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09-01-11, 19:26
I'm a long term anxiety sufferer, and like many too many symptoms to list! I have also had for 20 plus years episodes of tingling skin, periodic numbness in fingers, face, feet. I had optic neuritis 25 years ago and have always been aware that this can be a pre-cursor to MS. Over the last week I have been getting LOTS of tingling, crawling sensations etc and went to GP on Friday. After listening to me and testing my reflexes he said I was hyperventilating. Apparently my relfexes were 'a bit jumpy' and the tingling is classic. I have hperventilated in the past when having a panic attack and once in hospital following surgery but I KNEW it was happening. Can you really be hyperventiliating without realising??? Now since being told this, I do feel my breathing is shallow and that I am struggling for breath and I'm convinced it must be my heart not working properly and now I am in panic mode. I've been trawling through posts here on hyperventilation and have got some reassurance but has anyone else been hyperventilating without knowing that you are???:huh: