Nikolai
11-10-17, 03:26
Hi, I'm Nikolai, and I'm new here.
Been struggling with daily panic attacks for about three months now. I've had anxiety for a long time but it's really spiked. About three months ago I had to move, had job troubles, ended a long relationship, -- my life basically upended.
I've been getting "weakness" in my limbs. Crampy feelings in fingers, calves, ankles. Twitches all over. Weakness comes and goes. I had weakness in my arms today -- or so it felt -- but it's never "real". I can do my workout, pushups, lifts, curls, -- I walk five or six miles a day -- but get up in the morning and start worrying and I get rubbery / jelly-legs again. Utterly freaking out that I have some neuro disease.
Going to the doctor tomorrow and not sure what to tell her. I just feel embarrassed that my anxiety symptoms are taking over my life and making it so hard to function. Can anyone relate?
Oh, and I've had it all before. Long time ago. 1990s. Had most of the same things, plus dizziness, more twitching but less of the crampy things, but otherwise almost the same. And then as now, the symptoms go away when I take a nap, sleep at night, take Valium. And come back when I'm at work and freaking out and worrying. And then the panic attacks start and it feels like the end of the world.
I'm going to ask for a referral to a psychiatrist just to see what the options are. I can't go on like this. Need help.
I just want my life back ...
Nikolai
Been struggling with daily panic attacks for about three months now. I've had anxiety for a long time but it's really spiked. About three months ago I had to move, had job troubles, ended a long relationship, -- my life basically upended.
I've been getting "weakness" in my limbs. Crampy feelings in fingers, calves, ankles. Twitches all over. Weakness comes and goes. I had weakness in my arms today -- or so it felt -- but it's never "real". I can do my workout, pushups, lifts, curls, -- I walk five or six miles a day -- but get up in the morning and start worrying and I get rubbery / jelly-legs again. Utterly freaking out that I have some neuro disease.
Going to the doctor tomorrow and not sure what to tell her. I just feel embarrassed that my anxiety symptoms are taking over my life and making it so hard to function. Can anyone relate?
Oh, and I've had it all before. Long time ago. 1990s. Had most of the same things, plus dizziness, more twitching but less of the crampy things, but otherwise almost the same. And then as now, the symptoms go away when I take a nap, sleep at night, take Valium. And come back when I'm at work and freaking out and worrying. And then the panic attacks start and it feels like the end of the world.
I'm going to ask for a referral to a psychiatrist just to see what the options are. I can't go on like this. Need help.
I just want my life back ...
Nikolai