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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Georgia59
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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! 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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Intheshadows
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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???
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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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eeyore46
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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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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.
