What Is Anxiety Blog

What are symptoms of anxiety?

Besides the obvious ones?

I have been in a very stressful situation dealing with hypochondria and havin anxiety attacks(I was on medicine for it for a while,but i’m out now)

Every once in a while..my hands will get tingly..or my foot for no apparent reason. At my apartment it is up and down stairs and every time i walk down them my legs feel like they are going to collapse. Sometimes when I stand up,I will get extremely lightheaded,and sometimes when i am just sitting down.

What is wrong with me?

Is this anxiety or what?
A few weeks ago when I was really depressed,I was holding a piece of paper reading something to someone and my hand would not quit shaking.

* Allergy problems, increase in allergies (number, sensitivity, reactions, lengthier reactions)
Back pain, stiffness, tension, pressure, soreness, spasms, immobility in the back or back muscles
* Blanching (looking pale, loss of color in the face or skin)
* Blushing, turning red, flushed face, flushed skin, blushing, red face or skin
* Body jolts, body zaps, electric jolt feeling in body, intense body tremor or “body shake”
* Body temperature increase or decrease, change in body temperature
* Burning skin, itchy, “crawly,” prickly or other skin sensations, skin sensitivity, numbness on the skin
* Burning skin sensation on the face, neck, ears, scalp, or shoulders
* Chest pain, chest tightness
* Choking
* Chronic Fatigue, exhaustion, super tired, worn out
* Clumsiness, feeling clumsy, co-ordination problems with the limbs or body
* Cold chills, feeling cold
* Craving sugar, sweets, chocolate, usual craving for sugar and sweets
* Difficulty speaking, moving mouth, talking, co-ordination problems with the mouth or tongue
* Dizziness, feeling lightheaded
* Dizzy, feeling dizzy
* Electric shock feeling, body zaps
* Excess of energy, you feel you can’t relax
* Falling sensation, feel like your are falling or dropping even though you aren’t
* Feel like you are going to pass out or faint
* Feeling cold or chilled
* Feel wrong, different, foreign, odd, or strange
* Flu-like symptoms, general malaise, feel ill, like you are coming down with a flu
* Flushed face, red face, flushed skin
* Head Zaps
* Heart palpitations, racing heart
* Hyperactivity, excess energy, nervous energy
* Increased or decreased sex drive
* Infection - increased infections, persistent infection
* Muscles that vibrate, jitter, tremor, or shake when used
* Muscle twitching
* Nausea
* Nausea vomiting
* Neck, back, shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness
* Night sweats, waking up in a sweat, profusely sweating at night
* No energy, feeling lethargic, tired
* Numbness
* Numbness tingling, numbness and tingling
* Numbness and tingling, and other skin sensations on hands, feet, face, head, or any other places on the body
* Persistent muscle tension, stiffness
* Pounding heart, heart feels like it is beating too hard
* Pulsing or throbbing muscles. Pulsing or throbbing sensation.
* Rib or rib cage tightness, pressure, or feeling like a tight band around the rib cage
* Sexual Dysfunction, sexual uninterest
* Shooting pains, stabbing pains, and odd pressures in the neck, head, or face
* Shooting pains in the face
* Shooting pains in the scalp or head
* Skipped heart beats
* Sore or tight scalp or back of the neck
* Startle easily
* Sweating, uncontrollable profuse sweating
* The floor feels like it is moving either down or up for no reason
* Tightness in the ribs or rib cage area, may also feel like a tight band around the ribs or rib cage area.
* Tingling sensations, anywhere on the body, including the hands, feet, legs, arms, head, mouth, chest, groin area
* Trembling or shaking
* Twitching
* Unsteadiness, dizziness, feeling dizzy or lightheaded
* Urgency to urinate, frequent urination, sudden urge to go to the washroom (similar to urinary tract or prostate infection symptoms)
* Warm spells
* Weak - feel weak, weakness, low energy, light, soft, like you may faint
* Weak legs, arms, or muscles
* Weight loss, weight gain

Safely Relieve Stress Symptoms & Reduce Anxiety

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Anxiety attack Symptoms

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What are the symptoms of Anxiety Attacks?

I dont go into heavy breaking or freakout on the out side. Its something that takes place inside my mind. Does that make sense? Everything is all paranoid, even the sound of a car driving down the road outside, and I dont want to move, its hard for me to move around. The only thing that calms me is laying down in my bed and taking a nap. I dont even know if there is a pill i can take that will help this? Could this also be a after affect of another drug i am taking?? Actually i feel like a zombie when i am in this state. I had this incidence while driving in a car last week, and now i afraid to go visit my mom who lives a couple of hours away!

Yeah that is anxiety. I suffered from it for six years. The particular thing you are feeling, where you feel paranoid and like a zombie is called a dissociative episode. Don’t fret about it too much, that only makes it worse. You can overcome these episodes completely, I did. Write me any time if you need advice on this.

TOP SYMPTOMS OF PANIC/ANXIETY

JUST JOINING IN WITH THE PANIC TOP TEN SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY AND PANIC DISORDER

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Anxiety & Panic Disorder - My Symptoms

Thanks for watching. This video was made to talk about the symptoms I’ve experienced with anxiety and panic disorder. I encourage everyone to make a video talking about your own experiences, and we can share them. I’ve created a new website http://www.curedbyfaith.com, where I plan to document my path to getting my life back. If you’d like to have your video or story featured there, register on the site. It’s free. Have faith in yourself. We’re gonna get through this.

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Symptoms of stress and anxiety for no reason?

I work in an office and everyday I seem to get these reocurring symptoms for no reason at all it normally starts in the afternoon my heart starts racing and I get dizzy with a heavy headache which makes my eye sight poor and makes my clumsy. This is turn makes my irritable. What is this and why if there is no reason behind it should I get it my job isn’t stressful?

Your symptoms first need to be checked out by a medical doctor to rule out any physical causes.

If there are no apparent physical causes, it is likely that the symptoms you are experiencing are caused by anxiety. Sometimes anxiety can happen without any identifiable cause. The fact that your symptoms occur in the afternoon suggests that there may be a physical cause (like hypoglycemia) or a pattern that your body has been conditioned into.

If your symptoms are indeed caused by anxiety, you might find that relaxation techniques and calming self-talk are quite effective (see links below for information).

An excellent book on anxiety is “When Panic Attacks,” by David Burns. It describes several techniques for decreasing anxiety. I highly recommend this book.

I have included some links to my website for more information on anxiety symptoms and using relaxation to decrease stress and anxiety. On the relaxation downloads page there is a relaxation audio script entitled “Relaxation to Relieve Anxiety” that might be helpful for you.

Hope this helps!

Candi

LEARNING TO COPE WITH FEELINGS/SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY DISORDERS

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What are symptoms of anxiety and how do I know when I need help?

Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.

Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.
But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There’s this strange herb called “St John’s Wort” - it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John’s Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.

The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced… you have that “learned behavior” in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior - Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction… There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to….

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could these really be symptoms of an anxiety disorder? or depression? helppppp please! ?

Can depersonalization disorder cause speech impairment, memory lapses, feelings of detatchment? And feeling as if one is losing his/her mind or going mentally retarded?

I feel these things : ( blaaaah.

P.S I’ve been going to therapy, so far it hasn’t helped much, I’m about to switch to a different therapist since I’ve been going for about 3 months now and I haven’t gotten better. Also, my symptoms don’t just happen when I’m having a panic attack -whenever I think about the act of talking, it’s as if I just..can’t. It’s like I’m disabled, blank, dead. This sucks.

Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress. It helps you cope with tense situations. It also helps you focus on the task at hand and motivates you. Almost everyone experiences anxiety from time to time. Typically, anxiety goes away when the triggering event is resolved.
However, anxiety is a problem when it becomes an excessive, irrational dread of everyday situations, such as riding an elevator or leaving your house. People with anxiety disorder experience fear and worry that are out of proportion to the situation. These feelings are difficult to control and are more intense and last longer than normal feelings of anxiety. For instance, while it’s normal to feel anxiety before public speaking, a person with anxiety disorder may consistently worry about speaking with small groups of people in everyday situations.
Both normal worry and anxiety may be associated with the following symptoms. However, a person with anxiety disorder will experience these symptoms more frequently and intensely:
Restlessness
Fatigue
Irritability and crankiness
Muscle tension
Headaches
Sleep difficulties (unable to fall or stay asleep)
Feelings of panic, such as sweating and shortness of breath
If you find it difficult to control your worry or stress or if anxiety interferes with your daily activities, consult your doctor or a mental health professional. If you are diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, effective treatment is available.