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physical symptoms?

User Profile: quietquestions
quietquestions February 6th, 2015

Hi I was just wondering if anyone else suffers physical symptoms from their anxiety? My face and legs twitch and I start sweating and my stomach growls really loudly.

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User Profile: QuestionableReality
QuestionableReality February 6th, 2015

For me it becomes hard to breath and my throat closes up.

User Profile: wednesday783
wednesday783 February 6th, 2015

I do! My whole body gets sweaty (possible tmi, sometimes sweat actually drips from my hands) and my fingers start tensing up. Sometimes I grind my teeth and the muscles around my mouth and one spot on my back starts twitching. I don't take anxiety meds.

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User Profile: quietquestions
quietquestions OP February 6th, 2015

I hate the face twitches. Its as if you're wearing a sign that says "I'm really anxious right now" I always try to bite my lip to make them stop.

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User Profile: mga13
mga13 February 6th, 2015

I feel the same, I'm start to shaking and I feel like I can't breathe, so my heart races super fast and I feel like I'm gonna pass out, you know blurry vision and feel the world moves

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User Profile: quietquestions
quietquestions OP February 6th, 2015

Exactly! the world feels like it slants underneath you

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User Profile: mga13
mga13 February 6th, 2015

Yeah it's like if you were not really there, it's very strange

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February 6th, 2015

I shake and twitch so so badly

User Profile: girl3132
girl3132 February 6th, 2015

My legs shake, I breathe faster, I sweat,I stutter (making me feel worse), I have heart palpitations, and if it's too bad I can end up feeling nauseous and throwing up. I get a feeling that I need to leave too, sometimes that feeling is very difficult to control.

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User Profile: quietquestions
quietquestions OP February 6th, 2015

I can't stand that flight reaction. It's especially hard when it happens when you're somewhere you can't just immediately leave like at school.

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User Profile: girl3132
girl3132 February 6th, 2015

Yeah, me too. I always try to calm myself down by breathing slower and reminding myself that nothing bad is actually happen. It doesn't always work but it's better than giving in... How do you cope?

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User Profile: bekich
bekich February 6th, 2015

I get really shaky then I am often sick, it's horrible, I hate the feeling when they are coming on and can hardly ever stop it in its tracks.

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User Profile: quietquestions
quietquestions OP February 7th, 2015

Yeah the nasuea isn't fun. I've had to make sure I don't eat anything an hour before anything that might be really stressful or triggering happens. But of course that only works if you know you'll be somewhere or doing something that makes you anxious.

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User Profile: braveFriend4805
braveFriend4805 February 15th, 2015

I fell anxious all the time and I can't seem to be able to stop it at all. Last year was one of the worst years of life. My anxiety grew even more and since then I started to hear a "whistling" in my ears. I've visited many doctors and no one knew what is wrong, although everyone told me that maybe anxiety is the cause. I wish I could "turn off" my anxiety just for a minute, just to remember how it feels like not to be anxious.

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User Profile: AWorldofPeaceandHope
AWorldofPeaceandHope September 21st, 2016

@braveFriend4805

I know this post was a while back,but I found it interesting. Did you ever find the cause of the whisteling as I've never heard of it being a symptom of anxiety?

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User Profile: helpfulSugar9
helpfulSugar9 September 27th, 2016

I get OCD symptoms I guess, that's caused by anxiety I guess, and it's called dermatillomania. It's skin picking on my fingers.