Muscle Knots From Anxiety?

Does anybody else get severe knots in their neck? I have anxiety and panic disorder and lately I have had such bad knots in my neck that I am dizzy and it occasionally blurs my vision. They are so painful and I was just wondering if they were because of the anxiety or if there is something else wrong with me. I get spasms in my calfs and arms too but they are more rare. Basically wherever there is a trigger point I have been getting painful muscle knots.

[es27]

Yeah had all that. Even now when I feel the anxiety is lesser . There are still knots in my neck chest muscle pain tight throat calves etc I guess we do that much harm to our muscles that even when the stress levels are low the muscles have forgotten how to relax .

Try gentle stretches warm baths may be magnesium. Check vitamin b and d levels ( my d was is low waiting for results )

Most importantly relax and eat and drink well . I'm hopeless at following my advise I probably drink a pint or two of water a week can't be good and probably explain a lot of my issues.

Take care

[judy1713]

Yes... Jamie I have this... I have had about most of the aches pains.... symptoms you can think of... I have been going through all of this stuff for about 50 yrs. Since I was a teenager, my mother was this way too. I truly understand ...NOW .. why they say FEAR is Paralizing It most assuredly is. Anxiety and Fear can do anything and everything to you !! It has been a constant Battle almost my whole life. I am 69 years old now... and a widow so I have a lot of alone time.... which doesn't help a lot. I wish I had some good answers for you ... other then to say the pain and Cramps are Probably your Mind and the Anxiety, and FEAR, doing this to you. And by belonging to groups like this and reading books on these Fears and finding out there are millions of other people going through the same things, by sharing our Fears and anxieties and trying out the things that help others, It really does help us get through these terribly hard days and ease a lot of our fears. Just hang in there , keep on fighting this terrible mental disability we have, just like people fight all the disabilities out there in this WORLD. The terrible diseases, and arms and legs missing , Not gonna name all this stuff, we see this in commercials all day long, its very hard to pick yourself up and feel good when there is so much sadness and so many depressing things to see all the time Just hang in there, and keep working on it. Good Luck

[Funkyfaerie in reply to judy1713]

Hi Judy,

Do you think it's a hereditary thing then, this stress and anxiety?

I know my Dad was stressed when I was young, always on valium, had health anxiety I think, I was never told much.

I seem to have this holding myself tense all the time and I hurt, the horrible pain from my muscles makes me feel nauseous, and sometimes upsets my stomach.

I have tried relaxation techniques and yoga, and am still doing so to no avail it seems.

I am 63 and seemed to have lived my whole life in a tense state!

[Indigojoe]

any chance you could go for a massage?