pAULspybeef
05-12-12, 14:39
Hi all,
To cut a long story short, I began suffering all sorts of sensory symptoms after a very stressful time in my life (death of Mum-in-law, becoming a Dad, promotion at work & difficult colleagues) in Summer 2011. I began worrying to the extent that I ended up convinced I had MS and despite seeing my GP and checked over by neurologist with the diagnosis of somatic anxiety, the symptoms and worry remained. My quality of life has improved after CBT for HA as a disorder but is still not back to how it was before.
The symptom that bothers me the most is a feeling of weakness on my left side. It is persistent, but waxes and wanes and I can still walk, run etc. The logical side of me says it must be anxiety causing impaired messages being sent to my brain, and that I need to stop worrying/stressing/getting frustrated at the feelings over a longer period in order to recover. The HA side of me worries about it being a neurological nasty such as MS. I am a 30yo male and have had sporadic episodes of anxiety since the age of 19yo but nothing like this.
I wanted to know if anyone else has had the "feeling" of weakness and REALLY would like to hear from anyone who has recovered from it to give me any tips/advice.
Can anxiety cause such odd feelings?!?!?!?!??!?!?!
Would appreciate any thoughts from people
Seasons greetings
Paul
To cut a long story short, I began suffering all sorts of sensory symptoms after a very stressful time in my life (death of Mum-in-law, becoming a Dad, promotion at work & difficult colleagues) in Summer 2011. I began worrying to the extent that I ended up convinced I had MS and despite seeing my GP and checked over by neurologist with the diagnosis of somatic anxiety, the symptoms and worry remained. My quality of life has improved after CBT for HA as a disorder but is still not back to how it was before.
The symptom that bothers me the most is a feeling of weakness on my left side. It is persistent, but waxes and wanes and I can still walk, run etc. The logical side of me says it must be anxiety causing impaired messages being sent to my brain, and that I need to stop worrying/stressing/getting frustrated at the feelings over a longer period in order to recover. The HA side of me worries about it being a neurological nasty such as MS. I am a 30yo male and have had sporadic episodes of anxiety since the age of 19yo but nothing like this.
I wanted to know if anyone else has had the "feeling" of weakness and REALLY would like to hear from anyone who has recovered from it to give me any tips/advice.
Can anxiety cause such odd feelings?!?!?!?!??!?!?!
Would appreciate any thoughts from people
Seasons greetings
Paul