I'll start this off by saying i'm a 21 year old female with no other health concerns.
about a year ago, i got this very strange pins and needles sensation throughout my body and noticed that my hands would shake when holding things. Because i've always been concerned with health, i went to google to find out why that could be. it was a huge mistake that left me thinking i had parkinsons (even though my hands would only occasionally twitch when at rest). i couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong, but i was away at school and it was hard to get a doctors appointment. However, a week later, the pins and needles disappeared, and though the hand shaking when holding something stayed, it became less noticeable and i chalked that up to essential tremor, something that I had read about once. I didn't really have any more problems until recently. Two months ago, the pins and needles sensation came back, along with heart palpations, and every once in a while, my fingers on one hand would twitch repeatedly, but i found that once i relaxed and stopped freaking out, it would kind of fade away. I didn't really know what was happening, and of course, thought the worse (i went back and forth between parkinsons, ms, als). I would wake up at night with a racing heart and my entire body just felt very run down and I barely wanted to leave my house. A few of my friends told me that it was just anxiety, something I hadn't really considered, but I couldn't shake the feeling that something was seriously wrong with me and I was terrified to find out. But eventually, the symptoms faded away again, but that lasted about a month. Now, my finger twitching is bad, and my arms have also began to twitch occasionally, as well as a few other muscles on my body. My arms feel extremely heavy and my fingers feel stiff, but I can't tell if that's just all in my head. I keep telling myself it's anxiety, but I can't let go that something might really be wrong. My doctor can't see me until after christmas, so I guess i'll know for sure then. I just needed some kind of peace of mind for the next few days.
Sorry to hear the way you are feeling.
I feel pretty similar. About 3 months ago I went to the doctor and ended up going to a neurologist due to massive headaches and neck tension. I did a scan of my neck and brain. It came out as a disc herniation. But it is not compressing the nerve yet. So the doctor told me it was anxiety. After that the headaches got much better.
Before that I had panic attacks, I felt super heat waves all over my body plus, palpitations, tingling sensation on my fingers and arm. It was scary. I even ended up twice to the hospital thinking was having a heart attach or an AVC.
I am an athlete, so any new feeling/sensation on my body triggers my anxiety.
Right now I am freaking out thinking I might have something as about 2 months ago I started having muscle twitching on my left biceps and triceps. Then I have small cramps on my chest and abs and back. So I will go to the doctor again. To see if it is in my head or not.
Every time I go to the doctor and do an exam the results comes good and I stop to worry.
So I also decided to go for a therapist to help me work my mind. And I've started doing meditation and it is helping a little bit.
I would suggest to try meditating.
Tcole
I would advise you discuss these problems with your GP. The reason I suggest is this is every now and then and it disappears after a short period of time. At the moment you need answers to put your fears to rest and move on. If the problem is Anxiety fair enough you can approach this problem and move on. You need to stop worrying and await your GP suggestions, Your GP may arrange tests, if they find no problems that is great accept those and move on.
Your Anxiety will be confirmed and you will know what you are fighting
BOB
0744416826 i allso get that feeling and i allso stressed about health give me a sms if u would like to talk
I get random shaky hands and heaviness in my arm. I especially get twitchy when im hungry I would get twitching on the side of my head/ neck psychiatrist said it was stress related. Im between drs. and wont see my new gp till after Christmas either. My anxiety has been soo bad this week I've had to take an ativan every day this week which i usually only do it 1x a week.