Excellent recovery story from hopeful_n_09

[Pan]

hopeful_n_09 posted this in reply to another thread and wanted to make sure none of our members missed this insightful and inspiring recovery story.  Thanks for this hopeful


I just read your post and it gave me goose bumps. I felt as though i was reading something I had written. I had my girlfriend read it and she thought I had posted it. I am a 31 y/o active male. We have the exact same symptoms spot on. I have been to several doctors and have had dozens of tests all to come back negative. When my anxiety started two years ago the muscle twitching came on around the same time and really made things worse. I was sure I had ALS or something worse. I also always was a bit of a worrier but nothing that affected my daily life and never worried about my health. Well after the muscle twitching started I started body scanning and looking for things that were wrong with me and always thought i kept finding new things, but really I think they were always there. then I started getting headaches and was tired all the time and thought I had a brain tumor. Then my muscles felt like they were always shaking and I thought I was weaker then the day before. It is amazing how something in your head can cause real psychical symptoms to occur. Also what sucks is the anxiety causes the symptoms and the symptoms cause more anxiety so it is a vicious cycle that is hard to break. I no longer look and lumps or anything for that matter if I think I feel something. It seems to help. I have the GERD and even trouble swallowing some days. The feeling of being in a dream is the one that gets me the worst I would say. I had that at the beginning and still do but not as bad and it drives me crazy. I think our fatigue is caused by the anxiety raising our heart rate because we never relax. So the higher rate rate and tense muscles causes our body to become tired faster then normal. Also our breathing is prob. sped up a little and I'm sure that doesn't help. I take klonapin sp?  as needed and it really helps. I also just started lexapro and we will see how that goes. A lot of people claim it saved their lives. I have had this almost 2.5 years and just couldn't seem to shake it so I thought I would try the meds even though I really didn't want to. I guess what I am trying to say is your symptoms are def. just anxiety and I feel better and hope you do as well knowing you and I have the same exact symptoms. Good luck and you can and will get over this.

[abeja_reina_1989]

good info. very inspiring. very insightful!!