Why can't I accept this is anxiety

Mental health
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Why can't I accept that anxiety is causing my symptoms? I have

Headaches

Muscle tension

Twitching and jerking

Funny taste

Dizziness

Tinnitus

Restless legs

Burning sensations

Pins and needles and numbness

Random pains

Strange tongue symptoms

De realisation

And the list goes on!!

I have convinced myself that I am going to have a seizure even though I have never had one before and that I am having petit mal seizures!!

I have had blood tests

Head ct

Both clear

I have seen a neurologist who wasn't very concerned but sent me for a Mri scan but haven't heard anything back after 2 weeks so assuming that is probably ok!!

The reason I feel like this is not anxiety is because these things always happen when I am not anxious!

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anxiety makes u think the worst

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I sympathise having ticked everything off your list too. And I too felt so many times over last six months, despondent. But strength of mind telling yourself consistently that it is anxiety has helped. Researching anxiety also helped (and this site) just to see how everything can be put down to anxiety. Placing it in the context of any life difficulties you may or may not realise you have also helps see what is feeding the anxiety.

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Thanks David that has put my mind at ease a little!

My problem is I google everything which I know I shouldn't do! And convince myself I have all these other more serious illnesses! I am not sure why I am so fixated on seizures though for some reason I have always been terrified of them!

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me too! i google everything and i automatically think im a dr lol

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Googling is what started this off me following a huge anxiety attack. But ironically understanding anxiety better from googling has been one of the main ways I have combatted the worry about awful diseases. Hearing others with the same symptoms provides a strange comfort, knowing we've all been checked out and had scans etc all helps. Basically knowing how powerful the mind can be - really powerful- and the. You realise how all these symptoms are completely working the bounds of anxiety. I have also taken propanolol once a day and this has lowered my heart rate and subsequently reduced my adrenaline which was constantly feeding the anxiety.

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You're the first person I've found who has restless legs too! It only started the other day and lasts hours on ends! Like you I find it difficult to accept, and even after the amount of tests I've had done. I can't give you advice but I can say you're not alone with trouble accepting it.

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I've had all of these symptoms..... I can't even go anywhere because I am terrified of having a seizure in the middle of somewhere.. o don't know how to deal with it.. how have u been dealing with it??

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how do u guys deal with the depersonalization?

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Hi Rachel

Have you ever had a seizure? Or are you just scared about having one?

To be honest I really don't know how i cope I just keep trying to tell myself it's anxiety even though I don't believe it is!

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When you say "funny taste", what exactly do you mean? Have you had an EEG or MRI?

I have epilepsy, as well as an anxiety disorder. Unfortunately, a lot of the symptoms overlap.

If you do have epilepsy, then it's a perfectly liveable condition and there's a lot of stuff you can do.

Do you ever get strong feelings of Deja vu?

Please don't take this as me trying to scare you, but it's better to get it investigated rather than just leave it. Unfortunately, unless you've had a grand mal seizure then it's hard to get the doctors to listen.

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Ho howll I have had 2 Mri scans one 10 years ago and one 2 weeks ago, I am still waiting on results for second one.

It's really hard to describe the taste it's almost like a sour/bitter taste.

I don't get any feelings of déjà vu and I have seen a neurologist and described my zoning out to her and she seemed to think it was all anxiety based.

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I was wondering if you have ever had seizures while remaining fully conscious and if so what are the physical symptoms?

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Hi chenise not sure if this was ment for me or howll but as far as I am aware I have never had a seizure! I am just scared about having one

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It was for Howll

I was reading about partial seizures and was just curious if they'd suffered any. As for being scared about having one, all I can suggest is you wait for the results of the MRI. If it comes back clear you're gonna have to (And I know how hard this is!) convince yourself you're okay and you will not have a seizure.

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Hi

Hope I don't say the wrong thing want to help make you feel better not worse

I am currently suffering headache and feel faint shivers and yes I do have anxiety I think but am still human rights I can get the flu etc which then probably heightens the anxiety.

Do you have high amounts of stress in your life or have you suffered any trauma the sometimes the symptoms you are describing can be affects of these but am not a doctor have you had your thyroid gland tested I have underactive thyroid gland can affect people in different ways

Hope you feel well soon

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Hi dianne thanks for the reply, I am a mother of four children aged 10,8,5 and 4 so my life is quite stressful yes.

I haven't suffered any trauma though.

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And yes I have had my thyroid tested twice and it was normal only thing that ever showed up on the blood tests was low b12 which I am having injections for

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Maybe you are just to busy and you don't rest enough by the way you are the first person I have chatted with on here lol

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Do you drink alot of caffeine