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For the past two days I've been having a strange feeling in my upper left arm. It's not pain, it doesn't tingle like it's asleep, it almost just feels numb. My back has been hurting more than normal too. Any ideas? My mind immediately always goes to heart problems, but I've been told time and time a...

My anxiety has been so good for the past couple months and I'm so grateful! However, for the past 9 days I've been experiencing some pains and dizziness that have really started to aggravate it again. So I'm writing this post to see if any of you can help me figure out what may be going on with my b...

I'm a first time mom currently 26 weeks pregnant, and over the past few days I've been experiencing MAJOR shortness of breath (standing, sitting, lying down or lying back propped up....doesn't matter my position) as well as a high pulse (most times in the upper 90s). Do you think this is something I...

Thanks for the reply. It's definitely tense muscles, I had a few 'muscle twitches' in my abdomen after I posted. This always comes on when I'm stressed out, I just finished taking final exams for a condensed advanced math class in college. It tends to last a few days, it's like when I'm stressed I o...

It's been quite some time since I posted a new discussion, but I just need to vent/get this off my chest/put it out into the world. My biggest health anxiety is a heart attack, and I get the symptoms all the darn time. The pain starts in the center of my chest, spans over to my left shoulder, and do...

Hi Beth,

I'm in Appleton!

~Lisa~

Thanks for all the congratulations! Hey, if any of you that have gone through a pregnancy while on meds have MSN Messenger, please add me - lisadrews@hotmail.com so we can chat. Thanks!

~Lisa~

We found out on Monday that I'm pregnant! We're so thrilled! The only thing that's making me nervous is that I had to stop taking my meds for my anxiety. I was on xanax since 2005, and on Monday, I had to stop cold turkey. I'd take them on an as-need basis, and last night, during the night, I was aw...

fischee: Oh, I do know that if you're taking a benzo (xanax, ativan) for anxiety, that you ARE NOT supposed to take Tums/similar OTC antacids- it has a reaction with the benzo. and inceases anxiety. (I forget what the combo. is, but I could find out if anyone is interested). I'd be interested in lea...

Originally posted by birdlover: I have been afraid of death for years myself and feel the same way about thinking there may be nothingness after I die. I get this feeling that my throat will dry up and I won't be able to swallow and then get a heart attack and die so I have to have a bottle of wate...