U4IA
31-01-18, 19:37
Hello everyone - totally new to the forum, and as of about a month ago, the physical symptoms of anxiety. I’ve always been a nervous person, and a worrier by trade… But the physical symptoms of anxiety caught me off guard, and sent me in a tailspin eventually leading to a full-blown panic attack.
Like many of the posts that I have read, I’m having an extremely hard time wrapping my head around all these physical sensations just being anxiety. The focus of my worry has been around my health, given the physical symptoms that I have experienced.
Over the course of a month, I’ve seen:
Numbness and tingling
Loss of appetite
Chills/cold spells
Near constant adrenaline rushes
Lump in my throat
Tight chest
Extremely dry mouth
Trouble falling/staying asleep
Tingling/hot flashes overnight
Excessive swallowing
Excessive Yawning
Full out panic attack
And perhaps most persistent and annoying, near constant brain fog.
I’ve been to the ER three times and my physician for follow up on a nearly weekly basis. As far as tests go, I’ve had blood work done, (1 CBC and 2 cardiac), and also had a CT scan, which the doctor said was “pristine”.
My physician has told me that it’s anxiety, and started me on 10 mg of Cipralex/Lexipro - I’m about 3 weeks into the medication.
What I can say is that the large majority of those symptoms have come and gone, and for the most part my mood has improved...But I still have near constant “waves” of severe brain fog, where I just don’t feel like myself, and my short-term memory is all but gone. There are periods of the day where it seems lighter than others, but it’s been near consistent for a month now.
What I’m hoping for out of this forum, is for perhaps someone else to share a similar story regarding the brain fog... i’m really struggling with CBT and changing my thought patterns when, with this fog, I just don’t feel like myself through my eyes. There has rarely been an hour that has gone by that I haven’t thought about my symptoms. I feel stuck in a loop.
If anyone has any similar stories about brain fog, or any tips on how to break this loop, it would be sincerely appreciated. I feel like if I could just get some improvement on the brain fog, I would feel so much more confident that this is just anxiety, and be able to manage it so much better.
Like many of the posts that I have read, I’m having an extremely hard time wrapping my head around all these physical sensations just being anxiety. The focus of my worry has been around my health, given the physical symptoms that I have experienced.
Over the course of a month, I’ve seen:
Numbness and tingling
Loss of appetite
Chills/cold spells
Near constant adrenaline rushes
Lump in my throat
Tight chest
Extremely dry mouth
Trouble falling/staying asleep
Tingling/hot flashes overnight
Excessive swallowing
Excessive Yawning
Full out panic attack
And perhaps most persistent and annoying, near constant brain fog.
I’ve been to the ER three times and my physician for follow up on a nearly weekly basis. As far as tests go, I’ve had blood work done, (1 CBC and 2 cardiac), and also had a CT scan, which the doctor said was “pristine”.
My physician has told me that it’s anxiety, and started me on 10 mg of Cipralex/Lexipro - I’m about 3 weeks into the medication.
What I can say is that the large majority of those symptoms have come and gone, and for the most part my mood has improved...But I still have near constant “waves” of severe brain fog, where I just don’t feel like myself, and my short-term memory is all but gone. There are periods of the day where it seems lighter than others, but it’s been near consistent for a month now.
What I’m hoping for out of this forum, is for perhaps someone else to share a similar story regarding the brain fog... i’m really struggling with CBT and changing my thought patterns when, with this fog, I just don’t feel like myself through my eyes. There has rarely been an hour that has gone by that I haven’t thought about my symptoms. I feel stuck in a loop.
If anyone has any similar stories about brain fog, or any tips on how to break this loop, it would be sincerely appreciated. I feel like if I could just get some improvement on the brain fog, I would feel so much more confident that this is just anxiety, and be able to manage it so much better.