Arm/Hand sensations. Anxiety?

[trikky]

Hi there peeps, I am currently and have been suffering with health based anxiety for the last 6 months. There is so much happening and so little to explain it. It all started when i stopped smoking and was coughing up all the crap that was in my liungs, I thought i had lung cancer(and still do in the back of my head). I saw Dr after Dr, had x ray after x ray and the same answer, i was fighting fit. Got diagnosed with health based anxiety and was prescribed drugs for it. At this point i started to believe i had brain cancer as well and was again at the Drs every 2 mins and accident and emergency. The Drs gave me tablets and said they would take time to get in my system and some that would act fast untill the main ones kicked in. The ones for the short term were doin some funny stuff to me so the Dr told me to stop takin em. After a while on the long term ones i think they were kickin in because i was gettin a lil better but i got too confident and stopped takIng them, denying i had a problem. I started smoking again and have just stopped again for good this time as my partner is pregnant. Now though i am back to square one and this time darent go to the Dr as he thinks i am still on the medication. I wanted to talk to a specialist but failed to do so. Right now my left arm is heavy and weak and this go's on for days at a time then sometimes my right arm and sometimes both together. The Dr's say this is anxiety related but i just dont believe them and keep thinking the lung cancer has spread to the nerves in arms and i am a total wreck. I have tried to find other people with this anxiety symptom and found a few, but they say that theirs last only minutes while mine last days, and sometimes when im not even thinking bout it or owt. Can any1 shed some light non these symptoms with my arms/hands? it would be very much appreciated and welcome.
Thanks for reading.

[sammi]

My arms feel heavy and weak at times and sometimes it last for days I thought it was my heart because of chest pain but cardioligist ran all sorts of tests and says its anxiety. Hope you feel better soon xx

[crazyhayz]

I get this EVERY SINGLE DAY, i actually feel like i CANT FEEL MY ARM atall sometimes too, i had it earlier on today. when i get it, whatever arm it is, if i hold sumthin in that hand it feels weird. thats why im convinced i have MS or a brain disease or nervous system disease of sum kind. My doc has referred me to a cardiologist coz i get bad palps too, and diziness BADLY, to the point of actually falling coz i lose my balance! Im having a heart scan on 26th october, but i know im jusy guna keep worrying bout my brain if heart scan is normal. I rly do think ive got brain problem. I get loadsa other symptoms, not just severe weakness. My eyes flicker and i swear i see things differently sometimes, like everything surreal, and i cant focus on stuff as it hurts my eyes and makes them lose focus and go all sketchy. I twitch alot too. Its awful. Doc has been great though and even tho he knws i suffer from HA (and am being medicated for it) he still has said that he'll refer me to a neurologist after ive had my heart scan if its normal. I get alot of visual weirdness, thats the main reason why i think ive got MS or sumthin like that. Ive had a brain ct and ive not got tumours or heomorages but ct's dont show MS or nefing like that so im never guna be happy i dont think lol. Just so u know ur not alone, my arm weakess is baddd, and it goes on for days at a time sometimes, today was weird when i opened a cupboard door and felt my finger go weird and had pins n needles in finger, then weakness in arm, it was so scary, my panic attacks have come back with full throttle now, but im trying to tell myself its anxiety, not having alot of success tho. If i get clear heart scan that will deffo put my mind at rest bout my heart and SADS, but i think im guna still worry bout MS etc so wots the blimin' point lol. Ur doc wont get angry that uve stopped tkin em, if he does just say they scared u coz the side effects got too much to handle.. say u refuse to be pushed aside and left with having this severe weakness and numbness in your arm, and u would like a referral to a neurologist or u will just keep cumin back. they cant just leave u and tell u trot on, u have issues and they need to be sorted, u need help, thats wot i said and my doctor was more than supportive. tke cre and sorry to ramble on lol :)