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I know something is wrong...just don't know if it is anxiety?
« on: January 07, 2013, 11:36:05 AM »
I have had a variety of symptoms and I've gotten to the point where I don't know what's real and what is just underlying anxiety.

I was doing so well with my Anxiety/HA until last Monday when my boyfriend and I began to get sick. Irritated throat, post nasal drip, runny nose, and just overall feeling bad and sickly. It is now 7 days later and we are STILL sick. However, I have some additional symptoms that my boyfriend doesn't have and it's making me think that either I am seriously ill - or my anxiety is going nuts.

Every night I have this light tingling on the bottom of my right foot when I touch the bed sheets a certain way....and I have this mild tingling in a few of my right fingers that comes and goes but is mainly at night as well.  There is also this buzzing/dizzy/near fainting sensation that comes and goes in my head. Like I am about to just pass out. I also have the unbearable urge to sleep. I have been sleeping 8-9 hours a night AND taking 2 hour naps everyday. I have no motivation to do anything during the day but lay in bed and sleep. I haven't been out of my house in 7 days because of this. I also keep having this jittery sensation in my body as if I've had too much caffeine (but I don't drink caffeine).  :traurig001:

Could my anxiety about a deadly illness really be causing these additional symptoms? Especially for 7 days straight? Or could it be that my boyfriend has the same deadly illness as me??  :dazed:
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Re: I know something is wrong...just don't know if it is anxiety?
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2013, 12:39:41 PM »
Every night I have this light tingling on the bottom of my right foot when I touch the bed sheets a certain way....

That isn't really a big deal.. lol, I'm sorry but you're probably tickling your own foot with the sheets.  As for the finger tingling, I get a lot of finger tingling and numbness with my anxiety, no biggie.

There is also this buzzing/dizzy/near fainting sensation that comes and goes in my head. Like I am about to just pass out.

This, I get all of the time. I got a blood test, and it came back clear, as is my blood pressure fine, This one is scary and hard to accept as anxiety, but it usually is in most cases. I assume you've been to the doctor and gotten the all clear. When this happens, try sipping cold water. That helps me.

I have been sleeping 8-9 hours a night AND taking 2 hour naps everyday. I have no motivation to do anything during the day but lay in bed and sleep. I haven't been out of my house in 7 days because of this.

This could either be fatigue from you being sick. I've been brewing up what I assume is going to be the flu and i've been sleeping all the time. Just drink plenty of fluids. Having no motivation to do anything and not leaving your house for a week sounds like depression to me.. You should probably make yourself get out.  As for being jittery, now I KNOW that one is anxiety. I get jittery all the time, and it's probably the adrenalin. I can assure you.. none of these symptoms point out to a deadly illness.
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