Woke up shaking which is becoming the norm now, gradually felt a bit better and thought today was going to be a good day my pains aren't that bad and I feel pretty normal, for the last hour though I feel like I'm really trembling in my chest and head.. and I feel like my heart is racing for no reason. Nervous about nothing or that I'm going to drop dead any minute.. last night while falling asleep I literally felt like my head was vibrating when will this stop can't cope with it anymore would give anything to feel normal again :-(
I do think what you're describing needs medical attention to rule out anything if not anxiety-related. If you shake or tremble for no reason, there's something not right with your body. Anxiety or not, that needs to be dealt with professionally.
I hope you feel better!
I wake up shaking most morning and do tense that my neck and shoulders are really painful, mine is due to high anxiety x
I get it aswell it's horrible I try and keep busy to keep my mind off it and before I know it goes but when you observe it it makes you worse hope you get better soon x
I have real bad anxiety and I too wake up shaking. As if I'm nervous something will happen. I understand truly how you feel. Things will get better for us.
I have the exact same thing, Im 54 and felt that I had never suffered from anxiety but for about 6 weeks I had all sorts of awful physical symptoms, unbalanced feeling like walking on a boat, wobbl weak legs,, no appetite, extreme fatigue, that awful shaking tremoring feeling inside like I was about to be pushed off a cliff, stomach pains and bowel issues you name it, I basically couldnt go out the door for a month. Lots of tests all came back normal and was told it was most likely all anxiety related, which I struggled to beleive it but after reading up on it I found an anxiety site that listed all of my symptoms and I think once I acepted it as anxiety most of the symptoms dissapeared. However the only symptom now that remains 2 months on is what you describe, it wakes me up several times in the early hours, the awful tremoring feeling in my head and the noise like a generator running, its def not as bad as it was 2 months ago but still there, I know how you feel, I really think it is most likely all due to anxiety even though you dont feel like you are over anxious if you know what I mean, hope you start to feel better soon.
Hi Chelsey,
So sorry that you are going though this. Hoping you are seeing a doctor.
I cant find a med that I can take for depression but Anxiety meds help great. I refuse to take them daily as I never wanted to get hooked on them, so I still have plenty of attacks but within a half hour of taking them you feel so much better. Also make sure you do not have migraines, They cause alot of neurological disorders. I have Migraine with Aura. I can completely avoid the headache if I get a few ib in me in time, but have a slew of other symtoms that scared me much thoughout life. Diagnosed with M.S., Migraine, Anxiety, depression AND those last 2 are because of all the symtoms of the firt 2 that went undiagnosed for decades.
You look young if your the age in that picture, Id hate to see you go through much of your life feeling like your crazy or going to drop dead. Going to a string of doctors that look at you like your making stuff up. it is not an easy life for people suffering an illness that others can not see or a blood test does not prove. It can get rough but there are breaks inbetween, there are meds which can lessen the intensity. Try not to lose sight of that. I am not a doctor but if it is anxiety maybe taking a low does med before bed will help you wake up feeling better. Dont give up and just keep plowing through doctors til you find one that will help you.
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Hi lee i know what you are going through i felt like I was walking on a trampoline i have the same Sensation in my head. Sometimes i have a feeling like the walls and floors are moving up and down and being pulled too the left i feel like I am swaying if i stand on the spot. I had all the test done my ear and eyes MRI scan all come back clear. I was told it was anxiety i did not believe them. I'm getting better. I hope this as help you and i hope you get better soon
Thanks for the reply, I've had numerous blood tests, ecg's and I'm booked for a chest X-ray next week but the doctors said this is to help me recover this anxiety and put my mind at ease. But like you say it still requires medical attention I feel like I've just got to put up with it
It's awful isn't it. I'm always so stiff in the mornings it eases as the day goes on but come night time it's back again x
I really hope so! X
That's the hard part, accepting its anxiety related. It's so hard to believe though as it's all so physical, and I can't pin point what I'm anxious about other than I think something else is wrong with me, even when I don't think about it though it's there, I can pretty much deal with the pains, tiredness, appetite changes it's just the trembling feeling I hate it, and the generator feeling I get that too
What you are saying I really could have written myself, I felt exactly the same, when it all started I didnt think I was worried or anxious about anything, it started with the unbalanced feeling and I made the mistake of googleing it, never again, I then did start to worry that it might be something sinister and it was all down hill from there, like you the awful tremors would not go away even when I thought I wasnt anxious, shaking away but then when I held my hand up it wasnt shaking, so hard to explain to family members how lousy and weak it makes you feel, so bizzare especially when I have never had anything like it before and have had stressfull times in my life when I would have thought if anxiety was to strike it would have been back then. I hope you come right soon, just try and go with it and not let it freak you out.
That's exactly right! You can't physically see the shaking but you know it's happening and it comes from within. It's hard for anyone to understand that doesn't go through it themselves so thank you it does reassure me knowing you've started to come out at the other end x
Hiya, what meds are you taking if you don't mind me asking? I'm on 20mg citalopram but I don't think it's doing well with me, it's helped the way I think with certain things but the health anxiety is still there and I wonder if the effects of the meds I'm on is making it worse? Last night I halved my tablet and I wasn't as shaky, it was still there but not as bad. Doctor also thinks I have costochondritis which is inflammation of the rib cartilage, probably caused by all of the panic attacks I had previously. I was on neproxin for the pain and it helped loads but caused gastritis and stomach lining irritation, so no liner taking that, can't seem to win!!
You're right about he doctors, they seem to think it's just all in my head apart from one doctor that wants to help me get to the bottom of the pains I'm having, he thinks it could be related to fibromyalgia, which I would rather not have but at least it's an answer. How long have you been battling anxiety?
mine just started out of the blue inDecember, Id never had anything like it before and Im 54 and wasnt going through any extra stress at the time . It was a very sudden onset and I was basically on the couch for about 5 weeks, extreme fatigue and all the other symptoms I mentioned before, after numerous blood tests etc that all came back normal, the doctor tried me on Nortriptyline , it def made my symptoms worse I was feeling extremly nervous and shaky and really out of it and it was only a low dose. I stopped taking it and tried a low dose of diazepam which was much better and seemed to help, I weaned myself off it a few weeks later when I was feeling much better.
Hi Lee, I found your post very interesting. Similarly out of know where about 6 months ago I started to have these attacks where my BP would shoot up to 200/100 with heart rate of 140 +. First time I was simply driving home from work and drove myself to emergency. I was prescribed BP meds but continued to have these random attacks. After numerous tests that all came back normal doctor chalked it up to panic attacks. First perscribing Valium and finnaly Citra. I still don't get it. Prior to this I rarely had an anxious moment and no depression at all. I question if I need to be on Citrbut don't know what else to do and the BP & HR issues were scary and unpredictable. So Confusing!