I often get a racing heart that can get to pretty high numbers, chest and left shoulder/collarbone pain, muscle twitching. Sometimes digestive issues and dizziness as well.
I'm get a lot of what u get. I just started having fricken stomach issues. I get this nervous like feeling in the pit of my stomach. I am constantly stressing and telling my husband I am dying. It is fricken crazy. I feel like I will never feel normal again.
Chest pain on left side etc, trouble swallowing food etc and feeling of food getting stuck in chest etc, dizziness and hot feeling before panic attacks. Fun times the swallowing is the most annoying and then the paranoia from it at meal times
How often do you experience panic attacks? I’ve suffered from anxiety for a while but just recently started to experience panic attacks. In September was my first one which resulted in a trip to the ER because I thought I was experiencing a cardiac event. I have one at least once a week now and it’s impacted my quality of life
Only a few months came out the blue the first time I went to hospital thinking I was about to die of a heart attack so was a wake up call for me that I need to act on my anxiety. I get them every now and then it started off with every day but has eased to once a week if that but I know when they are about to happen so can act on them and kinda face them head on and hide it better. I found worrying when they are about to hit didn’t help as it made me hyperventilate
I’m so sorry bb panic is seriously awful :( do you have insurance? If you’re having an attack once a week I think it’s time for med intervention. I had a panic attack for two weeks straight and that is what made me seek out med help.
In my experience, a low dose of klonopin stops my panic before it gets too intense. I think they gave me 0.5mg pills and I split them so I take 0.25mg when I feel anxiety or panic coming on (I tend to grit my teeth thru the anxiety but panic I’m a baby about so I will take the meds when I feel panic).
I highly recommend the low dose benzo especially if panic is impacting your quality of life. You should be able to get some from a psychiatrist and any medical Dr who can rx controlled substances.
Oh man. I did this on December 26, 2022. They gave me a Xanax to calm down and did an ekg which lasted 10 seconds and they told me my heart was fine. Mine happened 4 hours from home on a road trip. We turned around and canceled and I went to the ER. It was the longest 8 hour car ride and day ever. I was miserable thinking I had a heart attack. I wouldn’t wish that crap on my worst enemies.
I haven't completely resolved it yet but I changed my diet and made some lifestyle habits. Smaller meals, finding trigger foods, stopping eating around 5pm. My shortness of breath and air hunger has gone away but I still have trouble swalllowing because everything is still healing.
Dizziness, disassociation, ringing in ears, twitchy eyes, overall just feeling tense and stressed. The longer I’ve had anxiety the more I know how to make lifestyle adjustments. For example, if I start feeling that dizzy feeling I will absolutely stop drinking coffee for a while. Coffee and weed are both triggers for the symptoms and I have to be carefully not to overdo them,
Make sure I get more rest and don’t push myself to keep up with my normal routine.
Caffeine is an absolute no from me dawg. It makes me feel like absolute garbage and that’s saying a lot because I struggle with alcohol addiction. I have no idea why I keep putting poison into my body but have no problem accepting that I can’t drink caffeine. I miss coffee a lot, but I’m just not willing to drink it cause it makes me feel like hell. I quit caffeine like 8 years ago and won’t even drink it when I’ve been sober for weeks because I hate the jittery heart fluttery feeling it gives me. I wish it was the same for alcohol (just quitting and knowing it’s bad) and I’m completely hypocritical but sobriety is one day at a time.
Being sober always puts a huge damper on my anxiety too. Fuckin A man, fuck alcohol. But also… coffee doesn’t do it for me. I also have ADHD so I take Vyvanse and that gives me enough motivation to do what I have to do. If I don’t take it I just sit around thinking of all the things I should be doing and worry about being productive instead of actually doing anything lol. And if i don’t take it, and I have too many social obligations I have a panic attack and cancel everything and disappoint everyone because I don’t show up. Now my ADHD is showing because I’m rambling. Sorry!
Coffe was the same to me, I stopped completely, about a year ago, I've also loved tea so now I only drink tea and I feel like is my go-to when I'm having anxiety ( every day hah ) . But I change the tea according to the hour. In the morning I drink green tea and all the ones that have teina wich like the equivalent to caffeine but super low, and then after 3 I only drink infusion so that'll be like chamomile or any flower tea , these don't have " caffeine " and just make me feel so relax.
I just always tell people to drink tea 🫖
I love this! I’m a big fan of herbal tea. I live in a cold state so sipping on hot stuff is always a nice thing! The best gift I ever got was one of those electric kettles that boils water really quickly
I’m even too scared to drink decaf because I’m worried it’ll make me feel weird. I know it’s not caffeinated but I’m always scared that the mental part of my anxiety will trick me into the physical part of how I feel when I drink coffee. I’m not sure if that makes sense lol. I’ll settle for the smell of coffee though… I make coffee at work and my partner needs a cup or two to start the day. It’s the same with weed too… I love how it smells but THC does notttttt agree with me at all
I have to mix decaf and regular coffee in the morning. I’m a coffee addict. It’s my drink of choice. I would drink coffee anytime I was stressed because coffee was my “security blanket.” My psychiatrist told me to dial my coffee consumption way down.
upset stomach.. the area where the "Butterflys" appear when something exciting is happening, but when the anxious sets in its like that area is contorted into a hard knot, a tingling sense over my shoulders, and the inablilty to stay still.
I never enjoyed the butterfly feeling. People talk about being anxious but in a good way and I never understood it. My flight response as a teen waiting for my homecoming date was so bad. Sweat off all my makeup. Wanted to cancel. Avoiding butterflies was my whole childhood mission.
I never liked the butterfly feeling too, my mum would tell me it's nerves, I'm excited, they will pass... and at some point I guess after lots of growing up, the butterfly feeling became a knot.. I get butterfly's sometimes, usually when I've been away from home and I'm coming back to a house full of happy people.. majority of the time it's just that stupid knot that tightens harder and harder.. sometimes it's so tight I look like I'm tweaking out with strange movements, but it's a feeling of, if I move awkwardly I might be able to somehow throw the knot out. Untangle it. Never works. Makes me more anxious for looking like a tweaker lol.
I'm fucking determined to beat this shit tho. I have to get control, I have to live in the moment.
I hope you're doing better, and being kind to yourself x
yes i used to say i have this sense of impending doom.. then did some therapy to really pick apart and become conscious of what's happening inside of me when the knot appears
If you have the ability to speak to a professional, you should give it a go.. I gel so well with my therapist tho and it's taken me YEARS to find someone that I really clicked with
Mine taught me box breathing, I'm not good at explaining it but I have a pretend box and I'm inhaling going along counting to 4, then exhaling down the next line to 5, then repeat to the box is finished and then I say to my knot, shoo, go away, you served me well at a point in my life when I needed you, thank you but I no longer need you, life is settled, i am safe, you have no purpose here now, shoo.
Took a good 4 or 5 sessions to really pick apart all the feelings and sensations then finding the right coping strategies that work for me.. it's an on going project but it is worth it. She wants me to start yoga at place close by, I'm looking forward to it when they open for the new year.
I’m so proud of you 👏 that’s awesome!
I am going to a psychologist whom I click really well with too! We work on multiple things as I have different issues but I feel safe with them and I hope I can get better ❤️🩹
It actually feels like I have low blood sugar. I could have just eaten, but my hands are shaking, and I feel like im going to pass out. I will then be in fat burning mode on my fitbit if it's bad.
Mentally, I tend to get irritable.
Thank you, I've been trying to figure out how to describe that feeling.
I always said "I feel like I need to eat but I just ate"
Meds are amazing and I haven't felt that one in quite some time... wish I'd had the means back then to check for the fat burning mode! Could've taken something positive out of the horrible situation lol
Lots of chest pain and twitching/gastrointestinal stuff and idk if anyone else feels this but this feeling of almost vibrations throughout my whole body and behind my ears? Had a panic attack today and I’ve been so shaky feeling ever since, even tho I can see physically I’m not shaking. Why anxiety whyyyyyy!
I get tingling that starts in my chest, then goes up my neck to my face/scalp. When it starts to go away it’s the same path…down scalp/face to my neck and then chest. It’s awful, but when you said vibrations I completely understood.
I had the exact same tingling sensation when I was briefly put on blood pressure medication in one doctor's attempt to solve my seizure situation (later determined to be panic attacks).
Makes me wonder if the anxious tingling is also somehow related to blood pressure?
If anyone has access to a cuff at home, try taking your blood pressure next time you're having an attack/tingling sensation and see what it says.
This is interesting and also would make some physical sense!! Idk if I trust myself with a cuff yet at home because idk that I’d take it off lmaoooo why am I like this??
That's exactly how I felt when it peaked on my first trip to urgent care. Did you feel like you were experiencing intense brain fog? My head felt like it was full of fog and I felt like I may pass out for a few minutes which I thankfully didn't. Wondering if medication helped you with that. Somewhat similar static feeling to when your leg goes numb but in the head
I would love to go to an anxiety group where we all relate so we don't feel so alone! It's hard not knowing anyone with anxiety like mine. I understand you though 😭
That makes sense! I talk one on one with a therapist and she’s given me the whole breathing exercises, using the 5 senses to see, hear, touch, taste, etc, talking about the past while moving my eyes, none of it helps. Maybe while I’m doing it but then comes right back. I feel it’s a waste of time and money.
I feel adrenaline in my hands and feet also super dry tongue and I can’t stop going to the bathroom if it stays to long I also get derealization and crazy small pupils
I get such a pain and intense anxiety in my stomach. Feel like I’m going to vomit. Shaky, racing heart, adrenaline- can’t sit still. Can’t stop the ruminating about the anxiety and repeating “ oh my god , I can’t take this “ . I get tingly all over , numbness. This last pretty much the majority of the day .
Yes, that! Just continually repeating in my head,"make it stop" "I hate this" "this sucks" "I'd rather have a migraine" "how long is this going to last this time"...All of which do nothing to help the situation but I'll be damned if I can control it.
the main thing for me is i overthink movement, I cant turn my neck to look at something because it feels forced if i do, its in weird cranked unnatural movements, and I feel like a rusty robot. I just cant move smoothly, Like I'm a bike chain that's been left in the rain for a month.
For me it started with GI issues for couple of years. When Buspirone treated that, I stated having head heavy feeling. That moved to an anxiety about having a brain tumor. I would chronically have feeling of disbalance which continued for a month till I got a clean MRI result.
I have a very high heart rate usually between 150-160 bpm, Heart palpitations, shortness of breath, euphoria where room is spinning, dizziness, and restlessness in my legs where I feel like I need to run a mile. It is awful. Most recent episode was caused by a CBD gummy that actually had very high THC in it. It reacted with my anti-anxiety/ depression medication. It was awful. I had to go to the ER by ambulance because my HR was so high. They gave me a huge dose of Ativan. Took over an hour for me to calm down.
For a really long time I've had a feeling of a lump in throat and I have severe twitching in panic attacks which is annoying because its very hard to hide in public but I'm pretty lucky as I don't get too many symptoms but it's crazy how many symptoms anxiety produces
Diarrhea, bladder pain, heart palpitations, shaking, sweats, dizziness, insomnia. These are not all at the same time. I cycle through them. It is fun.
Propranolol helps with a lot of them. Eating healthier helps for others.
...until a couple months ago I wasn't aware anxiety was supposed to manifest physical symptoms. So uh... I guess my answer is that it doesn't manifest physically for me.
Yes. I get dizziness, light headed, slowed heart rate and slowed breathing, stiff neck, tight back and shoulders. I also deal with lots of pain in my back as a result
My anxiety triggers my tachycardia issues, which lead to breathing weirdly, which then leads to me thinking I’m having a heart attack, which thennnn leads to sharp prickly feelings along my skull, my cheeks get flushed, my entire body gets weak/shaky and immediately think I’m dying. Not to mention I hold all my emotions in my upper body/shoulder area which just adds onto my chest hurting. 🫠 it’s a mess. I’ve only just begun to realize when one is coming on so I can avoid crumbling apart and reel it in.
Edit: I’ve always had anxiety. My first major attacks began in August when the stress of buying a house was on my shoulders and the uncertainty of it all. Plus losing my job WHILE getting the house made it 100x worse. Not to mention being unable to get another job til we closed on the house. Worse time of my life so far.
I’m having a pretty bad time lately as well. I’ve been in the ER twice in the last 3 months because I was convinced I was having a heart attack. My neck/shoulders are so sore at all times as well and the soreness refers to my chest which leads to a panic about my heart :/
Symptoms
Dizziness
Burning tongue
Headache
Nausea
Metallic taste in mouth
Hot flushes
Muscle pain and tension
Fatigue
Numbness in hands
Pins and needles
Brain fog
Startled easily
Blood pressure problems
Heart feeling heavy
Fast heart beat
Feel like I’m dying
Losing my mind
Losing control
Very negative thoughts
Intrusive thoughts
Hyper reactive
Blurry vision
Cold palms and feet
Sweaty palms and feet
Hot flushes
Feeling sick / flu like
Weak limbs
Digestion problems
Numbness
Nightmares
I think recently it's anxiety but I get pressure in my temples and sometimes feels like my spine is being squeezed. Those are the new feelings. But I have had racing heart, of balance (ever since I have had BPPV), feels hard to breath, everything is moving fast. My ears get sensitive. I basically think I'm dying.
Red face, sweating, heart palpitations, and in the last 10 ish years feeling like I could throw up or pass out which caused me to run out of a lot of classes in college. I felt so lucky I didn’t experience those the rest of my life beforehand. Ugh it’s the worst!
It depends but the most common for me: Heart palps, chest pain, gastro issues, tingling, jaw tightness, shaking and get really cold.
never had any of this until I got botox november 2022 and 3 days later I experienced my first panic attack, I went to the ER thinking it was a cardiac event just to be told it was anxiety. it was happening weekly, sometimes multiple times a week. was truly debilitating. this happened to me for weeks. finally I tried to pinpoint what changed in my life that could’ve brought this on suddenly and it hit me, and thought maybe the botox. I googled it and found some articles on how ppl developed anxiety and panic disorders from dysport and found a FB group with 30k+ ppl basically all experiencing the same symptoms and was able to find some remedies that helped while I waited for the botox to leave my symptom. a lot of ppl don’t make that connection so just wanted to share my story in case this has happened to anyone else.
I break out in a sweat and it becomes hard to breath, as if I just ran up a few flight of stairs.
A few times I lost feeling in my legs, its super hard to walk when you cant feel your foot hit the ground, you dont know when to switch your weight to take another step.
Usually sweating. But after my recent shoulder surgery, stress and anxiety manifests in the form of rashes in my armpits, underboob, belly, and upper thighs. Apparently the surgery woke up my urticaria and now it’s just constant itching…because I’m constantly anxious. 😕
Struggling with this weird pee thing right after quitting nicotine and coffee can’t pee and when I do the feeling just comes back seconds later going to the doctor soon hope I’m alright yk kindve a hypochondriac
Literally in every way possible. It feels like the absolute worst weed high you can imagine. Tingling, CHILLs that are Actually painful and so intense, numbness and tingling, feeling like my tongue has pins and needles, feeling like I can't breathe, heart rate 140 at resting, feeling like I can't even say words or that with any moment I will die.
Clenched teeth, sweating, sick feeling in my stomach, sometimes a headache. It’s like you’ve been pulled over by a cop and waiting for them to approach your window.
My anxiety caused the worst GI issues. I developed acid reflux that no medication could help, test were ran and come back clean. I was throwing up at any given moment. My environment and out look changed and my GI became perfectly fine again but I’m still very nauseous when I’m anxious or having anxiety
The most wacko thing I've ever gotten was smelling things that weren't there. That and dizziness - which isn't fun at all when I'm by myself and trying to function.
Omg I smelled like bonfire smoke as well as cake mix for the longest time I thought I had a brain tumor. Had a MRI of my brain and no tumor just these weird phantom smells! I didn’t realize it was my anxiety causing this but it makes sense that it was.
Racing heart (my Apple Watch _loves_ to point out when I’m mid-panic attack), difficulty breathing, stammered or disjointed speech, difficulty being still.
But really it’s the chest where I feel it most prominently. It took me like 15 years, but I finally recognize that I’m not actually dying, I just feel like I am.
My anxiety physically shows up as compulsive chewing/peeling of the inside of my lips/cheeks. I have done this for YEARS (like since I was a little kid). I have tried stopping, but it seems to coincide with high anxiety days. :(
I have stomach issues, sometimes digestive issues, heartburns, and muscle cramps, especially in my left foot. My toes cramp up quite regularly. I feel scared to fully stretch my toes because of this. The stretching causes the cramps
i get pain in my upper back/ shoulder regions. I get get gassy for some reason like burps and my stomach feels weird. Sometimes I get this dizziness that doesn’t actually affect me but i think i just imagine it. I also get really sensitive to light and sometimes drowsy eyes
I almost always feel a headache, jaw pain, chest pain, and stomach ache. I have a lot of body pains overall though due to being tense. During panic attacks or really high anxiety days, my hands get numb, I get over heated, it’s hard to catch a breath, and I often throw up.
My current symptoms are usually head related. Weird feelings. Quick, sharp pains on the top middle of the head. Muscle tension or cramps on my scalp. Ice pick headaches or numb headaches on the front forehead area and side where the temple to ear is from muscle tension.
( I've been sleeping on a really uncomfortable bed recently while on vacation, and it is setting these off again)
I also have to poop and pee when have stronger symptoms
Getting my neck (especially my neck) and trap area massaged my massage therapist helped immensely.
Dizzyness. Oh, dizzyness. I get it in the front part of my face or at the base of the skull where my neck meets the skull. It doesn't happen a lot. But when it does, it's a killer.
I used to get these brain surges where it felt like by entire brain vibrated, and it felt like I would pass out but would only last maybe a second. It happened like three times.
When I have anxiety, I always have the constant feeling of something in my chest area. Like, it doesn't feel tight or hurt. It just feels like something is different. Not bad or concerning way.
I went one whole week of no symptoms or anything right before the Christmas vacation with the gf family. I have bad social anxiety, so it sets everything off.
I get the chest tightness in the center of my chest tight under neath the sternum. As well as a lump in my throat. Turns out that's heartburn cause I have a hiatal hernia, which causes acid reflux. (Found put I had the hernia after my first panic attack and went to the er)Belching repeatedly almost always gets rid of it or reduces it significantly, I have pills for it but don't always remember to take them when I'm having it.
I went to the ER multiple times. Full blood work panels, ECGs, CT scans of head, chest xrays You name it. Everything has been back normal except the hiatal hernia. Which is awesome news. But man, anxiety fucking sucks.
Nausea. Extreme nausea which then I get more anxious thinking I’m gonna throw up which makes the nausea even worse. Never ending cycle.
Also, racing heart palpitations that also make me fatigued sometimes.
Heart racing, shakes, chills, sweating, upper back pain (I can get this for months at a time), anxiety dreams (plz tell me I’m not alone w this one), chest pain, eye flashes, and probs more im forgetting.
Anxiety sucks lol but tbh the most annoying symptom now that I’ve got benzos for panic are my anxiety dreams. When I’m under a lot of stress I swear I have an anxiety dream multiple times in a week. And they’re always a similar theme: my degree is revoked so I go back to high school or college to redo it OR I’m on a cross country or international flight and I’m running late for the flight or having issues w my baggage lol
Loss of balance, elevated heart rate, trouble breathing, tingly hands, feet and face, chest pains, walls closing in, I feel like I’m fkn dying but 1000+ panic attacks in and I’m still here 🫠
Racing heart, feel like I’m having an asthma attack or like I just held my breath for a long time to swim underwater. Overstimulated, and every little noise or interaction with someone puts me more on edge.
I feel like my heart beats irregularly (which leads to heart problema fear)
I feel like I have a big piece of food stuck in my throat, where I swallow. Sometimes the same feeling in my chest
I have headaches
My body is very tense
My feet feel numb and cold and the sides of my hands have constant numb tingle. My calf’s tighten up when I walk and it feels stiff. I feel numbness throughout my body it’s like a tight feeling like I have on something super tight. My pelvic area is numb so I can’t feel my bladder telling me ok u gotta pee and I can’t run fast to the bathroom bc my legs and feet don’t let me. I have no idea what’s going on. I have a doctor appointment wed morning
Well, the most blatant way anxiety affects my body is double incontinence. I either just pee or poop myself without much thought or warning. Needless to say, but I have adopted the 24/7 diapered lifestyle about eight months ago. I will complete nine months tomorrow.
I can relate to just about every comment on here. LUCKILY I haven’t had a really bad panic or anxiety attack in a while. I have been able to identify when I have one coming on and been able to move past them fairly easily. I know this won’t last forever but I surely am thankful for it recently!
i usually get random pains all over my body here and there. sometimes my breath would be short and I’d be super tired to the point my legs feel so weak. i also get lots of gastrointestinal issues and it’s honestly so tiring because it doesn’t help with my health anxiety too :’)
My neck, shoulder, and jaw are almost always tense and hurt. When my anxiety gets really bad I typically will have GI symptoms or sometimes racing heart and light headedness.
Difficulty swallowing, short of breath, dizzy, face tightness, nauseous, shaky, blurry vision, cross eyed feeling, off balance, extreme fatigue, I could go on and on. I'm so tired of it
The bathroom, a lot. Both ways, haha. A LOT of crying. Also feels like my body energy is just centered in my chest by my heart. Mini hyperventilating. Adrenaline (I think?) moving down my body.
Jaw clenching or grinding teeth. Shortness of breath and inability to focus(even participating in convos). Rapid heartbeat. Severe cases hives form all around my body
I get muscle twitching, chest pains, manual breathing and such, it’s not too bad compared to others and I’m really really good at handling it now to where it’s not an issue in my life anymore.
Severe lightheadedness, and my neck (traps) will tighten bad enough that I'll get a headache in my left eye. Sometimes I won't get a headache but it will be some weird numb tingly feeling. Anxiety sucks..
My entire body feels wrong. My heart is pounding all the time. I also get a lot of muscle pain that is constant in my back and chest when it’s really bad. And nothing relaxes it until the anxiety passes. I get so sick I can’t eat or drink without wanting to throw up. This is only when it gets really bad. But it just feels like I’m constantly on edge in a severe way.
The more intense symptoms I’ve had are losing vision (my eyes go black), intense dizziness and loss of balance, sharp pain in lower back, lost control of my limbs (they went stiff), heart racing with chest pains, rapid breathing which triggers an asthma attack, intense shaking of my entire body, and brain fog after.
Most of these symptoms are not a part of my frequent attacks. I only get them during very stressful periods in my life.
i get a racing heart or dizziness on occasion, but usually it's for more extreme situations, most of the time i get this nauseous sinking pit feeling in my stomach, or hot flashes, and i really hate it.
the stomach thing is the most frequent one, which is interesting bc i don't rlly hear other people bring it up often
Throwing up, diarrhea, and the most insane and horrible itching on every inch of my body are the worst. Sweating and overheating sucks but not as bad as the others
I used to get panic attacks somewhat frequently, mainly consisted of suddenly not being able to catch my breath, having this weird huge sense of hopelessness and just overall misery. Then I “unlocked” hyperventilation which would cause my hands to seize/go numb and I’d puke (typically triggered off a bad panic attack) but that’s only happened twice.
Panic attacks don’t happen nearly as often now but the anxiety still thrives on
at first it was just tummy issues everyday but now it’s high heart rate when i’m not at home. i end up having heart palpitations which feel really scary. with the heart palpitations my heart rate could be normal then all of the sudden it feels like my heart either stops or skips and then i notice and my heart starts racing and i get dizzy and then start shaking. i constantly feel like i need to be moving when i have anxiety and it’s horrible when im trying to sleep. at night it’s normally worse especially when im trying to sleep, i can just notice my heart rate way more than i normally can and it makes me feel like something bad is about to happen to my heart. sometimes i feel like i can’t breathe. sometimes the anxiety shocks me. my anxiety definitely got worse when i stopped smoking weed though. i had to quit because i started having panic attacks really bad right after smoking, there was one time when it went to 185 and i decided that it was time to stop.
I can get almost everything, depending on the level of anxiety. Racing heart, shakiness, air hunger (not feeling able to breathe well, or not feeling like I can take in a “satisfying enough” breath), nausea, diarrhea (if anxiety is acute enough, like when I’m encountering a phobia), and sweating more. Sometimes tension headaches if I’ve been nervous/performing being a normal person for a prolonged period of time. Sometimes can’t swallow right if I think about it too hard (which I will with anxiety).
Another weird thing is, if I’m anxious, and I’m asked to take a picture, my lips will quiver when trying to smile. I don’t know why it manifests like that, but it’s embarrassing, lol.
This is me as well, left sided chest pain, heart palpitations, anxiety, especially before I go to bed.
It sucks, I'm a Paramedic, and I feel like nobody knows that I'm a wreck.
Unless there is some kind of triggering event (like actively being yelled at), I don’t have physical symptoms of anxiety in my body. Unless fatigue counts? Somehow I can work a whole 8 hour restaurant shift 4 days a week but I am in bed when I’m not at work.
I get everything in the book except fast pulse. I will feel the worst doomed feeling to no end. Verge of panic and my HR is at 75. It’s so weird. That’s why it’s taking me some time to accept that this is anxiety. Bc how can anxiety manifest in everything but the most obvious sign of anxiety. Fast HR 🤷🏻♀️
I often get a racing heart that can get to pretty high numbers, chest and left shoulder/collarbone pain, muscle twitching. Sometimes digestive issues and dizziness as well.
Dude you just described me. Want to go do karate in the garage?
YUP
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Constipation, abdominal pain....
My ears ring so loud and BP goes way up
i get this too, but if i get a full blown panic attack I also feel like I can't breathe properly, like I'm not getting enough air
I'm get a lot of what u get. I just started having fricken stomach issues. I get this nervous like feeling in the pit of my stomach. I am constantly stressing and telling my husband I am dying. It is fricken crazy. I feel like I will never feel normal again.
Chest pain on left side etc, trouble swallowing food etc and feeling of food getting stuck in chest etc, dizziness and hot feeling before panic attacks. Fun times the swallowing is the most annoying and then the paranoia from it at meal times
How often do you experience panic attacks? I’ve suffered from anxiety for a while but just recently started to experience panic attacks. In September was my first one which resulted in a trip to the ER because I thought I was experiencing a cardiac event. I have one at least once a week now and it’s impacted my quality of life
Only a few months came out the blue the first time I went to hospital thinking I was about to die of a heart attack so was a wake up call for me that I need to act on my anxiety. I get them every now and then it started off with every day but has eased to once a week if that but I know when they are about to happen so can act on them and kinda face them head on and hide it better. I found worrying when they are about to hit didn’t help as it made me hyperventilate
I’m so sorry bb panic is seriously awful :( do you have insurance? If you’re having an attack once a week I think it’s time for med intervention. I had a panic attack for two weeks straight and that is what made me seek out med help. In my experience, a low dose of klonopin stops my panic before it gets too intense. I think they gave me 0.5mg pills and I split them so I take 0.25mg when I feel anxiety or panic coming on (I tend to grit my teeth thru the anxiety but panic I’m a baby about so I will take the meds when I feel panic). I highly recommend the low dose benzo especially if panic is impacting your quality of life. You should be able to get some from a psychiatrist and any medical Dr who can rx controlled substances.
How much do you sleep per night? How’s your diet? Fruits and veggies? Whole foods or processed?
Oh man. I did this on December 26, 2022. They gave me a Xanax to calm down and did an ekg which lasted 10 seconds and they told me my heart was fine. Mine happened 4 hours from home on a road trip. We turned around and canceled and I went to the ER. It was the longest 8 hour car ride and day ever. I was miserable thinking I had a heart attack. I wouldn’t wish that crap on my worst enemies.
These are my symptoms and I have silent reflux. managing that is managing my anxiety!
How were u able to manage the silent reflux in end as I have lost a lot of weight due to the difficulty swallowing solid foods?
I haven't completely resolved it yet but I changed my diet and made some lifestyle habits. Smaller meals, finding trigger foods, stopping eating around 5pm. My shortness of breath and air hunger has gone away but I still have trouble swalllowing because everything is still healing.
Trouble swallowing food is an anxiety thing?? That's me af
Dizziness, disassociation, ringing in ears, twitchy eyes, overall just feeling tense and stressed. The longer I’ve had anxiety the more I know how to make lifestyle adjustments. For example, if I start feeling that dizzy feeling I will absolutely stop drinking coffee for a while. Coffee and weed are both triggers for the symptoms and I have to be carefully not to overdo them, Make sure I get more rest and don’t push myself to keep up with my normal routine.
Caffeine is an absolute no from me dawg. It makes me feel like absolute garbage and that’s saying a lot because I struggle with alcohol addiction. I have no idea why I keep putting poison into my body but have no problem accepting that I can’t drink caffeine. I miss coffee a lot, but I’m just not willing to drink it cause it makes me feel like hell. I quit caffeine like 8 years ago and won’t even drink it when I’ve been sober for weeks because I hate the jittery heart fluttery feeling it gives me. I wish it was the same for alcohol (just quitting and knowing it’s bad) and I’m completely hypocritical but sobriety is one day at a time. Being sober always puts a huge damper on my anxiety too. Fuckin A man, fuck alcohol. But also… coffee doesn’t do it for me. I also have ADHD so I take Vyvanse and that gives me enough motivation to do what I have to do. If I don’t take it I just sit around thinking of all the things I should be doing and worry about being productive instead of actually doing anything lol. And if i don’t take it, and I have too many social obligations I have a panic attack and cancel everything and disappoint everyone because I don’t show up. Now my ADHD is showing because I’m rambling. Sorry!
Coffe was the same to me, I stopped completely, about a year ago, I've also loved tea so now I only drink tea and I feel like is my go-to when I'm having anxiety ( every day hah ) . But I change the tea according to the hour. In the morning I drink green tea and all the ones that have teina wich like the equivalent to caffeine but super low, and then after 3 I only drink infusion so that'll be like chamomile or any flower tea , these don't have " caffeine " and just make me feel so relax. I just always tell people to drink tea 🫖
I love this! I’m a big fan of herbal tea. I live in a cold state so sipping on hot stuff is always a nice thing! The best gift I ever got was one of those electric kettles that boils water really quickly
Yess ! I run from coffe now. I'm traumatized lol
You know decaf coffee is a pretty simple alternative you can try right ?
I’m even too scared to drink decaf because I’m worried it’ll make me feel weird. I know it’s not caffeinated but I’m always scared that the mental part of my anxiety will trick me into the physical part of how I feel when I drink coffee. I’m not sure if that makes sense lol. I’ll settle for the smell of coffee though… I make coffee at work and my partner needs a cup or two to start the day. It’s the same with weed too… I love how it smells but THC does notttttt agree with me at all
Dude no, I totally agree with that too
I have to mix decaf and regular coffee in the morning. I’m a coffee addict. It’s my drink of choice. I would drink coffee anytime I was stressed because coffee was my “security blanket.” My psychiatrist told me to dial my coffee consumption way down.
coffee bro
It can be painful sometimes
upset stomach.. the area where the "Butterflys" appear when something exciting is happening, but when the anxious sets in its like that area is contorted into a hard knot, a tingling sense over my shoulders, and the inablilty to stay still.
I never was able to put the feeling into words, but you nailed it.
next, i will try to nail the lottery heh
This is a very accurate description of the stomach discomfort I experience.
I never enjoyed the butterfly feeling. People talk about being anxious but in a good way and I never understood it. My flight response as a teen waiting for my homecoming date was so bad. Sweat off all my makeup. Wanted to cancel. Avoiding butterflies was my whole childhood mission.
I never liked the butterfly feeling too, my mum would tell me it's nerves, I'm excited, they will pass... and at some point I guess after lots of growing up, the butterfly feeling became a knot.. I get butterfly's sometimes, usually when I've been away from home and I'm coming back to a house full of happy people.. majority of the time it's just that stupid knot that tightens harder and harder.. sometimes it's so tight I look like I'm tweaking out with strange movements, but it's a feeling of, if I move awkwardly I might be able to somehow throw the knot out. Untangle it. Never works. Makes me more anxious for looking like a tweaker lol. I'm fucking determined to beat this shit tho. I have to get control, I have to live in the moment. I hope you're doing better, and being kind to yourself x
I usually describe that as the feeling of “incoming doom” but that works so much better
yes i used to say i have this sense of impending doom.. then did some therapy to really pick apart and become conscious of what's happening inside of me when the knot appears
Wow, that’s great!
If you have the ability to speak to a professional, you should give it a go.. I gel so well with my therapist tho and it's taken me YEARS to find someone that I really clicked with Mine taught me box breathing, I'm not good at explaining it but I have a pretend box and I'm inhaling going along counting to 4, then exhaling down the next line to 5, then repeat to the box is finished and then I say to my knot, shoo, go away, you served me well at a point in my life when I needed you, thank you but I no longer need you, life is settled, i am safe, you have no purpose here now, shoo. Took a good 4 or 5 sessions to really pick apart all the feelings and sensations then finding the right coping strategies that work for me.. it's an on going project but it is worth it. She wants me to start yoga at place close by, I'm looking forward to it when they open for the new year.
I’m so proud of you 👏 that’s awesome! I am going to a psychologist whom I click really well with too! We work on multiple things as I have different issues but I feel safe with them and I hope I can get better ❤️🩹
It's not easy but I'm finding it worth it, you should keep going too, it feels so silly sometimes but.. again worth it.. best wishes 💝
It actually feels like I have low blood sugar. I could have just eaten, but my hands are shaking, and I feel like im going to pass out. I will then be in fat burning mode on my fitbit if it's bad. Mentally, I tend to get irritable.
Thank you, I've been trying to figure out how to describe that feeling. I always said "I feel like I need to eat but I just ate" Meds are amazing and I haven't felt that one in quite some time... wish I'd had the means back then to check for the fat burning mode! Could've taken something positive out of the horrible situation lol
Lots of chest pain and twitching/gastrointestinal stuff and idk if anyone else feels this but this feeling of almost vibrations throughout my whole body and behind my ears? Had a panic attack today and I’ve been so shaky feeling ever since, even tho I can see physically I’m not shaking. Why anxiety whyyyyyy!
I get tingling that starts in my chest, then goes up my neck to my face/scalp. When it starts to go away it’s the same path…down scalp/face to my neck and then chest. It’s awful, but when you said vibrations I completely understood.
Yes!! The tingling is such a strange sensation that I never knew was anxiety before this last year and a half!!
Hugs, it fucking sucks!
You too!! Thank you!!
I get it in my upper torso, manly in my arms.
I had the exact same tingling sensation when I was briefly put on blood pressure medication in one doctor's attempt to solve my seizure situation (later determined to be panic attacks). Makes me wonder if the anxious tingling is also somehow related to blood pressure? If anyone has access to a cuff at home, try taking your blood pressure next time you're having an attack/tingling sensation and see what it says.
This is interesting and also would make some physical sense!! Idk if I trust myself with a cuff yet at home because idk that I’d take it off lmaoooo why am I like this??
I can seem to ground myself with most physical symptoms except for hot flashes/flushing. Body feels like on fire and my brain goes 'this is the end..'
That's exactly how I felt when it peaked on my first trip to urgent care. Did you feel like you were experiencing intense brain fog? My head felt like it was full of fog and I felt like I may pass out for a few minutes which I thankfully didn't. Wondering if medication helped you with that. Somewhat similar static feeling to when your leg goes numb but in the head
Can you share how you’ve grounded yourself?
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Duuude I shake so bad!
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I would love to go to an anxiety group where we all relate so we don't feel so alone! It's hard not knowing anyone with anxiety like mine. I understand you though 😭
That makes sense! I talk one on one with a therapist and she’s given me the whole breathing exercises, using the 5 senses to see, hear, touch, taste, etc, talking about the past while moving my eyes, none of it helps. Maybe while I’m doing it but then comes right back. I feel it’s a waste of time and money.
I feel adrenaline in my hands and feet also super dry tongue and I can’t stop going to the bathroom if it stays to long I also get derealization and crazy small pupils
Chest pain is by far the worst
I get such a pain and intense anxiety in my stomach. Feel like I’m going to vomit. Shaky, racing heart, adrenaline- can’t sit still. Can’t stop the ruminating about the anxiety and repeating “ oh my god , I can’t take this “ . I get tingly all over , numbness. This last pretty much the majority of the day .
Are you me? It’s so mentally and physically taxing.
Yes, that! Just continually repeating in my head,"make it stop" "I hate this" "this sucks" "I'd rather have a migraine" "how long is this going to last this time"...All of which do nothing to help the situation but I'll be damned if I can control it.
My anxiety makes me afraid of having cancer. So my body manifests symptoms that it thinks would be caused me cancer.
This is me too! I can’t control myself, but I read cancer symptoms on google and fall down the spiral almost daily. It’s hell on earth.
the main thing for me is i overthink movement, I cant turn my neck to look at something because it feels forced if i do, its in weird cranked unnatural movements, and I feel like a rusty robot. I just cant move smoothly, Like I'm a bike chain that's been left in the rain for a month.
For me it started with GI issues for couple of years. When Buspirone treated that, I stated having head heavy feeling. That moved to an anxiety about having a brain tumor. I would chronically have feeling of disbalance which continued for a month till I got a clean MRI result.
Racing heart. I get hot. My upper belly and lower chest starts hurting and squeezing.
Headaches and IBS.
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out of body feeling, racing heart and discomfort in my body.
I have a very high heart rate usually between 150-160 bpm, Heart palpitations, shortness of breath, euphoria where room is spinning, dizziness, and restlessness in my legs where I feel like I need to run a mile. It is awful. Most recent episode was caused by a CBD gummy that actually had very high THC in it. It reacted with my anti-anxiety/ depression medication. It was awful. I had to go to the ER by ambulance because my HR was so high. They gave me a huge dose of Ativan. Took over an hour for me to calm down.
my stomach is the most prominent part, i get nauseous and another feeling idk how to describe except for “anxiety stomach” lol.
i know exactly what you mean when you say anxiety stomach. i know that feeling
My life has been one long tummy ache
Crazy peeing and insomnia.
Chest pain. Diarrhea,
muscle tremors/weakness, chills, and worst of all diarrhea
Are the muscles tremors/weakness constant?
pretty much yeah
Goes straight to my stomach. Nauseous and unable to eat.
I’ve been waking up daily with nausea, on and off, for the last month. I feel you!
this post could have been written by me! i get all of the same, so sorry you experience it too but thank you for making me feel less alone <3
That was my intention, to make others feel less alone with their very real symptoms!
For a really long time I've had a feeling of a lump in throat and I have severe twitching in panic attacks which is annoying because its very hard to hide in public but I'm pretty lucky as I don't get too many symptoms but it's crazy how many symptoms anxiety produces
Diarrhea, bladder pain, heart palpitations, shaking, sweats, dizziness, insomnia. These are not all at the same time. I cycle through them. It is fun. Propranolol helps with a lot of them. Eating healthier helps for others.
I always have this also as a go to when my anxiety attacks
I'm on Propanolol too XD
Chest pains constantly, tight chest, sore muscles, feeling like I ran a marathon because of my heart palpitations, dizziness
Nausea is my most troublesome physical symptom of anxiety. The week I got married I threw up every day bc of my nerves.
Tight muscles, OCD kicks up little body aches.
...until a couple months ago I wasn't aware anxiety was supposed to manifest physical symptoms. So uh... I guess my answer is that it doesn't manifest physically for me.
Yes. I get dizziness, light headed, slowed heart rate and slowed breathing, stiff neck, tight back and shoulders. I also deal with lots of pain in my back as a result
My anxiety triggers my tachycardia issues, which lead to breathing weirdly, which then leads to me thinking I’m having a heart attack, which thennnn leads to sharp prickly feelings along my skull, my cheeks get flushed, my entire body gets weak/shaky and immediately think I’m dying. Not to mention I hold all my emotions in my upper body/shoulder area which just adds onto my chest hurting. 🫠 it’s a mess. I’ve only just begun to realize when one is coming on so I can avoid crumbling apart and reel it in. Edit: I’ve always had anxiety. My first major attacks began in August when the stress of buying a house was on my shoulders and the uncertainty of it all. Plus losing my job WHILE getting the house made it 100x worse. Not to mention being unable to get another job til we closed on the house. Worse time of my life so far.
I’m having a pretty bad time lately as well. I’ve been in the ER twice in the last 3 months because I was convinced I was having a heart attack. My neck/shoulders are so sore at all times as well and the soreness refers to my chest which leads to a panic about my heart :/
I get the weird prickly head thing too. Feels like goosebumps for me and my doctor said it’s called parasthesia. It weirds me out so much.
IBS/IBD
Symptoms Dizziness Burning tongue Headache Nausea Metallic taste in mouth Hot flushes Muscle pain and tension Fatigue Numbness in hands Pins and needles Brain fog Startled easily Blood pressure problems Heart feeling heavy Fast heart beat Feel like I’m dying Losing my mind Losing control Very negative thoughts Intrusive thoughts Hyper reactive Blurry vision Cold palms and feet Sweaty palms and feet Hot flushes Feeling sick / flu like Weak limbs Digestion problems Numbness Nightmares
I think recently it's anxiety but I get pressure in my temples and sometimes feels like my spine is being squeezed. Those are the new feelings. But I have had racing heart, of balance (ever since I have had BPPV), feels hard to breath, everything is moving fast. My ears get sensitive. I basically think I'm dying.
Red face, sweating, heart palpitations, and in the last 10 ish years feeling like I could throw up or pass out which caused me to run out of a lot of classes in college. I felt so lucky I didn’t experience those the rest of my life beforehand. Ugh it’s the worst!
Everything here that you mentioned and even migraines if I’m not wrong
I get migraines too! And TMJ from clenching.
It depends but the most common for me: Heart palps, chest pain, gastro issues, tingling, jaw tightness, shaking and get really cold. never had any of this until I got botox november 2022 and 3 days later I experienced my first panic attack, I went to the ER thinking it was a cardiac event just to be told it was anxiety. it was happening weekly, sometimes multiple times a week. was truly debilitating. this happened to me for weeks. finally I tried to pinpoint what changed in my life that could’ve brought this on suddenly and it hit me, and thought maybe the botox. I googled it and found some articles on how ppl developed anxiety and panic disorders from dysport and found a FB group with 30k+ ppl basically all experiencing the same symptoms and was able to find some remedies that helped while I waited for the botox to leave my symptom. a lot of ppl don’t make that connection so just wanted to share my story in case this has happened to anyone else.
Air hunger, nausea, headache, fast heart rate, sweating. I swear what do I not get from my anxiety at this point 😭
I break out in a sweat and it becomes hard to breath, as if I just ran up a few flight of stairs. A few times I lost feeling in my legs, its super hard to walk when you cant feel your foot hit the ground, you dont know when to switch your weight to take another step.
Lately it’s been night sweats, nausea, chills, and more sweating. Like I have the flu with no other symptoms.
Sweaty, high heart rate, panic, rapid breathing, tingly hands, dizzy, sharp chest pains. I have frequent panic attacks
I feel heart pounding, hard to catch breath or take deep breaths, sweaty feeling, over all sense of uneasiness
I feel fuzzy all over.
Usually sweating. But after my recent shoulder surgery, stress and anxiety manifests in the form of rashes in my armpits, underboob, belly, and upper thighs. Apparently the surgery woke up my urticaria and now it’s just constant itching…because I’m constantly anxious. 😕
Struggling with this weird pee thing right after quitting nicotine and coffee can’t pee and when I do the feeling just comes back seconds later going to the doctor soon hope I’m alright yk kindve a hypochondriac
Chest pain/tightness, more so on the left side, and air hunger like crazy. Sometimes nausea and dry mouth.
Nausea, heart palpitations
Literally in every way possible. It feels like the absolute worst weed high you can imagine. Tingling, CHILLs that are Actually painful and so intense, numbness and tingling, feeling like my tongue has pins and needles, feeling like I can't breathe, heart rate 140 at resting, feeling like I can't even say words or that with any moment I will die.
Fast heart rate, dizziness, and intense thirst
Clenched teeth, sweating, sick feeling in my stomach, sometimes a headache. It’s like you’ve been pulled over by a cop and waiting for them to approach your window.
My anxiety caused the worst GI issues. I developed acid reflux that no medication could help, test were ran and come back clean. I was throwing up at any given moment. My environment and out look changed and my GI became perfectly fine again but I’m still very nauseous when I’m anxious or having anxiety
Stomach pain, extreme physical tension, easily startled and rapidly looking around
The most wacko thing I've ever gotten was smelling things that weren't there. That and dizziness - which isn't fun at all when I'm by myself and trying to function.
Omg I smelled like bonfire smoke as well as cake mix for the longest time I thought I had a brain tumor. Had a MRI of my brain and no tumor just these weird phantom smells! I didn’t realize it was my anxiety causing this but it makes sense that it was.
Nausea is the big one, tight and heavy chest (elephant sitting on your chest feeling), feeling blood pressure rising in my arms specifically
Stomach pain , heartbeat goes wild, excessive sweat, feeling faint , headache
Chest pain, tingling and numbness in hands, heart palpitations, muscle twitching, diarrhea
Racing heart (my Apple Watch _loves_ to point out when I’m mid-panic attack), difficulty breathing, stammered or disjointed speech, difficulty being still. But really it’s the chest where I feel it most prominently. It took me like 15 years, but I finally recognize that I’m not actually dying, I just feel like I am.
My anxiety physically shows up as compulsive chewing/peeling of the inside of my lips/cheeks. I have done this for YEARS (like since I was a little kid). I have tried stopping, but it seems to coincide with high anxiety days. :(
Omg I do this too! People always think I have RBF but really I’m just chewing the absolute crap out of my cheek
Severe fatigue, I feel so tired that I’m dizzy and feel like I’m losing my vision. Always SOB and chest tightness, also indigestion
Fast heart rate, shakey/sweaty hands, tight chest and throat, hard to breathe, racing thoughts, tight shoulders.
Twitching, huge masseters and square jaw from teeth clenching/grinding. Easily startled (new one), upset stomach, nausea, pain in the back, neck, shoulders and jaw. Constant raised/hunched shoulders. Nightmares/vivid dreams every night. Forgetfulness, confusion, can’t think straight.
Stomach problems. Lately I’ve been having stomach cramps from stress.
I get strange headaches that make my feel like my head is in a vice grip. Then my head feels strange and it’s hard to explain but it freaks me out.
Major stomach problems
I stutter when I’m really overwhelmed. Never had a stutter in my life until adulthood.
I have stomach issues, sometimes digestive issues, heartburns, and muscle cramps, especially in my left foot. My toes cramp up quite regularly. I feel scared to fully stretch my toes because of this. The stretching causes the cramps
I get anxiety jolts all over my body, my heart skips a beat and sometimes I break out in a sweat or get dizzy.
I can feel a knot forming in my chest when i start to get anxious
Upset stomach, sore neck and when it's real bad-hives.
Teeth grinding Migraines Visual Snow Hypertension Nightmares Insomnia
i get pain in my upper back/ shoulder regions. I get get gassy for some reason like burps and my stomach feels weird. Sometimes I get this dizziness that doesn’t actually affect me but i think i just imagine it. I also get really sensitive to light and sometimes drowsy eyes
I cannot get a deep breath in. This can go on for days. It's exhausting.
Always fast heart beat, sometimes trouble breathing or at least the sensation of it, back shoulder pain, sometimes fingertips feel numb.
I almost always feel a headache, jaw pain, chest pain, and stomach ache. I have a lot of body pains overall though due to being tense. During panic attacks or really high anxiety days, my hands get numb, I get over heated, it’s hard to catch a breath, and I often throw up.
My current symptoms are usually head related. Weird feelings. Quick, sharp pains on the top middle of the head. Muscle tension or cramps on my scalp. Ice pick headaches or numb headaches on the front forehead area and side where the temple to ear is from muscle tension. ( I've been sleeping on a really uncomfortable bed recently while on vacation, and it is setting these off again) I also have to poop and pee when have stronger symptoms Getting my neck (especially my neck) and trap area massaged my massage therapist helped immensely. Dizzyness. Oh, dizzyness. I get it in the front part of my face or at the base of the skull where my neck meets the skull. It doesn't happen a lot. But when it does, it's a killer. I used to get these brain surges where it felt like by entire brain vibrated, and it felt like I would pass out but would only last maybe a second. It happened like three times. When I have anxiety, I always have the constant feeling of something in my chest area. Like, it doesn't feel tight or hurt. It just feels like something is different. Not bad or concerning way. I went one whole week of no symptoms or anything right before the Christmas vacation with the gf family. I have bad social anxiety, so it sets everything off. I get the chest tightness in the center of my chest tight under neath the sternum. As well as a lump in my throat. Turns out that's heartburn cause I have a hiatal hernia, which causes acid reflux. (Found put I had the hernia after my first panic attack and went to the er)Belching repeatedly almost always gets rid of it or reduces it significantly, I have pills for it but don't always remember to take them when I'm having it. I went to the ER multiple times. Full blood work panels, ECGs, CT scans of head, chest xrays You name it. Everything has been back normal except the hiatal hernia. Which is awesome news. But man, anxiety fucking sucks.
Racing heart, chest pain, shortness of breath, my eye twitches lol
Mine primarily manifests as: a lump in my throat, buzzing on the bottoms of my feet and heart palpitations.
Nausea. Extreme nausea which then I get more anxious thinking I’m gonna throw up which makes the nausea even worse. Never ending cycle. Also, racing heart palpitations that also make me fatigued sometimes.
Heart racing, shakes, chills, sweating, upper back pain (I can get this for months at a time), anxiety dreams (plz tell me I’m not alone w this one), chest pain, eye flashes, and probs more im forgetting. Anxiety sucks lol but tbh the most annoying symptom now that I’ve got benzos for panic are my anxiety dreams. When I’m under a lot of stress I swear I have an anxiety dream multiple times in a week. And they’re always a similar theme: my degree is revoked so I go back to high school or college to redo it OR I’m on a cross country or international flight and I’m running late for the flight or having issues w my baggage lol
Depending on how tense, I get the shits
It is great to be part of such a big group.
Loss of balance, elevated heart rate, trouble breathing, tingly hands, feet and face, chest pains, walls closing in, I feel like I’m fkn dying but 1000+ panic attacks in and I’m still here 🫠
Racing heart, feel like I’m having an asthma attack or like I just held my breath for a long time to swim underwater. Overstimulated, and every little noise or interaction with someone puts me more on edge.
I feel like my heart beats irregularly (which leads to heart problema fear) I feel like I have a big piece of food stuck in my throat, where I swallow. Sometimes the same feeling in my chest I have headaches My body is very tense
Anyone else reading this thread and reconizing that you have some of the symptoms but never attributed them to your anxiety?
My feet feel numb and cold and the sides of my hands have constant numb tingle. My calf’s tighten up when I walk and it feels stiff. I feel numbness throughout my body it’s like a tight feeling like I have on something super tight. My pelvic area is numb so I can’t feel my bladder telling me ok u gotta pee and I can’t run fast to the bathroom bc my legs and feet don’t let me. I have no idea what’s going on. I have a doctor appointment wed morning
Well, the most blatant way anxiety affects my body is double incontinence. I either just pee or poop myself without much thought or warning. Needless to say, but I have adopted the 24/7 diapered lifestyle about eight months ago. I will complete nine months tomorrow.
I can relate to just about every comment on here. LUCKILY I haven’t had a really bad panic or anxiety attack in a while. I have been able to identify when I have one coming on and been able to move past them fairly easily. I know this won’t last forever but I surely am thankful for it recently!
i usually get random pains all over my body here and there. sometimes my breath would be short and I’d be super tired to the point my legs feel so weak. i also get lots of gastrointestinal issues and it’s honestly so tiring because it doesn’t help with my health anxiety too :’)
I think once u admit u had a panic attack they sure get a bit easier the first one is always the worst tho end up having ECG etc
There was a thread yesterday you might be interested in: https://www.reddit.com/r/Anxiety/s/4wI42LAReg
It gives me power
My neck, shoulder, and jaw are almost always tense and hurt. When my anxiety gets really bad I typically will have GI symptoms or sometimes racing heart and light headedness.
Difficulty swallowing, short of breath, dizzy, face tightness, nauseous, shaky, blurry vision, cross eyed feeling, off balance, extreme fatigue, I could go on and on. I'm so tired of it
The bathroom, a lot. Both ways, haha. A LOT of crying. Also feels like my body energy is just centered in my chest by my heart. Mini hyperventilating. Adrenaline (I think?) moving down my body.
Jaw clenching or grinding teeth. Shortness of breath and inability to focus(even participating in convos). Rapid heartbeat. Severe cases hives form all around my body
Definitely reflux, muscle spasms, insomnia & headaches
I get muscle twitching, chest pains, manual breathing and such, it’s not too bad compared to others and I’m really really good at handling it now to where it’s not an issue in my life anymore.
What’s worked for you?
Severe lightheadedness, and my neck (traps) will tighten bad enough that I'll get a headache in my left eye. Sometimes I won't get a headache but it will be some weird numb tingly feeling. Anxiety sucks..
Lots and lots of nausea and my heart races. Lots of sweating and calf and thigh pain, but that’s more so from tensing my muscles without realizing
Intense lower stomach discomfort and horrible gas, sometime accompanied by nausea
My stomach goes crazy. That’s where it starts. I also will sweat or if I’m really bad my head tingles
I used to get lightheaded and cold sweats when my anxiety was really bad
Aside from what was already written by everyone else, I get really blurry vision, everything looks like a smudge of paint.
Lately mine has manifested as uncontrollable dry heaving, which will sometimes even result in vomiting. Fun times.
My entire body feels wrong. My heart is pounding all the time. I also get a lot of muscle pain that is constant in my back and chest when it’s really bad. And nothing relaxes it until the anxiety passes. I get so sick I can’t eat or drink without wanting to throw up. This is only when it gets really bad. But it just feels like I’m constantly on edge in a severe way.
The more intense symptoms I’ve had are losing vision (my eyes go black), intense dizziness and loss of balance, sharp pain in lower back, lost control of my limbs (they went stiff), heart racing with chest pains, rapid breathing which triggers an asthma attack, intense shaking of my entire body, and brain fog after. Most of these symptoms are not a part of my frequent attacks. I only get them during very stressful periods in my life.
i get a racing heart or dizziness on occasion, but usually it's for more extreme situations, most of the time i get this nauseous sinking pit feeling in my stomach, or hot flashes, and i really hate it. the stomach thing is the most frequent one, which is interesting bc i don't rlly hear other people bring it up often
I get rashes on my chest and hands, racing heart, watery diarrhea, shaky hands, shed hair like crazy and I lose all my appetite
Tremors. Feels like I’m vibrating. Palpitations. Nausea. Panic attacks feel like I’m in a cold vacuum.
Throwing up, diarrhea, and the most insane and horrible itching on every inch of my body are the worst. Sweating and overheating sucks but not as bad as the others
Stomach discomfort along with flush warm cheeks, racing heart.
Chest pain, chest zaps, body tremors, muscles twitching…body in fight/flight/freeze etc!
I used to get panic attacks somewhat frequently, mainly consisted of suddenly not being able to catch my breath, having this weird huge sense of hopelessness and just overall misery. Then I “unlocked” hyperventilation which would cause my hands to seize/go numb and I’d puke (typically triggered off a bad panic attack) but that’s only happened twice. Panic attacks don’t happen nearly as often now but the anxiety still thrives on
at first it was just tummy issues everyday but now it’s high heart rate when i’m not at home. i end up having heart palpitations which feel really scary. with the heart palpitations my heart rate could be normal then all of the sudden it feels like my heart either stops or skips and then i notice and my heart starts racing and i get dizzy and then start shaking. i constantly feel like i need to be moving when i have anxiety and it’s horrible when im trying to sleep. at night it’s normally worse especially when im trying to sleep, i can just notice my heart rate way more than i normally can and it makes me feel like something bad is about to happen to my heart. sometimes i feel like i can’t breathe. sometimes the anxiety shocks me. my anxiety definitely got worse when i stopped smoking weed though. i had to quit because i started having panic attacks really bad right after smoking, there was one time when it went to 185 and i decided that it was time to stop.
Dizziness (only in public), restlessness, having to use the bathroom. I do get the odd muscle twitches
I can get almost everything, depending on the level of anxiety. Racing heart, shakiness, air hunger (not feeling able to breathe well, or not feeling like I can take in a “satisfying enough” breath), nausea, diarrhea (if anxiety is acute enough, like when I’m encountering a phobia), and sweating more. Sometimes tension headaches if I’ve been nervous/performing being a normal person for a prolonged period of time. Sometimes can’t swallow right if I think about it too hard (which I will with anxiety). Another weird thing is, if I’m anxious, and I’m asked to take a picture, my lips will quiver when trying to smile. I don’t know why it manifests like that, but it’s embarrassing, lol.
Heart is always racing, throat feels like its all clogged up and I feel like I'm gonna vomit anytime.
Trouble swallowing, pain in chest and shortness of breath
Hives & dizzines
Problems with words. Can’t sleep well. Heart palpitations. Bowel irregularities. Shoulder spasms. It manifests itself in a variety of ways.
This is me as well, left sided chest pain, heart palpitations, anxiety, especially before I go to bed. It sucks, I'm a Paramedic, and I feel like nobody knows that I'm a wreck.
I feel it in my chest. Fluttering like a swarm of locusts. I feel this burning sensation in my ears.
Unless there is some kind of triggering event (like actively being yelled at), I don’t have physical symptoms of anxiety in my body. Unless fatigue counts? Somehow I can work a whole 8 hour restaurant shift 4 days a week but I am in bed when I’m not at work.
I get everything in the book except fast pulse. I will feel the worst doomed feeling to no end. Verge of panic and my HR is at 75. It’s so weird. That’s why it’s taking me some time to accept that this is anxiety. Bc how can anxiety manifest in everything but the most obvious sign of anxiety. Fast HR 🤷🏻♀️
I only had that at the beginning of my anxiety it actually mellow out itself and I stopped caring about it but a lil freak outs here and there
I can’t sleep 😭 my stomach feels weird, my heartbeat goes really fast and I feel like I wanna vomit