PoppyP
06-04-11, 11:51
This is my first post so first of all I wanted to say thank you for the comfort and help this site has brought me over the past month.
In hindsight my Health Anxiety began about 8 years ago when I was signed off work with stress/anxiety due to me being bullyied by my then boss. I transferred this anxiety to my health and started googling various symptoms and conditions and then becoming obsessed looking for things wrong in my body, swollen glands etc. I guess I have been on and off like this for the last 8 years.
Over the past 4-6 weeks I have been experiencing tingling sensations firstly on my tongue and this then progressed to hands & feet, then to random places like my nose, back of neck etc. I can only feel them when I'm sitting or lying down (although they don't bother me when I'm sleeping). When I'm walking around or actively doing something I don't really feel them at all. Of course I stupidly googled these symptoms which made me extremely anxious. I have been to see a doctor three times since this started, the first said it was viral, the second anxiety and the third confirmed it could be viral with anxiety combined and that it will just take time to resolve. I had a blood test around 5 weeks ago and everything came back normal. I have also been to an alternative health practitioner for 'bio-feedback' which showed up that I had a flu virus which was affecting my nervous system - I have been back to see her a couple of times now and the flu virus has gone and things seem to be getting better from her point of view but I would have thought the tingles would have resolved by now if it was viral.
I just wanted to ask if anyone else has had these tingling sensations constantly for a period of time? I thought that if they were anxiety related they would come & go? How long in your experience does it take for them to go away? I will probably head back to the doctors next week if they haven't resolved.
Thanks for your help & sorry for such a long post!
In hindsight my Health Anxiety began about 8 years ago when I was signed off work with stress/anxiety due to me being bullyied by my then boss. I transferred this anxiety to my health and started googling various symptoms and conditions and then becoming obsessed looking for things wrong in my body, swollen glands etc. I guess I have been on and off like this for the last 8 years.
Over the past 4-6 weeks I have been experiencing tingling sensations firstly on my tongue and this then progressed to hands & feet, then to random places like my nose, back of neck etc. I can only feel them when I'm sitting or lying down (although they don't bother me when I'm sleeping). When I'm walking around or actively doing something I don't really feel them at all. Of course I stupidly googled these symptoms which made me extremely anxious. I have been to see a doctor three times since this started, the first said it was viral, the second anxiety and the third confirmed it could be viral with anxiety combined and that it will just take time to resolve. I had a blood test around 5 weeks ago and everything came back normal. I have also been to an alternative health practitioner for 'bio-feedback' which showed up that I had a flu virus which was affecting my nervous system - I have been back to see her a couple of times now and the flu virus has gone and things seem to be getting better from her point of view but I would have thought the tingles would have resolved by now if it was viral.
I just wanted to ask if anyone else has had these tingling sensations constantly for a period of time? I thought that if they were anxiety related they would come & go? How long in your experience does it take for them to go away? I will probably head back to the doctors next week if they haven't resolved.
Thanks for your help & sorry for such a long post!