my mother in law was 53 years old. She was healthy. She woke up one morning and could not move her left side nor speak. by the next morning she was dead. it started the night after she died. the left side of my face felt weird. then my lip. everytime I looked into a mirror I saw myself as if my lip was lower on the left. after this my arms and legs felt tingly. it's been a month and I'm still worrying everyday and feeling like I have a symptom. I'm afraid to sleep. I can't get up and do my duties at home or work. i feel like my life is consumed.l by this. yesterday my father in law called on the phone and said that I sounded like I had a cold. my mind instantly went to slurred speech and I started feeling my face weird again and seeing my lip twisted and my tongue also feels weird. about 5 people told me that I sound normal but I just can stop fearing that something is wrong. I'm overly conscious of my speech now. I can't deal with this any longer. how do I stop this from happening to me. i just want to feel normal.
Hi Salisha I am sorry that you are going through this. It does sound like severe anxiety and obsessive thinking. I know all about obsessive thinking as I do it too all day every day. My psych told me the more you obsess about something the worse it becomes and the worse things will look to you. I too thought I was having a stroke because it felt like my left side was drooping but it was just my fears and anxiety about how I look. If you are really worried then go see your dr and get a full exam done. If you have had this going on for awhile and it comes and goes then its most likely not a stroke. Stroke symptoms dont just go away or come and go. The mind is a very powerful thing and it can make us feel good but it also has the ability to drive us mad at times. I hope this helps. Take care.
thank you so much. it does come and go. I’m afraid to see a doctor cuz I’m scared that I may really have a problem.
people can be so scared that they take on symptoms of someone else. but they are healthy.
get it over with and talk to your doctor, otherwise u will drive yourself crazy and feel miserable. a clean bill of health will relax u and those symptoms will go away!
100% agree with your reply! I couldn’t have said it better myself. I don’t so much have the stroke fear but I have had the obsessive thinking about other health issues and it can be awful. But once you learn to control anxiety, it seems the obsessive thinking isn’t near as bad and the thoughts leave as fast as they come.
thank you guys so much for the advice. 
I really appreciate it.
any advice on how to control the anxiety?
I tried on my own without success, so I finally gave in and took antidepressants. I took zoloft the first few times, and it really did the trick! This time they wanted me to try something different so I’m taking celexa, and don’t think its helping that much with the obsessive thinking but it has helped a little with the anxiety and panic. I may switch back to zoloft eventually but Im waiting it out on the celexa first.
Ok. I guess I could go see a therapist.