SFAOK
06-09-05, 16:23
Hi there. My anxiety is 10% of what it used to be, and I believe I am 'over' that period of my life. I had so many symptoms it was incredible, and I truelly did believe that I had a brain tumor during the worst of it.
Anyhow, most of my symptoms have dissapeared completely. A few remain, including the butterflies in my stomach, but nothing I'm worried about any more. However, a symptom that's come along in the last month or so puzzles me (and my GP, oncologist it would seem).
It started with my joints clicking more often than usual. The knees and ankles more than any other. Then it progressed into the joints 'popping' into place when I straighten my knees and elbows out (I believe its the tendon 'snapping' into place). At its worst, I can put my hand on my knee joint and when I do a slow swinging motion I can feel the joint clicking several times, like a ratchet or something.
The clicking is also more apparent - when I walk barefooted sometimes my ankles click with every step, and it sounds like I'm wearing flipflops!
Can anyone offer any kind of explination as to why my joints are acting like this? My GP guessed that maybe its because I've been so tense for the past 4 months or so that relaxing has done something temporary to the joints as my body gets used to being normal again.
My father has a similar thing, but then again he's had athritis for 20 years or so. And with me being 24 I doubt it can happen so quickly!
Any help would be great!
Anyhow, most of my symptoms have dissapeared completely. A few remain, including the butterflies in my stomach, but nothing I'm worried about any more. However, a symptom that's come along in the last month or so puzzles me (and my GP, oncologist it would seem).
It started with my joints clicking more often than usual. The knees and ankles more than any other. Then it progressed into the joints 'popping' into place when I straighten my knees and elbows out (I believe its the tendon 'snapping' into place). At its worst, I can put my hand on my knee joint and when I do a slow swinging motion I can feel the joint clicking several times, like a ratchet or something.
The clicking is also more apparent - when I walk barefooted sometimes my ankles click with every step, and it sounds like I'm wearing flipflops!
Can anyone offer any kind of explination as to why my joints are acting like this? My GP guessed that maybe its because I've been so tense for the past 4 months or so that relaxing has done something temporary to the joints as my body gets used to being normal again.
My father has a similar thing, but then again he's had athritis for 20 years or so. And with me being 24 I doubt it can happen so quickly!
Any help would be great!