Physical symptoms

[Lvictoria81]

Hey guys what are all of the physical symptoms you've experienced with anxiety?

[Dannyd]

shakes all over, my body heats up, I cant breathe and my heart goes super fast.

I also get this horrible sinking feeling and lots of da ja vu

[Lvictoria81 in reply to Dannyd]

Ok ive gotten them too. The sinking feeling makes me feel like im 2 ft tall

[Pontiac1979 in reply to Lvictoria81]

I sometimes feel I'm not in the present

[Lvictoria81 in reply to Pontiac1979]

I had that recently it feels odd.

[Pudzel in reply to Dannyd]

With ya on that..and i get it just after taking meds. I hate these symptoms...😣

[Wilburbudgirl]

I’ve had a lot of symptoms but lately I’ve had head pressure tight muscles/ lightheaded feeling like my spine is hurting in my neck....all freaking me out that there is something terrible going with me that I have a brain tumor/ something awful wrong with my spine..... I also get the hot feeling even though I have no temperature

[Lvictoria81 in reply to Wilburbudgirl]

Oh gosh it's crazy how much anxiety can take a roll on us

[kevoreally]

Ill start from the first thing i feel to the last

1. Sweaty palms

2. Hot cold flashes more heat flashes than cold

3. Racing heart

4. Palpitations sometimes not always

5. Pressure in the head/ head ache or tingling

6. Difficulty breathing/ shallow breathes

7. Chest tightness

8. Over thinking

9. The feeling of impending doom

10. Lightheadedness

11. The bad case if the shakes

12. I worry about my health

13. Easily agitated

14. Very self involved meaning im in my head and ignore everyone and everything around me during an episode

15. Its like im bipolar during an episode i can be quite or i can be loud idk anxietys weird

The list goes on but i cant think of it these are really the ones i feel the most during my episodes

[Lvictoria81 in reply to kevoreally]

Mine is constant i dont have episodes at all it's an all day thing. I havent had the hear or cold flashes in a couplw of days but mine is normally cold flashes. I havent had an anxiety headache in years thanks gosh. But recently ive been having chest tightness like it feels like ibcant breath in fully and it hurts. It makes me wanna cough but nothing comes up. I also have a feelimg of something caught in my chest like a burn or something and when I try to push it out its all acid tasting its horrible. I also have overthibking constantly as well as sound sensitivity. Im also bipolar so that doesnt help. I too worry alot about my health. When infirst created a profile on this site i swore i had a brain tumor, since then I now convinced myself I have throat or lung cancer which is ludacris because I had blood work done and a chest xray but I still feel like theres something wrong. Its never ending. I feel like my time is expiring. Its horrid

[kevoreally in reply to Lvictoria81]

You have GAD generalized anxiety disoreder which sucks because its an everyday anxiety epsiode or attack you also may have acid reflux which makes you feel a burning sensation in your throat and can be in the chest area as well now these could very well be symptoms of anxiety so i wouldnt worry about them but next time your at the doctor ask about a test for acid reflux and heart burn incase this makes you worry about having it

[Lvictoria81 in reply to kevoreally]

I never heard of GAD. I never even knew there was certain kinds. Im very new to this and I have no idea about any of this. I just want it to ease up. Ive been on meds and im taking them religiously I just dont feel anything yet. The burning sensation just started actually but I have a feeling its acid reflux ill try tums or rolaids to help it and see if it makes me feel any better.

[jessicao in reply to Lvictoria81]

Sounds like GAD! Yay what fun..not. The daily anxiety is exhausting but you can retrain your brain. I'm currently "relapsing" a little bit with anxiety again and have to constantly remind myself that NO this will not over come me and YES I am okay. I'm so sorry you're dealing with this and good for you for sticking to your meds. Remember to try and pair the meds with other self help techniques and youll be on your way to feeling better. Don't expect it to change overnight. Anxiety can come on that fast but pushing it out is sometimes a bit of a process which is okay!

[Lvictoria81 in reply to jessicao]

Yeah I'm sticking to the meds. I feel somewhat better but I know i have alot of learning to do. I just hope I can start to feel better soon. This id exhausting all the time

[Pudzel in reply to kevoreally]

Thats my checklist too

[kevoreally in reply to Pudzel]

If you ever need to chat hmu

[Lvictoria81 in reply to kevoreally]

Thanks so much.

[Tempestteapot in reply to kevoreally]

Wow, Kev - I think we must be anxiety twins! It really, really SUCKS doesn't it?😢😦

[kevoreally in reply to Tempestteapot]

Its TERRIBLE going on 5 years so far :/ if you ever need someone to vent or anything hmu

[Lalakeyss]

You're not alone! We all experience physical symptoms. It's horrible. I have probably had them all one time or another: hold/cold flashes, dizziness, doom feeling, chest tightness, feeling as if I can't breath, chills, tingling on top of head, fingers, legs, muscles spasms, feeling faint, stomach issues, burping. Ugh... lol, I can go on and on. Miraculously, doc says it's anxiety🤷🏾‍♀️. I have had blood test and EKG, all come back normal.

Keep fighting, we will beat this!❤️

[Lvictoria81 in reply to Lalakeyss]

Wow u had pretty much the same as me. Its quite scary all of this.

[Lalakeyss in reply to Lvictoria81]

Yes, definitely scary.

[Leopard45]

I've recently had this one feeling where my body feels like it's falling/tilting/ about to faint dizziness for a split second, and then nothing happens to me like I don't actually faint or fall but I get really nervous and hot and sweaty because I start to think the worst.. is that what y'all meant by sinking feeling?

[Lvictoria81 in reply to Leopard45]

I get that too.

[Ashley1489 in reply to Leopard45]

Yes I get that alot..... it's my worst symptoms and if they'd leave I'd feel perfect

[Lvictoria81 in reply to Ashley1489]

I wished they would just leave permanently

[Ashley1489 in reply to Lvictoria81]

Me to hun..

[shcollins]

It's relieving for me to hear this from so many other people here. While its terrible that we are suffering from this, no one here is alone in their symptoms. Ive been experiencing:

dizziness

feeling lightheaded or faint or that I might pass out at any moment

vision changes

tingling or numbness in nearly every extremity at one point or another

hard or irregular feeling heartbeat

derealization

pains near heart

breathing problems

general nervousness and sense of doom

hot flashes

trembling and shaking

It's been going on 7 or 8 months now, and all of these symptoms are scary. They always make me think that I have something seriously wrong. I think my worst fear is that I will pass out and slip into a coma and no one will be able to help me, or know whats wrong. However I do take comfort in the apparent randomness of these symptoms. They change and morph each time they pop up, so I keep telling myself that real medical problems don't do that. And that if something was seriously wrong or going to happen, it most likely would have happened already. Not a fun think to think, but it honestly does help. It makes me see these symptoms for what they are, annoying but ultimately harmless.

Hang in there, you are not alone!

[Lvictoria81 in reply to shcollins]

Thanks for responding my symptoms dont just pop up or morph into something else. Lately mine has been my chest it feels like I have a severe chest cold and it hurts very badly but when I cough there nothing coming up and doctors say my lungs sound clear but they hurt badly. It makes my back hurt and this is with me throughout the day. I just am afraid that I might pass put from lack of oxygen or have something terribly wrong with me and the drs are missing it.

[Tempestteapot]

My severe symptoms started early 2013 and haven't let up since, apart from a year and a half ago when I really worked on tolerating my anxiety. Then I 'fell off the wagon' again.

I've always been anxious from a pretty young age, but the event that tipped me over the edge 4 years ago was a near fatal episode of anaphylaxis after I had a single dose of an antibiotic. The year after that, I had SEVERE anxiety to just about everything, as I was convinced anything and everything was capable of putting me into shock.

I've managed to get over those fears now, but anxiety for me always seems to find something else to latch onto. It really is a beast!!!😐

[Lvictoria81 in reply to Tempestteapot]

Im so sorry to hear that. I'm glad Youre doing better now.

[Hidden]

My physical symptoms are:

Muscle spasms/twitches all over my body but mainly on my legs behind my calf, keep thinking I’ve got a blood clot.

Pins and needles in my leg

Vibrating feet

Stomach problem such as acid reflux, constipated, bloating, cramp, sharp pains in my stomach.

Heart palpitations

Heart racing really fast which has got up to 180bpm as well as it beating irregular or quivering and shaking in my chest

Chest pains under my breast and top of my chest

Feeing sick

Headaches

Dizziness and derealisation

Hot sweats

Breathing problems such as hyperventilating

Blurred vision and lightheaded

I have some of these symptoms pretty much constantly at the minute it’s the muscle spasms daily and they don’t seem to go away. Was my heart racing all the time but once I got checked out I think that relived some of my symptoms and know I am not gonna drop dead.

[Lvictoria81 in reply to Hidden]

Ive had nost of these symptoms as well

[Hidden in reply to Lvictoria81]

Yeah I think I made it worse by googling them and thinking I had some serious health issue but I’ve had bloods, ECG, 24 Hour ECG and everything came back fine so that’s a bit of reassurance and I’ve got a bit better.

[Lvictoria81 in reply to Hidden]

Yes Google ruined everything for me. All hope has been lost. If I go by Google I should be dead by now and I have cancer

[jessicao]

Oh and my symptoms are the doom feeling that comes over or a sudden rush of adrenaline for absolutely no reason. My snow vision and eyes just feel like they aren't focusing and I have trouble feeling"connected" to the world. I feel high..which makes me panic more because being high one time and panicking is where my anxiety started so makes sense. When I really let myself fall into panic I get awful shakes and skipped beats, lack of air feeling and head pressure.

[Lvictoria81 in reply to jessicao]

Yeah that's where my anxiety came from when i was younger. But today its just horrible all the time.