Hello my name is Kelsey I am new to this forum I have been struggling with health anxiety for about two years now it all started after I had my son three years ago I had postpartum depression which led into generalized anxiety and now my therapist has diagnosed me with health anxiety. Anyway to make matter short this is the worst thing there is to have it has ruined my life basically I don't enjoy things because I'm so scared of the fear of dying! My question is does anyone experience sore muscles in your arms legs neck pretty much all over your body with health anxiety! I get a host of other symptoms that I worry about I go through periods of worry I'll go for months and I'll be OK and then they'll be days where I feel like I'm not gonna make it! how do you rationalize the fear between normal anxiety pain's and deadly diseases?
Hi Kersey, severe anxiety can cause a lot of physical symptoms which can affect the heart your breathing and your digestive system.
I have Neurasthesia caused by anxiety, which feels like having ME, chronic fatigue and muscle pain etc.
Your doctor may dismiss a serious physical problem because he may think it is caused by anxiety.
So always get things investigated to put your mind at rest.
I also have health anxiety, a fear of dying especially of cancer, but no other anxiety as such and yes I get all the muscles aches you speak of too especially first thing in the morning, its so hard to think that having a worry about something can cause all the physical symptoms, but appantly it does.
I've struggled for 3 years about with health anxiety and it is a total nightmare! I constantly wake up with the fear of dying and I constantly have physical symptoms which lead to more anxiety which is a vicious cycle! I am 23 years old and have a 3 year old son btw!
Hi! I know exactly what your going through. I have extreme health anxiety, it hasnt been too bad for the last year but now its creeping up again. Today i actually went to a massage therapist bc my arm pain was so bad. What other symptoms do you have? I have had it all from hot and cold sensations burning sensations numb and tingly sensations, feeling weak like im going to collapse, feeling faint, panic attacks the list goes on.
Hi! I also have a 3 year old. And been suffering for severe health anxiety mostly fearing of having some sort of cancer. Ive had probably lots of symptoma now, mild night sweats sometimes, dizzines, intermittent slight focal pains in the bones, mostly limbs, knees sometimes feel weak, tinglin in hands and feets that come and go away for no reason...
ive had blood tests the past two months and the doctors insist theres just no evidence to keep going on with tests... but anxiety of course tends to win and ive been experiencing almost any other emotional symptom you describe, mostly the impossibility to enjoy the day-to-day good stuffs with the love ones... somehow a paradox but its the way it feels and gets. Best.
Im so sorry to hear that, especially when you are so young, I was pretty ok no worries until I was 40 and lost my mum to cancer and my dad a year later and then we had our 5th child when I was 41, I think with me its been a combination of mum and dads illnes, having a child later in life and getting into the age group now, Im 54 where more and more people I know are getting cancer, I know its silly and such a waste of enjoying life worrying about something before it happens but so hard to fight the constant worry. I wish I could offer some positive advice, Im sure others on here will come up with things that have worked for them, at your age the chance of dying is so small just try to remember that, I know its not as easy as that when your mind takes over.
It can be hard to tell. Somyou check it outif it still there in a couole of months,and sever anxiety can cause stuff too. I am trying so hard to stop clenching and rid tmd. It causes a host of very uncomfortable symptoms by itself.
if your whole bidy is always sore and its been minths see a rhematoid doctor. They will assess you for fibromylegia. They are cinsidering moving severe anxiety symptoms there too but it is still under discussion, which it should be remived from mental illness. Its a mal function to begin with.
Hi Kelsey.,
I have all things early as well. Also generalizing Zaidi disorder. I do think things are out of whack all the time. And if you can check by your doctor he says everything's OK. I guess you have to believe them. I know that sounds hard because you probably think there's something sinister going on but I guess take it for me there's probably not. And most of those pains are Phantom
Currently I'm having locked up hands numbness and weakness in one arm Vertigo upset stomach vision trouble, muscle spasms, hot sensations, and the list goes on and on! I've came across probably every symptom there is! What do you do that helps us see a therapist every once in a while and I've been prescribed medication but I'm too scared to take it but I think I'm going to have to start taking it because I'm getting to a really bad point I go to the doctor a lot to get reassurance because I just can't make myself believe that the symptoms are anxiety most of the time when I have a symptom I always believe it's something dreadful I can't enjoy anything because I'm constantly worried in the back of my mind
When you say locked up hands do you mean almost like your knuckles stick when you make a fist in and out? If soni have this same thing and noticed its when im tensing my shoulders its worse even though its really hard to stop being tense. I took medication for a few months and stopped bc of the side effects and i didnt want to take meds just like you. Its creeping up on my again and if i cant get it under control i will have to consider meds again too. I go to the dr alot for reassurance as well and t will be fine for a few days abd as soon as abother symptom happens it sends me into a panic again . Its a never ending cycle.
Yes! It's when I open and close them! It like they get stuck in the joint for a second! It's horrible I do the same! I was just at the dr 3 weeks ago! I believe I'm gonna have to start medication again because mine is getting bad! I cry a lot!
It's very hard for me to believe the doctors! It seems like I'm in and out of the doctor all the time! These physical symptoms send me into a panic and it's a never ending cycle! My hands currently get locked up idk if it's from the tension or what!
I know im the same! Which arm gets numb? Is it numb to touch or just feels numb? I get like a burning heavy sensation in my arms and it switches. For a long time it was my right now lately its been my left. I find it hard to believe drs too and i hate this feeling. What kind of hot sensation do you get?
It's currently my right arm I am having trouble with but I get muscles twitches all over and hot sensation all over to! It feels like a rush of hotness! And my arm isn't numb to the touch it just feels numb and heavy! I'm at the dr now wanting to have a blood panel done!
I think it is bc the dane thing happens to me and its mostly when i wakeup on the morning but happens throughout the day too. When it happens i usually try to pay attention to what im doing and my shoulders are tensed up and im hunched compressing the nerves in my neck. If i try to relax and hold my shoulders back it goes away but then comes back bc im always tense. Someone without heth anxiety wouldnt pay attention or they would think logically but i cant do that even though i try
Lol im going to the dr on friday morning too. I get muscle twitches all over and the hot sensations are just small patches like a hot cup of coffee on you skin for a few seconds and then it goes away and comes back? But its not hot to touch its like internally? Thats how mine are and i google and convince myself i have a neurological disease
Me to that's howy sensations feel! It comes and goes quickly! I don't get muscle cramps I just get spasms!
I get the little twitches everywhere, is that what you mean or do you get the big muscle spasms like charlie horses that hurt?
Yes I get the muscle twitches, I don't get Charlie horses! It's just like twitching movements right under the skin, I can usually see them!