in some way. When my daughter get anxious, she comes out in red blotches all over.
Are you on any medication? may be a good idea even if it's for the short term. In the meantime, try not to get anxious and scared about your physical symptoms. Educate yourself about anxiety, try and relax and/or use distraction techniques.
I hope you start feeling better soon.
Take care
Judi
Hey Nick! Imagine a freight train with 90 rail cars fully loaded. Somewhere in time this freight train switched tracks and went the wrong way. It's been going on the wrong tracks for quite sometime picking up more weight along the way and gaining speed. When the conductor realized he was going the wrong way he applied breaks. How many miles do you think it takes to stop fully loaded train? The average freight train is about 1 to 1¼ miles in length (90 to 120 rail cars). When it's moving at 55 miles an hour, it can take a mile or more to stop after the locomotive engineer fully applies the emergency brake. An 8-car passenger train moving at 80 miles an hour needs about a mile to stop.
So don't worry if you are not making progress ad fast as expected. It just takes time and effort. It takes time to stop your old thoughts and retrain your mind to focus on the new ones. Stopping anything cold turkey works OK for some and no so good for others. Find your balance. Find new life interests that will swallow you up completely. See what you can do for others. Keep your focus away from self. Meditate, do some breathing excercises. It will take time but it will work. Everything else may just be cane and crutches. Reinvent yourself.
All us neurotics should pool our money and build a MRI clinic with doctors and then we get to go there every day for a head to toe scan. That would rule