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I feel like I am losing it right now. I am having so many symptoms that are driving me up the wall. I have numb tingly restlessness in my legs arms and hands. I can't sit still without everything feeling like pins and needles. I have so many facial tics and twitches that keep my face tense. Just typing this is difficult for me. I'm just so tired an frustrated right now I don't know what to do with myself. I completed the program like a year ago and was doing good for about months. Ifeel like my whole body is out of control. I am terrified of these feeling. I keep telling myself its my anxiety but today these symptoms have been with me all day and I'm afraid its something much worst. I just need some reassurance.

Hi Robin D,

You are right. It's your old friend anxiety. Get out the CDs and start over. It worked once, and this time will be much quicker.

Have a great Sunday.

Hi Robin,
I have felt that pins and needle feeling, many times in the past...I would feel like they were pricking me, from head to toe...It is a very uncomfortable feeling, and the 2 things I know can cause it are weaning off of a med. and/or anxiety...You have every symptom of anxiety, so, I really think that is what is causing the problem...Hope this helps...God Bless!!!!

Thank you for your reassurance. I am trying not to take meds because i want to deal with this on my own but I am a nervous wreck. I can't stop shaking and I feel like Im losing my breath. I felt that restless feeling all day with no relief i=until about midnight. I woke up feeling the same way and not be able to shake it. my muscles are just twitching all over my body.

Hi Robin,
This feeling will not last forever...Do you have the StressCenter.com program..If so, then I suggest you work on it...These feelings are very uncomfortable, but, if you could just try and accept them, I think it would make you feel much better...Remember, you are safe and healthy...You are just suffering from high anxiety, and you need to find a way to lessen your anxiety level...I pray that you get to feeling better...God Bless...

Robin...Honey, you will Not stop breathing....I promise you that...I just read above where you have already gone through the program...I do suggest that you refresh yourself...Make sure to do the deep-breathing, and listen to the relaxation tape...Also, try to replace those negative thoughts with more positive calming ones...You are just having a growth spurt...Probably due to some stressors in your life....God Bless...

Thank you. You have been a big help. I have started the program over again. yesterday was just a tough day for me. I'm feeling a little better. Thanks again for the advise

thats one of my worries at night is that ill stop breathing and i deal on it i hate it stress over things so easily its so hard to deal without feeling like your going crazy ur mind is very powerfull

For me usually when I calm down from panic and anxiety and get distracted my symptoms subside. But this restless feeling in my legs has been continuous so it scares me.

Hi Robin...

Well, I haven't gotten over it.. It hasn't gone completely away yet. It has been since December 27th. But I do think that it is improving. I notice it quite a bit, today in fact, and my torso goes numb too. Mostly around my back and sides, to match my face and neck and feet, legs. I guess I just try to stay busy, and not focus is on it as much as I did. My dr. thinks that it is anxiety again, and my xrays and MRI's don't show anything. Blood work ok, all that. She knows me pretty well, because this is my second go around with anxiety, but a different set of symptoms this time. It is always something different for me. So I guess about 3 months of it now, almost 24/7. My worst symptom, is my right eye is blurry alot, and feels funny. Don't know why, but I am taking Wellbutrin and Ativan, and both mess with your eyes... Eye doc, and doc don't see anything wrong, just some floaters drifting around in my eyes. Bummer.. Anxiety causes that also...

What really make me made, is that it will hit, when I seem to be just fine, working around the house, or what ever. I will just be along my merry way, and all of a sudden, my neck and leg skin will feel numb, or sometimes tingling. Most of the time, when I do stop and think about it, I notice that I am breathing shallow, or taking little breaths, and holding them. I don't know I do it. So I never expect to feel bad, until it hits. It is frustrating I know, but since you have been through this before, you probably remember that you have felt crappy before, and then you felt normal again. Then crappy, then normal, etc. You will feel normal again too, just have to wait it out. Nerves take a long time to heal, months in some cases. Do the program again, and let it calm you down again. Even if you have done it before, use it again, for the effect. Relax, relax, and relax as much as possible. Take some me time, to calm down. You will make it through! Read through my "tingling, does it ever stop" post, and you can follow my saga with it too. I have met a couple friends in that post, that helped me calm down when I needed it too, and every day, I feel that I get a little better, and a little better. Can't wait for summer, my happy time of year!
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