Hi everyone im just wondering if anyone has had numbness in their body anywere that lasts for days do to anxiety plz could some1 let me know

[Amandasullivan12]

Numbness due to anxiety

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Hello Amandasullivan12

I have had numbness before in my hands , legs and feet , sometimes it has been because of the way I sit in the chair which is not correct the way I do and that causes it

We have nerves all over the body , imagine them like spaghetti and when we are anxious they all tie , twist together and pull and this then can cause pain and numbness until we relax and let them unravel

If you have been having this for days and it is getting no better or it is an ongoing thing then let your Doctor check you over to reassure you

Take Care x

[Amandasullivan12 in reply to Hidden]

Im to terrified to im so scare like the fear is taking over my every thought ive read about anxiety numbness i just know know what to do because reading online it can take ages to diagnose n i dont know if i can cope with the waiting im just lost at the minute and finding it realy difficult to cope with x

[Hidden in reply to Amandasullivan12]

Hello I understand

I have a health anxiety fear at the moment which is taking up my every thought from the moment I wake till I go to bed and I know I am not helping myself yet when that fear takes over it s so difficult getting control back but we have to do little things to try ad help ourselves and one is staying of Google that will send you over the edge and like me today I am going to see the Doctor because my problem has been going on a couple of weeks and if we are unsure the Doctor is the best person who can tell us 100% hat we are ok , so if it is getting this bad let them check you over as well as keep away from reading Google , little steps at a time to try and ease the overwhelming fear I know what you will be feeling x

[Amandasullivan12 in reply to Hidden]

I know its so awful no one around seems to understand im at work listening to the girls talking about what there going to wear on the weekend when they go out and all im thinking is i wanna scream and cry with these feeling im having at the mimment the fear is stoping me going docs i went on monday and told her about tbe numbness at the bk of my legs i was crying saying i think theres something seriously wrong with me i think ive got ms and she said it doesnt sound like ms.i said i know you think my anxiety is making me feel this but its the aensations thats mak8ng me anxious and she said i dont think it is i think its the other way around.i just dont know maybe it is maybe im a hypercondriact i dont know maybe it is the the anxiety giving me these symptoms but i just wish what ever it is it would do one because at this point i have no idea how to deal with it x

[Hidden in reply to Amandasullivan12]

I know , when you are in company it feels like you are on the outside looking in and are not a part of it , that is normal and how anxiety makes us feel

I think you are suffering with Health Anxiety and so many do including me I am dreadful with it but what I have to keep telling myself is

When we go to the Doctors , they listen carefully to what we are saying ( even when we think they are not , then they sometimes examine us and if they had the slightest thought that just maybe it needed looking into a little more then they would send us for extra tests

They know what to listen for when we are describing what is wrong they have been doing it years , we have to try and have faith in them

I remember as I go to the Doctors a lot then come back and think just like you are thinking the "What if's " a friend saying to me , why do you keep going to the Doctors if you won't believe what they tell you , what is the point of you going ?

I was a little put out at her comment to start with but then when I thought about it I realised she did have a point , if I won't believe them what is the point in going ?

Now I try harder to trust them I admit I don't find it easy but I do my upmost , see if you can try and reverse your thinking pattern so you can trust yours to x

[Amandasullivan12 in reply to Hidden]

I will try thanks lulu xx

[Hidden in reply to Amandasullivan12]

Do your best that is all you can ever ask of yourself

I am of to Doctors now so know what you are feeling , I have the same fear

If you need to chat you know where we are x