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...
My (seemingly) anxiety started about a month ago when I put my head in bed and felt a lump in my throat. From that day forward, ive been having (seemingly) high anxiety or anxiety attacks. They start out with the feeling of chest pressure, always, My heart doesnt race but my heart beat does "pump" harder.
I have been experiencing some weird symptoms recently, in the last 3 weeks, ive developed these symptoms, ill italicize the ones I believe arent causes by anxiety, and bold the ones that can go either way or the ones in which I am unsure if theyre normal. ill also put how long Ive had each symptom. Theyre almost always constant. But some do disappear for a time in the day.
- Swollen Glands in neck (2-3 weeks)
- Stuffy nose one side alternating (2-3 weeks, maybe longer)
- Mucus in throat (1 month+)
- Sore throat (2-3 weeks)
- White/Clear Mucus (2-3 weeks)
- Everything leaves imprint on skin (less than a week)
- Muscle aches in different parts of body (less than a week)
- Neck and shoulder aching/pain? (1-2 weeks, maybe less than a week)
- Burning sensations in muscles, mostly legs (less than week)
-Slight lightheadness (1 week)
- Feeling that my chest gets heavy and im going to die (1 month+)
- Initial swallowing issues which seemingly come and go (1 month+)
- Abdomen Swelling (less than a week)
- Palpable lymph nodes in groin (just noticed them but couldve been there for who knows how long)
- (Seemingly) harder heart beat (noticed this week)
- Alternating Diarrhea and constipation (2 weeks maybe longer)
- Weak appetite/Weird appetite (2 weeks maybe longer)
- Weird head tension/Feelings of dropping (1 week)
- Pretty big testicles [why did I mention this], bigger than normal atleast. (who knows, just noticed today)
Facts I should include: I've been sleeping at 12-3AM almost everynight watching videos or browsing the web. I usually slept at 9 or 8 before all this. I live in California and its HOT, all the time. I'm 16 years of age.
I've been to 3 doctors who told me I had a swollen uvula and an ENT specialist who found nothing wrong, that it wasnt a "swollen uvula", and told me its probably all in my head. Got a chest x-ray a month ago when this all began, all clear.
Sidenote: My legs get that burning sensation mostly at night, along with that lightheaded feeling. Thanks to all who've read all this. Godbless you 
Okay so here goes :
All of the following can be sinus and allergy related:
Swollen Glands in neck
Stuffy nose one side alternating
Mucus in throat
Sore throat
White/Clear Mucus
Irritable bowel syndrome (which flares up when anxious) causes the following :
Abdomen Swelling
Alternating Diarrhea and constipation
Weak appetite/Weird appetite
Common Anxiety attack symptoms :
lightheadness
harder heart beat
Weird head tension/Feelings of dropping
Feeling that my chest gets heavy and im going to die
Swallowing issues which come and go (I get this often, out of the blue. I will be fine and then try to swallow and wham! I can't, freak out, then swallow okay)
Muscle strain and tension (caused by being tense)
Muscle aches in different parts of body
- Neck and shoulder aching/pain - (You arent getting much sleep and sit at a computer etc so you would be tensing your muscles)
- Burning sensations in muscles, mostly legs - restless legs
The others are pretty normal, as someone with anxiety we listen to our bodies more and actively look for things that might not be normal -
- Everything leaves imprint on skin - normal
- Palpable lymph nodes in groin- normal - you have them in your neck, under your jawbone etc.
- Pretty big testicles - um, congradulations I guess. Not sure what to put here as I dont have any
Best thing to do is go to the doc, get an SSRI antidepressant and maybe some sort of tranquilizer like ativan for when you have an anxiety attack and something to help you sleep. When your anxiety has calmed down some, go for behavior therapy/counselling and seek out support like you have done here.