numbness?

[sean17]

is numbness apart of my anxiety my arms feel really weird my hands feel like they are cramping up and ive been very twitchy lately like ive got Nervous ticks or something

thanks.

[Joe.]

I have that too. I sometimes think it's CTS but my doctor thinks it isn't. It's like I can't put my hands straight out, always curved. I've heard it's common when anxious.

[sean17]

its horrible i feel like a puppet ive just read CTS up and its sounds like what ive got but i dont know ,will the twitchiness ever go away?

[Joe.]

The main way you can distinguish between CTS and it being anxiety symptomatic is whether it is still numb when you are calm and happy. If it's constant, my doctor says, it's CTS. If it's not and follows a pattern of being linked to panic then it's anxiety.

[sean17]

The Numbness comes and goes but the twitchiness stays nearly all day it feels like a nerve is going wild getting fed up with it

[Joe.]

Might be anxiety? I'm no medical or mental expert though haha.
How's your day been?

[sean17]

Just Took a bath and a diazepam tablet seems to calmed it down my day has been fine hows yours been :)

[Joe.]

That's good. My days been ok overall. In the morning I had a panic attack, like normal, t=but as the day went on It got better.

[sean17]

my panic attacks went away for about 2 weeks then they started coming back dont make any sense lol what do you do when you get a panic attack to calm it down if you dont mind me asking.

[Joe.]

One of my friends told me a very useful piece of advice, she has panic attacks as well: Tell Yourself "I am now breathing manually", this psychologically makes you aware of your breathing and it returns your breathing to a good rhythm. It's best to say it before a panic attack gets out of hand though, just when you feel it coming it works very good for me.

When I get panic attacks they are normally at work or college so I can't just relax and go for a walk or lay down, so it's quite a problem for me.

[sean17]

Thanks for the advice ive had bad attacks all the week when i have a attack i usually try taking my mind off it but never really works Thanks again will give it ago

[sean17]

maybe i have a little bit of tourettes http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Tourette-syndrome/Pages/Symptoms.aspx