gracejack
03-04-2013, 07:37 PM
Hi!
Just a little background...I have dealt with anxiety since I was a child and I am now a 36 yr old mom with two children. About 10 years ago I started having panic attacks, that would last for hours. I felt like i could not take a deep breath and just felt like I was going crazy and at times would be shaky. It was more of an out of this world feeling. Many times this would happen at restaurants and I would also feel like I could not swallow my food and my mouth would feel like it does after you have been in the cold for too long..rubbery. I went went on Zoloft one an off for a few years and It did work well for me. I have not been on it for about four years and I am trying to avoid having to take it bc of a few side effects. I started therapy last week.
OK....there have been many stressful event in my life as of late and I am not sure if my symptoms are physical or anxiety driven and I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this. Some of my mouth symptoms are communing back where my jaw and tongue just feel tired and when nervous I feel like my "S" doesn't come out right. This feeling does disappear after a bit and I feel normal again. Well, as normal as I get :). Then a few weeks ago I was walking into a store and one of my feet felt weird. Not weird actually or not numb, just almost like I was aware of it and my focus was on walking. After a few hours I realized that I had been sitting with my leg crossed for about an hour prior to this. However, that feeling already took hold and I began to fixate on this. Usually when distracted I do not notice but when I really think about walking it is like i have to think more about that foot than the other and even notices once or twice that my hand/arm on that side felt the same way. When I had my first therapy appt last week, I was SO anxious that for a moment I wasn't sure I was going to be able to move that leg or arm. I was able to but for a moment I was gripped with the fear it wouldn't work when I tried to move it. That went away after I calmed down but then again today I got very anxious and the feeling came back. then both my legs became wobbly and nervous feeling. I was again ok after a bit and I calmed down. I am freaking out this isn't anxiety but ms/als. Why isn't that feeling in both feet/legs. It seems to come back as I start to panic.
A year and half ago I went for an MRI for a hot feeling on the side of my face and it came back ok and then I went to a neuro for about five visits and he felt it was related to my very tight shoulder and neck muscles and getting nervous. That seemed to go away. I do have semi hyper reflexes he said, but I have had the since I was a child. I really hate to go back bc I am scared and going thru those tests did a number on me. So i want to wait for a few more days to see if this subsides and to see more of a pattern. I will certainly go it this continues but I was wondering if anyone has any insight? Thanks!
Just a little background...I have dealt with anxiety since I was a child and I am now a 36 yr old mom with two children. About 10 years ago I started having panic attacks, that would last for hours. I felt like i could not take a deep breath and just felt like I was going crazy and at times would be shaky. It was more of an out of this world feeling. Many times this would happen at restaurants and I would also feel like I could not swallow my food and my mouth would feel like it does after you have been in the cold for too long..rubbery. I went went on Zoloft one an off for a few years and It did work well for me. I have not been on it for about four years and I am trying to avoid having to take it bc of a few side effects. I started therapy last week.
OK....there have been many stressful event in my life as of late and I am not sure if my symptoms are physical or anxiety driven and I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this. Some of my mouth symptoms are communing back where my jaw and tongue just feel tired and when nervous I feel like my "S" doesn't come out right. This feeling does disappear after a bit and I feel normal again. Well, as normal as I get :). Then a few weeks ago I was walking into a store and one of my feet felt weird. Not weird actually or not numb, just almost like I was aware of it and my focus was on walking. After a few hours I realized that I had been sitting with my leg crossed for about an hour prior to this. However, that feeling already took hold and I began to fixate on this. Usually when distracted I do not notice but when I really think about walking it is like i have to think more about that foot than the other and even notices once or twice that my hand/arm on that side felt the same way. When I had my first therapy appt last week, I was SO anxious that for a moment I wasn't sure I was going to be able to move that leg or arm. I was able to but for a moment I was gripped with the fear it wouldn't work when I tried to move it. That went away after I calmed down but then again today I got very anxious and the feeling came back. then both my legs became wobbly and nervous feeling. I was again ok after a bit and I calmed down. I am freaking out this isn't anxiety but ms/als. Why isn't that feeling in both feet/legs. It seems to come back as I start to panic.
A year and half ago I went for an MRI for a hot feeling on the side of my face and it came back ok and then I went to a neuro for about five visits and he felt it was related to my very tight shoulder and neck muscles and getting nervous. That seemed to go away. I do have semi hyper reflexes he said, but I have had the since I was a child. I really hate to go back bc I am scared and going thru those tests did a number on me. So i want to wait for a few more days to see if this subsides and to see more of a pattern. I will certainly go it this continues but I was wondering if anyone has any insight? Thanks!