Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I'm freaking out.
I'm terrified i am having a stroke. I am only 22 years old. The reasons why i am terrified of having is a stroke is because, I have numbness on the left side of my face, my tongue feels numb, my jaw feels numb on both sides, and it hurts, and both of my hands feel numb and my fingers on both hands.. and im freaking out about this.
It's been going on for a little over 3 days.
My bottom jaw feels really weak, i feel like when i talk i am not talking right and when i sing or anything like that i can really feel the weakness in my jaw. I am also getting random twitches and numbness everywhere that are freaking me out.
My therapist told me that if i can put my arms up in the air with no problems, if i can smile, and if i can stick out my tongue i am not having a stroke, and i can do all those things perfectly fine. But i am still terrified i am having a stroke. I keep doing those things to test myself to just to make sure i can do them, and its driving me nuts.
I went to the ER a few weeks ago because i was afraid of having a stroke, I was seeing flashing lights and couldn't form words rights, and they wouldn't do a CT scan on me because i had one done in May of this year for the same thing and nothing was wrong with my brain.
I'm loosing my mind. Am i going to have a stroke and die? I am so terrified. I can not sleep because i am so scared..I really hope i am not having a stroke. I hope there is nothing wrong with me. I am so scared right now.
All i want to do is sleep. But i cant because my mind is going crazy on me about having a stroke.. I'm scared to sleep.
I'm terrified i am having a stroke. I am only 22 years old. The reasons why i am terrified of having is a stroke is because, I have numbness on the left side of my face, my tongue feels numb, my jaw feels numb on both sides, and it hurts, and both of my hands feel numb and my fingers on both hands.. and im freaking out about this.
It's been going on for a little over 3 days.
My bottom jaw feels really weak, i feel like when i talk i am not talking right and when i sing or anything like that i can really feel the weakness in my jaw. I am also getting random twitches and numbness everywhere that are freaking me out.
My therapist told me that if i can put my arms up in the air with no problems, if i can smile, and if i can stick out my tongue i am not having a stroke, and i can do all those things perfectly fine. But i am still terrified i am having a stroke. I keep doing those things to test myself to just to make sure i can do them, and its driving me nuts.
I went to the ER a few weeks ago because i was afraid of having a stroke, I was seeing flashing lights and couldn't form words rights, and they wouldn't do a CT scan on me because i had one done in May of this year for the same thing and nothing was wrong with my brain.
I'm loosing my mind. Am i going to have a stroke and die? I am so terrified. I can not sleep because i am so scared..I really hope i am not having a stroke. I hope there is nothing wrong with me. I am so scared right now.
All i want to do is sleep. But i cant because my mind is going crazy on me about having a stroke.. I'm scared to sleep.
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I'm 22 years old... What is the likelihood that i am having a stroke? I have had these same symptoms for about 4 days now..
I'm sick of obsessing about this.... :(
You could try asking your doctor about the migraine spectrum of symptoms. Epilepsy is also included in this range of diagnosis.
Lastly, I am not a doctor,or even a medical student. I am somebody who got little help from doctors until I took some responsibility for myself. I went looking for things that made sense in the light of what was going on with me. Google is an amazing gift to those of us who cannot afford the high prices charged by the healers today. If you can be in this community, you can research in the same way. I implore you to do so, and to ask people on line who seem to have similar stories how they cope.
You do not have a fear problem, you have a faith problem. You can start by having some faith in yourself, and then work outward from there.
May you have peace in your heart.
It sounds like you have been checked medically in the ER and you are fine. I have been a physical therapist for 23 years now and I never saw a 22 year old stroke victim.
Usually you have factors such as undiagnosed high blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking and age. Go to your family doc if you want to and get checked and have your blood work done. Overall though I think you are fine.
Hope that helps.
My body is soo tense from being anxious about it... I cant stand it anymore.
Try to do breathing exercises, this does help me temporarily or write a journal, lavender as someone else says helps, aromatherapy, chamomile tea, these all seem simple, but for some they really work.
I am on many meds, only one for anxiety and now lyrica for FM and the Lyrica helps somewhat for anxiety.
Focus on something else, go for a walk if you it is nice outside, hang out with your pet, watch a funny movie, and if you are that concerned go to a neurologist, I did, and they still have not found out anything about my nerve hand/arm issues, but these things take time. sorry if i am all over the place, but I can relate. Not all doctors are created equal!
You are having dialogue that is clear and focused. I had a friend who had a stroke and he could not communicate at all, let alone type so stop worrying. He was also in his forties.
Try exercise, yoga, progressive musclse relaxation, and meditation. Take a hot bath with epsom salts to relax your muscles. Get someone to give you a massage.