Do you get neck/upper back/trapezius pain with your anxiety?
I've been getting this recently, but cannot distiguish whether it's my anxiety or the fact that I've been back in the gym weight training and boxing, so I've possibly over stretched at the gym.
Just wondering if you get similar symptoms with your anxiety?
Re: Do you get neck/upper back/trapezius pain with your anxiety?
Sometimes, yes, and it's really horrible - a nasty sort of pinching pain.
Re: Do you get neck/upper back/trapezius pain with your anxiety?
Yep, I get it I tend to tense my muscles without realizing it when I am anxious.
Re: Have any of you had periods where you're thouroughly fed up with anxiety?
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Darksky
I imagine almost everyone on here gets totally sick of it, almost all of the time.
It's a big heavy old bag we carry around with us.
You damn right about that. I am so at my wits end with it. If it's not one symptom, it's another. Constantly makes me worry about my health even if it's likely to be anxiety. :lac:
Is it okay to up my dosage of propranolol?
I am currently on 40mg. I am pretty sure my doctor said originally I could go on 80mg, but on the bottle it says "take one daily" and they are 40mg. My anxiety isn't really much better on 40mg, so am considering upping my dosage to two 40mg per day. What do you think?
Re: Is it okay to up my dosage of propranolol?
In my experience, propranolol is fairly harmless, with one caveat: it can really worsen insomnia. I'd suggest chatting to your doctor and finding out if they can prescribe you the slow release stuff if you're going to have to be taking it in the evening.
We all respond differently to different meds, but the only times I've ever gone 60 hours without sleeping involved propranolol, and it was wretched.
Re: Is it okay to up my dosage of propranolol?
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BlueIris
In my experience, propranolol is fairly harmless, with one caveat: it can really worsen insomnia. I'd suggest chatting to your doctor and finding out if they can prescribe you the slow release stuff if you're going to have to be taking it in the evening.
We all respond differently to different meds, but the only times I've ever gone 60 hours without sleeping involved propranolol, and it was wretched.
It feels like since taking propranolol I have had a lot more broken sleep. I am not going a night without waking up at least twice. I also don't think they are helping me too much, at least not on 40mg.
Do you know if there are any stronger, more effective meds for anxiety than propranolol? What are you on BlueIris?
I will most likely visit the doctor on Monday or Tues and find out if there's any other meds I can take instead.
Re: Is it okay to up my dosage of propranolol?
MrAlexander, I've been on Citalopram for a few months now and it's one of the best things to have ever happened to me. Propranolol helps with the physical aspects of anxiety, but once it kicks in (pretty quickly for me) citalopram actually helps dampen down the fear response.
I still get panic attacks, but it's the difference between being nervous and shaky for a couple of hours rather than feeling physically ill for days to weeks - I can have a panic attack now and still be enthusiastic about going out and having fun the following day.
The side effects weren't a picnic at first - I had a bit of nausea and really had to curtail my (admittedly fairly high) chilli consumption for a few weeks. The only thing that's lingered is getting tired a little more easily, though, which is possibly just because I'm no longer stressed to the point of raging insomnia all the time.
Re: Is it okay to up my dosage of propranolol?
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Worried about brain tumour. Need reassurance I'm being silly...
This may sound silly, but the last couple days I've been feeling woozy. i have been stressed out and my anxiety has been at an all time high almost. Anyway, last night I didn't sleep well at all.
Tonight I have laid down to sleep, but it feels like I have a pressure on back of my head running to my eyes. The thing is, I think I experienced this before and it seemed to be anxiety.
Also, I have an issue at the moment wih my upper back and shoulders, well also my neck where it is tight. if I move my shoulders around it feels like there might be a muscle or nerve which is hurt, so wondering if it's that.
The thing is, I am wondering if the blood pressure from my anxiety is causing this. It has only been tonight I feel this pressure like feeling, and because I haven't slept well and been looking at my phone & laptop all day, I wonder whether it's overly dry eyes too.
Maybe it's all in my head and it's all anxiety, but I hate that this flares up when I wanna go bed and sleep. It makes me paranoid before sleep and I may go another night having poor sleep.
I am definitely going to go to the doctor next week anyway as I have to go anyway, so can ask about my symptoms, but wanted some advice from you guys if anybody had experience similar.
Any advice?