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Is this an anxiety attack?
Posted: 05-19-08 23:06pm

I made a post some where else thinking drugs where what made me lose movment in my hands. Well it happened again so I know it wasn't the drugs!

3 days ago I was with my friend in his truck and we where talking and laphing about the night before and I started feeling tingly in my hands and face. As minutes went by it got worse and worse. about probably 10-15 mins later it got so bad that it felt like my hands and face where swelling up. I looked down and I could not move my hands and all my fingers where straight and cramped togethor and I could not move them! My stomich was also numb and tingling. My friend said I looked like crap. I couldnt feel my face and it felt like my face was numb and could not move like it was paralized same with my hands. I was freaking out very bad. I started to try to calm my self down and the symptoms went away with in 5 mins and my face felt normal and hands could move but i still had a slight tingling in my fingers for 45 mins till I layed down and relaxed.

Well now 3 days later it happened again. I was with my moms bf in his truck and I was talking to his kid about stuff and started feeling slightly tingly in my cheaks and fingers. Then as minutes went by it got worse. I started feeling hot and freaked out as it got worse and I was tingling all over again. My hands started doing the same thing as last time but not as bad. I feel light headed whe nit happens to and I think my hands might get cold but im not sure. It seems like it affects my left hand slightly more than my right.

Im 18. Whats this sound like?
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Posted: 05-21-08 12:52pm

You need to go to the doctor!!! asap

I guess it could be a panic attack symptoms- but, you need to get checked out and make sure there is nothing neurological going on.
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Posted: 05-21-08 13:05pm

Georgia59 wrote:
You need to go to the doctor!!! asap

I guess it could be a panic attack symptoms- but, you need to get checked out and make sure there is nothing neurological going on.


Went to the doc did pee and blood test and found nothing! Sad On the way their my hands started going numb but then it went away before my whole body went tingly and numb. I have to go to a neurologist now.

He cut off blood flow to one of my arms and it started tingling a lil and got worse and worse then got to the point where it felt like my arm and hand where viberating and my fingers started going on top of each other which is the same thing that happens to my whole body on its own! He said since it affects both sides my body it wasnt TIA's/strokes.
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Posted: 05-21-08 22:09pm

one time when I was a teen (before I had any mental problems at all) I got a shocking unexpected phone call that both scared and angered me. Afterwards my hands did that and i want numb/tingly all over and couldn't hardly move or feel anything and was kind of paralyzed for a few minutes. It happened again as an adult after unexpectedly running into and ex-boyfriend. This was all pre-onset of my anxiety problems. It was the strangest feeling. I've had plenty of "shocking" moments since then and it hasn't happened. I'm not sure what my point is except to say I think I know the feeling you are talking about and can sympathize. I'm sorry for ya and I hope it never happens to you again!

Come to think of it i have went into actual shock after an injury and it kind of felt like that + I felt sweaty AND COLD and turnd a gray/greenish color. That meant a major sudden drop in blood pressure. Maybe it's as simple as getting your blood pressure checked and getting on meds to regulate it??? Confused
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Posted: 05-21-08 22:22pm

Well my blood pressure is good. But im pretty sure when i start tingling and going numb that it drops. Seems like blood supply is cut off when it happens.
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Posted: 05-21-08 22:33pm

I really do not think it is anxiety - since the doctor cut the blood flow off to your arm and you started feeling the same symptoms. I don't think that would be anxiety. You are smart in seeing a neurologist - did he refer you to one? Do you have an appointment? It could be something as simple as a pinched nerve, just get it checked out. I have mitral valve prolapse and at times, my left arm and left side of my face will feel slightly numb, tingly. I was only 18 when I had the first symptoms after starting birth control pills, before I got married. The hormones in my body, mitral valve prolapse, along with the bc pills cause the symptoms. When I first became pregnant, the symptoms reoccurred, due to hormone changes in my body, and that is when they did a heart sonogram and found out I had mitral valve prolapse. I have had it since I was born, most likely. A lot of individuals have it - some have symptoms - some do not. I recently had mine checked out again - no change. The only thing I do have to do is take antibiotics before any kind of surgery, dental cleanings, and I take Toprol because of an elevated pulse 100/133 resting most days. Anyway.............maybe it is something as simple as the things I have mentioned, but yes, you do need to get it checked out.
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Posted: 05-22-08 00:13am

The doc Said I needed to see a neurologist and my mom set up some apointment with some chick docter. My sister said somthing about whats happning to me at her work and a chick that works wit hher that has MS said the exact same things happen to her. So im probably going to get tested for MS. I know for the last 2 years I knotaced random muscle twitching threw out the day but it never bothered me.
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