Anxiety, MS or something else!!!!

Mental health
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I have had this symptom for a while it started few months ago and has now came back.

I do have anxiety and panic attacks

My life is a battle. I just get by and try to go on best I can day by day. I feel weak almost like I could fall over my legs feel like jello , LIke they don't want to move or they are going to stop working.

So far I have had blood work done CBC and some other blood work to check for what might be causing the weakness all came back good. A 48 hour heart montor and ehco all good I am 26 and I am so scared I have MS or something else wrong . I am so scared I am just going to fall and never get up again, never walk again. Anymore I can't tell what is anxiety and what is real!!! Can anyone help me???

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I have exactly the same thing. After 14 months of anxiety hell, the leg weakness/general weakness coupled with total exhaustion and inability to function have set in. 

After speaking with my doc who also suffered with anxiety for several years, he said that this is a result of too much tension in the muscles. He recommends epsom salt baths, taking a probiotic, taking a good multi vitamin along with vitamin c and b vitmains and fish oil.

He said a daily, brisk walk for at least 15 minutes will help convince your brain that you are OK and can release tension,

He also said crying releases cortisol in you muscles, so maybe we need to watch a really sad movie, LOL

It's is so exhausting and sad and frustrating to have this. It's one thing after another, right?

I felt OK for a bit today, got up and really got moving with chores and felt good...and then the panic and weakness set in and back to bed I go.

Diiferentiating between anxiety and what is real is hard, But remember, anxiety is a b*****d and tries every trick in the book to keep our attention.  It's a battle that I about gave up on. But, I am not going to give up and am starting the walking, vitamins, and daily meditation to battle it. Also, I am working on all the negative health and personl attack chatter I have in my head.

Best of luck to you. Stay strong.

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My long comment is being moderated. Basically I said that I too have overall weakness and leg weakness. I am told it's from too much tension and cortisol. I've been told to walk daily to convince myself that I'm OK and to take a good set of vitamins and minerals along with lots of water and a good diet. This anxiety thing is tough. If it's not one thing it's another, right? So exhausting that I am having trouble moving from a horizontal position. Stay strong. 

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I know that I've been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and also depression. And I will say that some days my legs are very weak feeling. I've had blood work and CT scans and x-rays and everything is good. I've also had echocardiograms done on my heart. I think that with anxiety definitely comes weakness feeling. And if you have health anxiety like me you're liable to put things in your head that are more sinister.

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Thanks for your comment

Yes mine is health anxiety. I always believe I have something wrong with me and the leg weakness has me completely convinced I have MS or something.

I use to be to full of life and outgoing now I hardly leave the house. I have been suffering with the anxiety for a year now I'm just so worn 😔

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Thank you for the comment I'm going to get sone vitamins and start trying to walk.

Seems like just walking to my car takes so much out of me. I just need to convince myself that I'm fine. I think by now if something was actually wrong with me another then anxiety it would be worse by now or something

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This is my constant fear. My legs feel weak and I am always in my head about falling or slipping into paralysis.

My vision gets messed up and this always makes me feel overwhelmed. What is good to remember about MS is that the falling/leg weakness manifests itself much later in the disease. Also, if you don't have it in your family the statistic of you developing this is very very slim. Have you been visiting a therapist and not a psychiatrist? Important to remember that anxiety is a forgiving mental "illness" and you need someone that recognizes the severity of yours.