posting yet again...cold chills/prickles all over? shoulder pain hand numb

[Blah7886]

Okay so now I'm getting very cold prickles all over. Mostly up and down my arms and stomach. I've never felt anything like this! They're very noticeable and now I'm getting a sharp pain every few minutes near my shoulder or collarbone. Artery?? Ugh! I'm trying not to worry but all of these sensations are just too much. I'm getting mild chest pain with it also but it's not worrying me as much as this cold feeling. Like I'm getting poked with a hundred freezing needles all at once. Has anyone ever experienced this? It's the freakiest symptom I've ever had. I keep thinking heart problem,  blood clot, stroke..because my hand also feels as though it goes numb...

[Slangevar]

Bringing out the ol' list of anxiety symptoms:

* 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)
    * Body temperature increase or decrease
    * Burning, 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
    * Cold chills, feeling cold
    * Co-ordination problems, difficulty speaking, moving mouth, talking
    * Craving sugar, sweets or chocolate
    * Dizziness, feeling dizzy or lightheaded, unsteadiness
    * 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
    * Feel wrong: You, or parts of you, feel wrong, different, foreign, odd, or strange
    * Groin pain, shooting pains, fullness, discomfort, burning, pressure
    * Heart Palpitations - heart racing, pounding, skipped beats, irregular heart rhythm
    * Increased or decreased sex drive
    * Infections - increase in the amount, reoccurring, or the persistence of
    * Joint popping or cracking sounds, an increase of
    * Low energy, exhausted, low mood, energy dip
    * Lump in the throat
    * Muscle tension, tight muscles, muscle stiffness, pain, or soreness
    * Muscle twitching
    * Neck, back, shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness
    * Night sweats, waking up in a sweat, profusely sweating at night
    * No energy, feeling lethargic, tired
    * Numbness, tingling or prickly feelings in the hands, feet, face or elsewhere
    * Pain - body, muscle, hands, feet, hands, toes, face, head, back, and abdomen
    * Pain in hands and feet, joint stiffness, soreness
    * Persistent muscle tension, joint stiffness, soreness
    * Pulsing or throbbing muscles, pulsing or throbbing sensation
    * Restless legs
    * Rib or rib cage tightness, pressure, or feeling like a tight band around the rib cage
    * Scrotum pain, shooting pains, fullness, discomfort, burning, pressure
    * Shooting pains, stabbing pains, and odd pressures in the neck, head, or face
    * Skin flushing, blushing, turning red, hot to the touch
    * Skin problems, infections, rashes
    * Sore or tight scalp or back of the neck
    * Startle easily, jumpy
    * Stomach distress, persistent stomach problems, chronic stomach irritation
    * Sweating, uncontrollable profuse sweating
    * Tension headaches, eye pressure or pain above or behind the eyes
    * Tingling, bubbling feeling, electricity feeling, pressure in the head
    * The floor feels like it is moving either down or up for no reason
    * Tremors, trembling, body shaking or vibrating, body tremors
    * Urgency to urinate, frequent urination, sudden urge to go to the washroom
    * Unsteadiness, dizziness, feeling dizzy or lightheaded
    * Warm spells
    * Weak - feel weak, weakness, low energy, light, soft, like you may faint
    * Weak legs, arms, or muscles
    * Weight loss, weight gain
    * Zaps, body zaps, electric shock feeling


Chest

    * Chest pain, chest tightness or discomfort
    * Concern about the heart
    * Find it hard to breathe, feeling smothered, shortness of breath, feel like you have to force yourself to breathe, frequent yawning to try and catch your breath
    * Heart – beating hard or too fast, rapid heartbeat, palpitations
    * Heart - Irregular heart rhythms, flutters or ‘skipped’ beats, tickle in the chest that makes you cough
    * Rib or rib cage tightness, pressure, or feeling like a tight band around the rib cage
    * Sudden shooting pains in the chest, sharp stabbing pain

Eyes, Sight

    * Distorted, foggy, or blurred vision
    * Dry, watery, itchy, inflamed, burning, tearing, red eyes
    * Eye tricks; seeing stars, shimmers, blurs, halos, shadows, "ghosted images," or fogginess; seeing things out of the corner of your eye that aren’t there, narrowed/tunnel vision.
    * Eyes sensitive to light
    * Spots in your vision; seeing spots, spots that move and change, lines, squiggly lines; cloudiness in vision that moves
    * Flashing lights when eyes are closed, Kaleidoscope-like vision
    * Your depth perception feels wrong


Head

    * Brain zap, jolt, buzz, or electric shock feeling
    * Burning, itchy, tight scalp
    * Bruxism - Sore jaw; voluntary or involuntary grinding of your jaw or teeth; earache; tightness in your jaw muscles; sore teeth; sore gums or muscles around your teeth; teeth are worn down, flattened, or chipped; worn tooth enamel; teeth sensitivities; headache; chronic pains in the face or neck; or chewed tissue on the inside or your cheek.
    * Dizziness or light-headedness
    * Feelings of unreality, foggy-headed, depersonalization
    * Frequent headaches, migraine headaches
    * Hair loss
    * Head, neck or shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness, tight band around your head, pressure
    * Head zap, jolt, buzz, or electric shock feeling
    * Giddiness
    * 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
    * Headaches, migraine headaches, pains in the head
    * Head pressure, tingly, bubbly, trembling, vibrating, prickly, or tickling feeling in the head or brain
    * When you close your eyes you feel like are beginning to, or will, float upwards
    * Sore jaw that feels like a tooth ache
    * Tension headaches, eye pressure or pain above or behind the eyes
    * TMJ (Temporo-Mandibular Joint) - clenching of the jaw or grinding of the teeth
    * Unsteadiness, dizziness, feeling dizzy or lightheaded

 
Hearing/Ear(s)

    * Ringing in the ears, noises in the ears, noises in the head, low rumbling sounds, frequent or intermittent reduced hearing or deafness in one or both ears
    * Ache or pain, shooting pains, pulsing, heart-pulsing like sound, swishing, swirling, throbbing, or beating sound in or seemingly behind the ear.
    * Pulsing sound in the ear, heart-pulsing like sound, swishing, swirling, throbbing, or beating sound in or seemingly behind the ear.


Mind

    * Afraid of everything
    * Altered state of reality, consciousness, or universe feeling (Depersonalization, derealization)
    * Depersonalization, derealization (Altered state of reality, consciousness, or universe feeling)
    * Deja Vu, a feeling like you've done or experienced something before
    * Difficulty concentrating, short-term memory loss
    * Difficulty thinking, speaking, forming thoughts, following conversations
    * Fear of going crazy, crazy thoughts
    * Fear of losing control
    * Fear of impending doom
    * Feelings of unreality, disassociation, desensitization, depersonalization
    * Frequent feeling of being overwhelmed, or that there is just too much to handle or do
    * Forgetfulness
    * Normal challenges of life seem harder to deal with. Feeling super emotional. Cry for no apparent reason. Everyday stresses seem more serious or insurmountable.
    * Obsession about sensations or getting better
    * Repetitive thinking or incessant ‘mind chatter’
    * Short-term learning impairment, I have a hard time learning new information
    * Short-term memory impairment, can't remember what I did a few days, hours, or moments ago
    * Trapped in your mind feeling
    * Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear
    * You often feel you are carrying the world on your shoulders


Mood / Emotions

    * Always feeling angry and lack of patience
    * Depression
    * Emotionally blunted, flat, or numb
    * Emotional "flipping"
    * Everything is scary, frightening
    * Feeling down in the dumps
    * Feeling like things are unreal or dreamlike
    * Feel wrong: You, or parts of you, feel wrong, different, foreign, odd, or strange
    * Frequently being on edge or 'grouchy'
    * Frequently feel like crying for no apparent reason
    * Have no feelings about things you used to
    * Low mood, energy dip, exhaust
    * Normal challenges of life seem harder to deal with. Feeling super emotional. Cry for no apparent reason. Everyday stresses seem more serious or insurmountable.
    * Not feeling like yourself, detached from loved ones, emotionally numb
    * Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear
    * You feel like you are under pressure all the time

 
Mouth/Throat/Stomach

    * A ‘tinny’, ‘metallic’, ‘ammonia’, blood-taste or unusual smell or tastes
    * Aerophagia (swallowing too much air)
    * Bruxism - Sore jaw; voluntary or involuntary grinding of your jaw or teeth; earache; tightness in your jaw muscles; sore teeth; sore gums or muscles around your teeth; teeth are worn down, flattened, or chipped; worn tooth enamel; teeth sensitivities; headache; chronic pains in the face or neck; or chewed tissue on the inside or your cheek.
    * Choking
    * Constant craving for sugar or sweets
    * Constipation
    * Diarrhea
    * Difficulty swallowing
    * Difficulty talking, pronouncing certain letters or sounds, mouth feels like it isn't moving right, slurred speech
    * Dry mouth
    * Excess saliva, squirting saliva
    * Feeling like you can’t swallow properly or that something will get caught in your throat
    * Feeling like your mouth doesn't move correctly, difficulty saying things, mouth co-ordination problems
    * Frequent upset stomach, bloating, gaseous, burning sensation
    * Grinding teeth, grinding jaw, jaw pain
    * IBS
    * Lack of appetite or taste
    * Lump in the throat, tight throat, something stuck in your throat, choking, globus hystericus
    * Mouth muscles twitching/jumping
    * Nausea or abdominal stress
    * Numbness in throat
    * Persistent throat clearing, phlegm clearing, "frog" in the throat feelings
    * Stomach distress, persistent stomach problems, chronic stomach irritation
    * Sudden urge or persistent urge to have a bowel movement, anus or groin area pulsing, throbbing, or twitching
    * The thought of eating makes you nauseous
    * Tight throat, lump in throat
    * Throat numbness, tightness
    * Tongue symptoms - Tingly, “stretched,” numb, frozen, itchy, “crawly,” burning, twitching, “jumpy,” aching, or swollen tongue (when it isn’t).
    * Urgency to urinate, frequent urination, sudden urge to go to the washroom
    * Vomiting


Skin

    * Burning, itchy, “crawly,” prickly or other skin sensations, skin sensitivity, numbness on the skin
    * Skin flushing, blushing, turning red, hot to the touch
    * Skin problems, infections, rashes

Sleep

    * Difficulty falling or staying asleep (See the sleep section in Chapter Eight)
    * Frequent bad, bizarre, or crazy dreams (See the sleep section in Chapter Eight)
    * Hearing sounds in your head that jolt you awake
    * Insomnia, or waking up ill in the middle of the night (See the sleep section in Chapter Eight)
    * Jolting awake (See the sleep section in Chapter Eight)
    * Waking up in a panic attack (See the sleep section in Chapter Eight)
    * You feel worse in the mornings (See the sleep section in Chapter Eight)


Touch

    * Burning skin sensation, skin sensitivity
    * Feeling cold or chilled
    * Numbness, Tingling, pins and needles feelings
    * Painful touch, skin pain

[wegngis]

Hang in there Blah.  I know it sucks.  I can attest to having many of the same symptoms as well.