Ditapage
19-03-12, 23:05
I AM an anxious person and i subconsciously hunch my shoulders up, so I don't know if anxiety caused my symptoms or my symptoms cause anxiety. But my neck feels weird... it's not a pain, it's a pressure, and it kick starts my fight or flight response because when i get it out in public, it's accompanied by a weird feeling in my head that scares me, and i want to run away. My neck feels like it cant support my head and my head just wants to drop down. Then i get an odd sensation in my arms, like they're weak... i don't know whats anxiety and whats a real problem. Blood tests came back clear, but everytime this neck feeling hits, and it affects my head, i think i'm going to die, lose control, or faint.
A friend said my back, and neck is really tight so i don't know if that has anything to do with it. But combined with the head feeling i feel really out of it and i respond with panic. I've had it for 7 months, but it first happened on the computer, and i've since stopped working on computers all day because i just can't do it, the feeling comes back full force and i start foot tapping to stay conscious! Probably doesn't help that i'm convinced fainting is awful (i've never experienced it.) This pressure is worse when i'm sitting - thats when i think neck strain mixes with anxiety because i get the urge to run away, strained eyes, everything starts looking blurry, labored breathing, sinking feeling in my stomach, urge to go to the toilet, tight throat, dry mouth, and an unexplainable feeling in my head (sometimes it feels like a soft buzzing and it lasts a few seconds and makes me feel completely out of touch with reality, and at its worst it feels like my head will explode) that may/may not be caused by adrenaline .
I also feel nasal congestion, but the ENT said thats clear. I can't sit! yet i keep getting told anxiety is doing it. I've had anxiety for years from bad nerves, but it only ever caused nausea hyperventilation and hot flashes and i always calmed down quickly. I don't understand how all these other long lasting symptoms could just start, and i don't have heart symptoms, it's primarily head and neck, but i definitely FEEL like i'm panicking, especially since "Ok, die." relaxes me (but the neck pressure is still there) Also i can't get physically excited anymore, because it feels like panic. Can anyone enlighten me, please, i'm at wits end. :weep:
A friend said my back, and neck is really tight so i don't know if that has anything to do with it. But combined with the head feeling i feel really out of it and i respond with panic. I've had it for 7 months, but it first happened on the computer, and i've since stopped working on computers all day because i just can't do it, the feeling comes back full force and i start foot tapping to stay conscious! Probably doesn't help that i'm convinced fainting is awful (i've never experienced it.) This pressure is worse when i'm sitting - thats when i think neck strain mixes with anxiety because i get the urge to run away, strained eyes, everything starts looking blurry, labored breathing, sinking feeling in my stomach, urge to go to the toilet, tight throat, dry mouth, and an unexplainable feeling in my head (sometimes it feels like a soft buzzing and it lasts a few seconds and makes me feel completely out of touch with reality, and at its worst it feels like my head will explode) that may/may not be caused by adrenaline .
I also feel nasal congestion, but the ENT said thats clear. I can't sit! yet i keep getting told anxiety is doing it. I've had anxiety for years from bad nerves, but it only ever caused nausea hyperventilation and hot flashes and i always calmed down quickly. I don't understand how all these other long lasting symptoms could just start, and i don't have heart symptoms, it's primarily head and neck, but i definitely FEEL like i'm panicking, especially since "Ok, die." relaxes me (but the neck pressure is still there) Also i can't get physically excited anymore, because it feels like panic. Can anyone enlighten me, please, i'm at wits end. :weep: