Hello, I am so glad that I came across this forum. I've been suffering terribly for a week now. It started on Wednesday 8th July with a tingling in my left foot, hand and cheek. I Also felt tired and I could feel my mood changing. By the weekend I had the tingling in both sides of my body. Saw the Gp Monday and he wasnt very concerned. He ordered blood tests and said it was probably anxiety. Monday night I didnt sleep not even for a minute. spent the next few days in bed exhausted and hardly eating. Got blood results Thursday they were all good except a slight rise in thyroid indicating a viral infection. Dr told me on the phone he thought it was either viral or anxiety and would be gone in 2 weeks. By the next day I felt worse and now also had these random burning feelings in my skin simular to sunburn. On the friday I was up all night again and ended up phoning 111 as I was so worried. They asked me to come down to out of hours GP where I was checked over thoroughly and told to go to A&E to be seen by the medical team. The doctors in A&E were great did all sorts of strength and reflex tests on me which were fine, bloods again and ecg all normal. Sent me home with propranolol and referred me to a neurology clinic. But I'm still so scared. I can barely eat, I feel exhausted and the prickly hot skin feeling is still coming and going. How can anxiety cause all of this? Has anyone experienced anything simular? Im so worried. I have two young children and keep worrying about dying and having to leave the motherless. Thank you if you took the time to read and I'd love to hear your own experiences with health anxiety. Amy.
anxiety can cause a number of different physical symptoms, and i find the more I think about the symptoms the worse they get, and if o have anxiety about a certain illness I get my body makes me get the 'symptoms ’ of that illness .
I have have a pricking burning feeling before as well as stabbing feeling (usually in my leg) which comes and goes. I find my anxiety will also give me a symptom , it will stay for a few weeks then it moves onto another symptom
I found coming of the mini pill really helped (although my anxiety is still here it’s not as bad)
I hope you can get then help you need , anxiety really is an awful thing to deal with day in and day out
Thank you for replying. The worst thing for me at the moment besides the symptoms is finding it difficult to eat. I just dont fancy eating and having a hard time swallowing solid foods. Been living off milkshakes, yoghurts and fruit for a week now. I feel so alone.
Amy I know how it feels to be alone in the way we feel. I’m sorry you have to go through this. I want to let you know that I had similar symptoms to yours and it started when I was in my 20s. And that was before people were using the Internet so you can just imagine how alone I felt! I thought for sure I had some horrible disease.
i I am now in my 50s and I can tell you that all of the symptoms I had, including the ones you have, or all due to long-term anxiety and stress. Anxiety can cause hundreds of different symptoms including the burning feeling you get. Think of what in your life is causing you anxiety or stress. It could be something from a long time ago or something recent. remember that all your testing was normal. So that really leaves anxiety as the culprit. you can get some peace of mind from the neurology clinic.
so yes, anxiety can cause your symptoms. With anxiety, it’s not the symptoms that are the problem because they are harmless. The problem is unmanaged anxiety that is causing the symptoms.
there are some great stations on YouTube for anxiety. I listen every night when laying down to sleep. Sometimes even during the day.
See if you can talk with a counselor on a regular basis. That helped me a lot. Remember, you need to take care of yourself and that includes eating and getting plenty of fluids so that you can be healthy for your children! 
Thank you for your kind reply. Im sorry that you have suffered with anxiety too. How did you get your symptoms to resolve? Did you just wake up one day and they weren’t there anymore? I cant sleep again tonight its driving me mad!