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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physical symptoms?

keepinitzen
keepinitzen
We all know that anxiety can make you feel miserable in a variety of different ways, mentally, & physically. it always makes me feel better to hear the symptoms of others so i know that i'm not alone. my sister & a few of my close friends have anxiety & it's interesting & very helpful to talk with eachother about our symptoms. maybe we can try that here? i'll start with a small list of symptoms that i experience when i'm feeling anxious...

For the record, i have been COMPLETELY checked out by my doctor SEVERAL times throughout the years, & i'm the picture of perfect health, my only problem is anxiety.

trouble breathing, fatigue, sweating, chest discomfort, heart palpitations, hunger, feeling dehydrated, headaches, confusion, feeling cold, feeling hot, shaking, etc, etc, etc.
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I've had all of those symptoms, add diareha and nasuea as well.
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i have trouble breathing, headaches, shaking, and i even have pain that moves up my arms and legs clear up to the top of my spine that feels like an electric shock --all caused by my anxiety. i dont even need to be feeling anxious for the 'shocks' to happen. the slightest mood change will set it off - bout the doctors say its my body's way of expressing anxiety
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I have had pain in my ribs, breast pain, stiff legs(always), headaches, stomach aches, dizziness(often), tingling in fingers and toes, weird vision, foggy head. Anxiety does crazy things!
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blurred vision worse in the morning like when you take the ariel out te tv n its fuzzy thats what i see. palpations more once ive calmed down, chest pain, tight chest..
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I've had all these symptoms from diarrhea to blurry vision, shaking, nausea, poor appetite, chest pains. I also feel btter reading other peoples symptoms. You are not alone
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I agree. Somehow, it's calming to read about others' symptoms, to know it is anxiety and that we are not alone.

I don't get it, though - sometimes my symptoms disappear entirely for months - even a year or more - and then come back, sometimes slowly, sometimes BANG.

And I don't feel like I have less stress in my life when the symptoms are gone, or more when they are here; you'd think it would make SENSE, but it doesn't!
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Ok, here's mine.... tight feeling in my chest, nausea, trouble breathing, sweating, loss of appetite, blurry vision, numb or tingly feeling in my hands and arms......... it does feel better knowing that other people have experienced the same symptoms. Sometimes, I forget that I'm not alone in this.
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well goingthru, mine dont make sense either. ive never heard of anxiety causing electrcal shock-like pain until the doctors said that its anxiety causing mine. and i wont feel anxious or stressed out when these pains begin, but they are there anyways
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I had most of the sypmtoms that everyone has mentioned but the worst symptom I had was nausea... I literally had it 24/7
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Feelngs of unreality, disconnected, scared, plus all of the other symptoms. Fun eh!
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Loads of physical stuff. Chronic IBS - I have this all the time, but for years I have had the phenomenon when a sudden stressful situation happens, my stomach "goes to water", chronic neck and back problems from unconsciously being in the scrunched position or sleeping in an odd position, leg twitches when Insomnia and anxiety meet, exacerbation of a surgical swallowing problem, headaches (not chronic, more crises ones), froggy choked up voice, peeing too much.
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Throat tightness, disconnected from reality, occasional blurred vision, occasional nausea, feeling like my brain is trying to move way too fast. Ah, the fun of it!