Does anyone else get itchy when they have anxiety?
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Does anyone else get itchy when they have anxiety?
I don't but my wife sure does. Drives her nuts.
Body
* Burning Sensations throughout the body
* Electric shock feeling
* Feel like you are going to pass out or faint
* Feeling cold or chilled
* Muscle twitching
* Neck, back, shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness
* Numbness or tingling in hands, feet, face, head, or any other places on the body
* Persistent muscle tension, stiffness
* Sore or tight scalp or back of the neck
* Startle easily
* Sweating, uncontrollable profuse sweating
* Trembling or shaking
* Warm spells
Chest
* Chest pain or discomfort
* Concern about the heart
* Frequent yawning to try and catch your breath
* Heart – beating hard or too fast, rapid heartbeat, palpitations
* Heart - Irregular heart rhythms, flutters or ‘skipped’ beats, tickle in the chest that makes you cough
Emotions
* Dramatic mood swings
* Frequently feel like crying for no reason
Fears
* Fear of dying
* Fear of losing control
* Fear of impending doom
* Heightened self awareness, or self-consciousness
* Need to find nearest washrooms before you can feel comfortable
* Need to seat near exits
Head
* Dizziness or light-headedness
Mind
* Fear of going crazy
* Fear of losing control
* Fear of impending doom
* Repetitive thinking or incessant ‘mind chatter’
* Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear
Mood
* Always feeling angry and lack of patience
* Depression
* Feeling down in the dumps
* Frequently being on edge or 'grouchy'
* Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear
Mouth/Stomach
* Constant craving for sugar or sweets
* Constipation
* Diarrhea
* Difficulty swallowing
* Dry mouth
* Feeling like you can’t swallow properly or that something will get caught in your throat
* Frequent upset stomach, bloating, gaseous
* IBS
* Lack of appetite or taste
* Nausea or abdominal stress
* The thought of eating makes you nauseous
* Tight throat, lump in throat
* Vomiting
Sleep
* Difficulty falling or staying asleep
* Insomnia, or waking up ill in the middle of the night
* Jolting awake
Touch
* Numbness
* Pain
* Tingling, pins and needles feelings
I have all these symptoms. The symptoms that bother me the most are the heart palpitations. I always feel like something is wrong with my heart or that I will have a heart attack. I even went to the hospital cuz I thought I was having an heart attack but it was just a panic attack. They checked my heart, EKG and everything but still I continue to worry about my heart especially at night when I am trying to sleep.
Also I always think I have some type of cancer but then I look up the symptoms and I feel better when I don't have any of them.
Then there is being depressed and angry all the time.
Anxiety may be a "mental" disorder but it affects you physically so much. I just feel like it's taken over my life, draining me of energy. I've actually made stupid decisions because of my anxiety.
Since we are posting our symptoms I'll list mine to.
It started with pressure in my chest as well as pains
Rushing feeling going from head to feet
Living in constant fear of Dying
Muscle cramps
Lack of sleep
When I try to relax I feel my whole insides shake.
no appetite, the other day I could not even put food near my mouth, I would gag.
Today I experienced the electric shocks going though my arms and legs.
I had an anxiety attack today that set my blood pressure through the roof. Then It dropped back to 126/80 (I think).
I've dropped 10 lbs already from not eating or not eating enough.
Oh yes and missed work. I've already called in sick and had to leave early..
I can't wait for my meds to kick in. I went to my OBGYN in hopes he can help me out. He said my doctor is doing the right thing. The only thing my OBGYN did was have me take B vitamins and Fish Oil.
I have just joined this site and after reading what others live with, I finally feel like I am not alone! I know I want to get over this bout of anxiety! I have been fighting with it sonce I was 13. I have not had it this bad for years! i want to get over this without a meds! I have never turned to them before and I don'twant to turn to them now! I have been working on Yoga, self help bookd and exercise.
It is scary to think that every thing in the list is true!
I for one have alot of those symptoms,the one I hate most is the racing thoughts! :twisted: :shock:
I've got a LOT of these issues. They pollute my life a LOT. Sweating is probably the one that I hate the most. I also have a major fear of having a heart attack (I check my pulse a lot).
I often wonder where all of this come from. I mean hell, I've been knowing for a LONG time I had these troubles, even has a kid and I always had this false hope that it would go away as I would grow older.
Thanks for the list.
I read it out loud to my family and they are thankful as well. They put up with so much of me and my anxiety issues.
This list helps me know that its not life threatening as it feels at the moment.
Here are a list of my symptoms. Not all at once but it varies.
* Burning Sensations throughout the body
* Chronic Fatigue
* Electric shock feeling
* Excess of energy, you feel you can’t relax
* Feel like you are going to pass out or faint
* Feeling cold or chilled - especially my hands and feet includs clamy.
* Hyperactivity, excess energy
* Decreased sex drive
* Muscle twitching
* Neck, back, shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness
* No energy, feeling lethargic, tired
* Numbness or tingling in hands, feet, face, head, or any other places on the body
* Persistent muscle tension, stiffness
* Sore or tight scalp or back of the neck
* Startle easily
* Sweating, uncontrollable profuse sweating
* Trembling or shaking
* Urgency to urinate
* Warm spells
* Weak legs, arms, or muscles
* Chest pain or discomfort
* Concern about the heart
* Feel like you have to force yourself to breath
* Find it hard to breath, feeling smothered, shortness of breath
* Frequent yawning to try and catch your breath
* Heart – beating hard or too fast, rapid heartbeat, palpitations
* Dramatic mood swings
* Emotional blunting
* Frequently feel like crying for no reason
* Afraid of being trapped in a place with no exits
* Constant feeling of being overwhelmed.
* Fear of dying
* Fear of losing control
* Fear of impending doom
* Fear that you are losing your mind
* Fears about irrational things, objects, circumstances, or situations
* Fears of going crazy, of dying, of impending doom, of normal things, unusual feelings and emotions, unusually frightening thoughts or feelings
* Need to seat near exits (finding a place where I can leave in a hurry)
* Dizziness or light-headedness
* Frequent headaches
* Feeling like there is a tight band around your head, pressure, tightness
* Head, neck or shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness
* Giddiness
* Shooting pains in the scalp or head
* When you close your eyes you feel like are beginning to, or will, float upwards
* Sore jaw that feels like a tooth ache
* Ringing in the ears
* Desensitization, depersonalization
* Fear of going crazy
* Fear of losing control
* Fear of impending doom
* Feelings of unreality
* Frequent feeling of being overwhelmed, or that there is just too much to handle or do
* Having difficulty concentrating
* Obsession about sensations or getting better
* Repetitive thinking or incessant ‘mind chatter’
* Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear
* You often feel you are carrying the world on your shoulders
* Always feeling irritable and lack of patience
* Depression
* Feeling down in the dumps
* Feeling like things are unreal or dreamlike
* Frequently being on edge or 'grouchy'
* Frequently feel like crying for no apparent reason
* Have no feelings about things you used to
* Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear
* You feel like you are under pressure all the time
Mouth/Stomach
* A ‘tinny’, ‘metallic’ or ‘ammonia’, or unusual smell or taste
* Choking
* Constipation
* Diarrhea
* Difficulty swallowing
* Dry mouth
* Feeling like you can’t swallow properly or that something will get caught in your throat
* Feeling like your tongue is swollen
* Frequent upset stomach, bloating, gaseous
* Lack of appetite or taste
* Nausea
* The thought of eating makes you nauseous
* Tight throat, lump in throat
Sleep
* Difficulty falling or staying asleep
* Frequent bad, bizarre, or crazy dreams
* Hearing sounds in your head that jolt you awake
* Insomnia, or waking up ill in the middle of the night
* Jolting awake
* Waking up in a panic attack
* You feel worse in the mornings
Sight
* Distorted, foggy, or blurred vision
* Dry eyes
* Eyes sensitive to light
* Spots in the vision
* Flashing lights when eyes are closed
* Your depth perception feels wrong
Touch
* Numbness
* Pain
* Tingling, pins and needles feelings
In addition to these I find myself worrying about:
• Having a heart attack
• Having a serious undetected illness
• Dying
• Having an attack in public
• Going insane or losing your mind
• Fainting in public
• Not breathing properly
• Choking or suffocating
• Being alone
I bite the skin of of my fingures but I don't know if this is related to my anxiety or ADD.
Tonya
I become psychotic and paranoid. Those are my anxiety symptoms. When I do not have any anxiety I am not psychotic or paranoid.
I've been having really severe anxiety the past few months especially. My thereapist says i'm one of the most anxious ppl she's seen, which i'm not sure about that. I am determined to fight my anxiety without meds but it is very hard with the symptoms i have.
-really severe muscle tension, can't relieve it at all
-headaches
-unsteady feeling feels like no circulation coming to head when i'm standing
-lately i've had tons of strange thoughts racing in my mind
-eyes seem out of focus and see floaters all the time
I feel so out of control. I know if I could keep focused it will pass. I've been for eye exams, physicals, and even a brain mri for the headaches which came back normal. It has to be anxiety, right...
yea i feel alot of these. i always get tingling in my foot or a burning sensation always comes with a dry throat. Plus i always think i'm having a heart attack but people just tell me its anxiety. What do you think?
Hi guys,
I am a 26 year old male who enjoys going to the gym 5 / 6 times per week, have a stressful job and am getting married on August 15th of this year.
In November I was on the tube and came over all faint and started to have chest pains and slight shortness of breath. Of course I took myself straight to hospital thinking I was having a heart attack. Had ECG and blood test and urine test and blood preasure taken and all came back fine. Since then I have been feeling anxious and have been suffering with chest pain mainly where my heart is located and I am worried that there is something physically wrong with my heart all the time which is scaring me.
Since this first happend I have been back to the hospital for 3 ECG tests and all have been fine. However when the ECG test was taken I wasn't having the chest pain. I have also had a 24 hour ECG monitor fitted to me which also came back fine. In addition I have had pain in my left arm and cramp in my left hand.
I get these symtoms even when I am not feeling stressed or anxious!
Is anyone else experiencing the same? Is this the physical effects of anxiety?
Thank you so much for your help
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Any help is greatly appreciated.
Matthew
wow i get some pain on the left side of my chest and some cramping in my left arm and im only 24, but last monday i had a horrible panic attack and its the first time i went to the ER for it. They did an EGK or whatever and they said it was normal, blood test came back normal, blood pressure was a little high but they said it could of been from the attack. So that was like a huge relief for me.
Sounds exactly like me! except i dont get frequent headaches or muscle tension. Because i suffer with health anxiety it kills me when i have symptoms as i always think the worst. Its so hard not too :( But i guess we just gotta keep on pottering along :)Quote:
Originally Posted by raychel
I have had my jaw literally clamp shut before, and been rendered completely unable to speak for serveral minutes, even if I wanted to say something.
And other things "seize up" as well, like my legs, so I can't walk.
Or my arms to the sides of my body and it feels like they are really heavy and I can't move them. But thats really rare, and only when I'm having a full blown panic attack.
Everything else seems to be on the list already.
I get heart palpitations sometimes and then a rush of blackness into my eyes like i'm blacking out.
I suppose that would be fainting, wouldn't it?
I also stop eating for long periods of time when things are making me anxious.
And vomit.
But that is mentioned.
hey my name is dianne im 18 years old. i get this all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by justinhopkins
tingling can and most likely is from anxiety. try to relax i know its hard. i suffer from palpitations thorughout the day :( and have alot of sideeffects and have been thru hell and back..
I know you posted this along time ago,but i've had that many times! I was wondering have you ever had a eye problem or surgery,because i have had eye surgery and i always thought it was from that? :shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyB
I know you posted this along time ago,but i've had that many times! I was wondering have you ever had a eye problem or surgery,because i have had eye surgery and i always thought it was from that? :shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyB
My name is JON and i have that too,what ever you doDo Not drink beer or alch.It will only make it wore! trust me i know ;) :shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by scoobydoo1
Nice collection of this posts.!!!This is really good information...You have done a great job.Thanks for sharing that, it was wonderful of you.Thanks for the list.Good luck!
In July last year i had so anxiety about something after watching a documentary about it. Only got worse and couldn't sleep. Woke up with a light headache a 3-4 on 1-10 scale. But in start February this year i woke up with a sore throat , and it has been there ever seen. Its like chronic with "mud" in my throat and i go around spitting and clear my throat probably 500 times a day.. I think it came because i started having negative thoughts about myself because i bought 2 pair shoes in wrong size !! damn.
Have gone 5 times to acupuncture now, no big difference the acu man says that i should go 10 times, but i wonder if he only wants my money. I showed him a book with TFT / EFT and he just trowed it away. So i thinkg about testing out TFT, i got a bottle of the juice XANGO and when i drank that the throat was good. but now its back. Hope its just stress !
Hi guys,
After reading all your symptoms, I think I feel much better now. It's been a few days that I'm worried I have MS. I just had an MRI yesterday but the result is not out yet, so waiting for the result of the MRI and the outcome is driving me nuts.
A couple of months ago i was diagnosed with cervical reversed lordosis but all I was feeling was just neck pain and it just comes and goes when i'm all stressed out. So i decided to visit the doctor, then the doc started asking me few questions, like if i have tingling in my hands and shoulder and the answer was no, but then when i got home, i started feeling all those symptoms and much more and this tingling in my feet doesnt want to go away. it feels like it is buzzing. Also i have pulsing sound in my ear and sometimes it feels like it has pressure inside like when your are in an airplane. Also i have problem with my eyes coz it sometimes gets cloudy but goes away with a couple of blinks. Also got muscle spasms all over the body hence I'm scared it is MS. But when i read the symptoms posted here, I got a bit relaxed and i'm thinking it might not be MS after all and it's just my anxiety over my neck.
It's been couple of years that i'm going through anxiety. I have constant fear of dying and getting a fatal or incurable disease.
My dad is telling me, that I got this from him, coz he also is the same way. He also has neck pain and tingling in his hands a feet and pulse in his ears.
I really feel a bit better now that i know i'm not alone in this world who is in constant fear.
I really wish i had someone I can talk to about my fears who will understand, coz all the members of my family are getting tired of my anxiety attacks and they just don't understand what i'm going through.
Hi,
I also have most of the above symptoms, I find it especially hard to fall asleep as my body starts to feel heavy and I worry that if I start to drift off I will die. This feeling began when I was in hospital during my pregnancy. My Blood pressure was so high, especially at night and so I was scared to go to sleep in case I never woke up.
It was the awful pregnancy and having 2 miscarriages, all within 2 years that caused my anxiety problems.
My symptoms bother me most when I am in the supermarket, I hate the crowded space and the bright light and noise. I start to feel dizzy, then worry I will pass out so the dizziness gets worse, my head starts to hurt and I start to sweat and feel agitated. I also then really need to open my bowels and feel really uncomfortable. But the thing is I cannot use the public loo in the shop as I also have a touch of OCD! So i just suffer till I get home. I've even done my shopping online to aviod the supermarket but I know this isn't the answer. I also get shooting pains in my left fingers and an achy left arm sometimes.
Is there anybody else that has suffered a bad pregnancy and has led to anxiety or further problems. It would be nivce to know I am not abnormal or strange. :(
Hi In reply to a couple of posts, I also feel like my brain is shivering sometimes and then I get scared and other symptoms start to appear My anxiety is also worse in the evening and gets worse as the night progresses. I think this stems back to my pregnancy again and being in hospital and being scared to go to sleep.
I therefore don't sleep very well ( although having a baby that doesnt sleep well is not helping and he is 18 months old now) I wake up in the morning feeling as though I've hardly slept and feel all achy and stiff and still tired.
Hi,
Is there anybody that like me, experiences symptoms of anxiety such as dizziness when they don't actually feel anxious?
I can be out and am feeling quite normal and then all of a sudden start to feel weird without any warning. :(
Hello jitters and all members .. a big thanks to all . bez u people did a very good work .
I don't all those certain symptoms could be down to anxiety. So, I get a lots of informations through these post. Very informative or all of us who r new. Keep it up. and All the best.
Thanks.
Here are my physical symptoms:
Tiredness
Nausea
IBS
Chest tightness
Jaw clenching
Headaches
Blue balls
Muscle twitching
Eye twitching
Restless Leg Syndrome
Heart beating rapidly or palpitations
Excessive and frequent hunger
Derealisation
Intestinal hurry
Poor circulation/blood flow
Tired/itchy/red eyes
Extreme moods
Decreased sex drive
What I find interesting, though, is that I almost never have more than one symptom at any one time (besides eye twitching). I'll have headaches, I'll have nausea, I'll have chest tightness, but never at the same time. I find that very interesting, I wonder if it could give us a clue into the nature of this anxiety thing.
Hi BM,
what do you mean by blue balls?
lol, I knew I shouldn't have put that one there. Google it.
ive always had anxiety but never to this degree. i have these attacks when im perfectly calm. ive had mri's, blood work, heart monitors,ekg's and these list of symptoms describes almost everything i feel at one point or another.
my current symptoms:
Depersonlization/Derealization (IT'S SO GREAT AINT IT?)
muscle twitches
these symptoms are minor:
pins and needles feeling in legs
lump in throat
feel like I'm being chocked sometimes
numb feet after I'm really nervous
having trouble breathing
ummm that's about it.
LMAO @ Tinckerbell :lol:
Hey
first time poster,
I'm obsessed with the idea that I have a mental illness. It certainly doesnt help that my mom is bi polar but I constantly come up with symptoms that I can attribute to something that I have felt or done in the past. I'm just so hard on myself that I cant see through the end of it. I worry that it'll get so bad that I'll want to kill myself one day or that I'll go completely mad and end up in the psych ward or something. I wake up with a knot in my stomach, and just over analyze my thoughts all day.
However there are times that I can talk myself out of it and even feel better for a bit but then it comes back and the cycle starts all over again. I feel hopeless, like no one could possibly understand, rapid heart rate, hot sensation at the back of my head, sweating.
Anyone else experience anything like this?
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I have experienced them all, Still am. Some of the more severe i.e. fear of loosing control, fear of going crazy, ect I would defenetly call Anxiety...
But in my quest to recover, I'm looking at most in a different way, I don't like calling them anxiety symptoms any more. I could think of 60 percent of those symptoms as Stress stmptoms. 90 Percent of the population has them only 10 percent of us actually care about them.
I realize it's all a game of perspective at times, depends on the way you look at things that determines how much they bother you.
It's been a long road for me, as is for all of us. It's the most difficult thing I have had to get through.
Worst Anxiety Symptom that I have experienced, that I can't stand the most is:
Fear/worry, of violently hurting my kids. That has been the hardest one for me to get through. Most symptoms not effecting me much but this one derailing me for days, frequently. It's the worst..
Wait a minute, I better add this,
I love my Kids, I don't want to do anything to them. This feeling has made it hard to diciplne them.
Just needed to add that, left it a little open ended there. :)
just a quick question: can untreated anxiety actually lead to heart problems or even heart attacks ? because i have been dealing with anxiety for several years now untreated and everyday my heart seems to be racing for no reason. i constantly am taking my pulse and my heart is racing a mile a minute. ive actually had to cut out drinking coffee entirely and limit my intake of caffeine from soda due to worrying about it. also when i take a hot shower my heart rate also seems to go up
i guess it could be high blood pressure, or something else, but i also experience 60-70 percent of the other symptoms on that list and i know i have extreme anxiety / agorophobia
Hi, Here is my list
Tingling scalp
Hot flashes
cold flashes
burning cold/hot sensations in palm
burning cold/hot sensations under armpit area
pain in left ribs
pain in left chest
pain in right chest
pain in middle left chest
pain in nipple
pain in wrist
pain in fingers
pain in middle of arms down center
pain in front left neck
pain in left colar bone
pain behind left shoulder
light headedness
feeling of off balance
room turning sideways
stuttered vision
seeing things out of corner of eye
hearing a very quick sound which you could swear was a voice
sleepiness
drowsiness
heart beating heavy (please no Hypochondriac responses)
heart beating very heavy after eating (please no Hypochondriac responses)
almost irregular or irratic percieved beating (please no Hypochondriac responses)
heart beat seeming to go through all parts of the body including fingers
ear ringing
muscle twitches in legs.. mostly calves in all different areas.
muscle spasms in calf
bad thoughts popping into your mind (hospitals, sickness, etc)
different sexual arrousal thoughts than you are accustomed too
thinking the same thing over and over for the day
light headed after shower in morning
tingling in left most pinky finger thinking it is the way you are holding the keyboard etc
tingling in finger tips on left side almost under nails.
leg twitches so bad and so frequent it alsmost feels like there is electricity running though your legs
an increase in circulation getting cut off while sleeping
weak legs while walking
feeling of shortness of breath by chocking around the neck area (need for deep breaths)
feeling of shortness of breath around the chest area from tightness (need for deep breaths)
shaking in hands when holding a fork or something
mild dizziness after a ciggarette