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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ScaredSIlly31 03/18/2010

So I am scared to death right now. I have had this bad jaw pain all afternoon. Its in the very back of my mouth, the bottom jaw! So I look stuff up, and it says its symptoms of a heart attack! If that didn't set my anxiety leve to 100, then I waseading about wisdom teeth!!! I'm scared of the anaestisia annnnd in my mind I think the worse. I have a heavy, tired and painful feling in my lower jaw and it hurts only in the back parts! What could this be?!

deleted_user 03/18/2010

STOP Looking Online for Starters...Seriously.

Take urself to ur Dr. have Them check it out...

Always Start with the Dr.s.

Do Not EVER Look online OR in Books and TRY to Diagnose Self, Always takes you straight to Worst Case Scenario...Don't Put urself, and Those that Love and Care for You Thru that.

deleted_user 03/18/2010

I get jaw pain all the time, too. Just another wonderful (lathered in sarcasm) symptom of anxiety. If you want extra piece of mind, consult your doctor. But I think you'll be just fine. :)

Best of luck!

ScaredSIlly31 03/18/2010

Thank you guys. What sucks even more is that when I start looking at the symptoms...i start feeling them...the pain in the left arm, shoulder...etc! AUUGH SUCKS!

deleted_user 03/18/2010

As one who's experienced severe anxiety in my life, I've had jaw pain too. Because of anxiety, I tend to clamp my teeth shut ALOT. And before antidepressants carried my anxiety to slumber and grind ed my teeth bigtime. Heck, it would sometimes wake me up! I've had such jaw ache that it actually made the right side of my skull numb...wierd feeling. But I'm still here, alive and kicking!

ScaredSIlly31 03/18/2010

You guys are right! I am such a wuss! LOL I have to STOP looking on the net and I have to quit self diagnosing.

I guess what freaked me out the most is because my left side is the one that hurts....so of course I get scared!

deleted_user 03/18/2010

I have severe TMD - one of my triggers for this severe jaw pain is anxiety and grinding of my teeth- I also have been told by drs and therapists to never look at the web for anything but trivial stuff- it is to easy to scare oneself when anxiety is an issue- hope this helps

deleted_user 03/19/2010

Go to the doctors or dentsit could be wisdom teeth. Sounds like it. If you have that much pain could get abecessed or infection.

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