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...

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DebJg 12/30/2007

Ok, this one is really gonna sound crazy! Does anybody ever feel like their nose feel numb in places. I notice most when I'm eating. It almost feels like a hair is on it. The more weird things that are happening to me the more I am convinced there is something wrong with me!

deleted_user 12/30/2007

no, can't say I do.

deleted_user 12/30/2007

I'll get a 'pins and needles' feeling more around the lips area, though I have had it on the nose, too. Chances are, it's related to 'shallow breathing' (this causes us to experience those numbing and tingling sensations). Check out this link:

http://dailystrength.org/component/option,com_mamblog/Itemid,47/task,show/action,view/id,611583/

Alot of our 'symptoms' are brought on by anxiety; improper 'breathing' plays a big part in it.

deleted_user 12/30/2007

I get the pins and needles sensation (sometimes crawling) around my nose and cheeks. My physical therapist says it can be caused by knotted up areas around pressure points in your back/neck. Are you having any tension there?

I also get it during panic attacks, down to my fingers and toes.

vix82 01/01/2008

i get a weird nose thing too, so dont worry ur not alone, cant explain mine really, its like a smell/feeling/buzzing thing in the top of my nose - wierd! lol x

deleted_user 01/01/2008

funny you say that because I had this morning actually. It's like it feels cold but just on the tip and when I wiggle it it feels like when your arm has pins and needles... like you can feel your nose but not completely... I dunno. It can't mean anything serious though cause I've had a few times before.

deleted_user 01/01/2008

During a panic attack my nose gets numb...as well as my lips and cheeks.

DebJg 01/01/2008

thanks everybody! I feel better now. I told my psychiarist yesterday and he didn't say anything, he made a note of it on his pad though. That may have been a first for him!LOL

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