In case your worried....Symptoms of Anxiety

[laura124]

The common symptoms of anxiety are as follows:

•   Exaggerated nerve impulses which cause the smothering sensations, feelings of suffocation and shortness of breath.

•   Increase in heart rate or slower heart beat, and palpitations

•   Chest pain that is caused by muscle tension

•   Difficulty of swallowing

•   Sudden loss of skin color or blanching

•   Too much perspiration or sweating

•   Shivering or shaking

•   Numbness in various parts of the body such as the head, neck, face and the shoulders

•   Sensations of heartburn, diarrhea, indigestion and constipation

•   Occurrence of the symptoms of urinary tract infection which may start as excessive urination

•   Sexual dysfunction

•   Skin rashes

•   Feelings of being electrocuted

•   Sudden weakness of certain body parts, most especially the extremities

•   Drying of the mouth

•   Insomnia

It is also possible that the person having attacks of anxiety could experience some of these symptoms:

•   Fear of losing control or of going mad

•   Nightmares

•   Increased aggression

•   Development of suicidal tendencies

•   Increased depression

•   Flu-like symptoms such as weakening of the muscles, achy and clammy-like feelings

•   Distorted hearing and vision

•   Headaches

•   Sore eyes

•   Hormonal imbalances

DOES THAT COVER IT ALL, GUYS?

[kellysmum]

What about twitching?  I've been twitching for the past five days, and the doc said it was stress and anxiety.

[allyboo2]

DEFINITELY twitching!  Look at the list of symptoms post.