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Strange physical symptoms - internal burning sensation

Strange physical symptoms - internal burning sensation

Hi all,

I am new to the forum and this is my first post. I am currently experiencing extreme anxiety and so far the medical profession has been unable to help. I have now been off work for 5 months and feel like my life has come crashing down around me. I welcome any advice however also wanted to ask if anyone else experiences the same physical sensations that i do as i am not convinced they are part of anxiety. I get very strange head symptoms, hard to describe, but includes an internal burning sensation, head and face, neck, shoulders, arms, sometimes entire body. It is extremely difficult to handle and quite torturous. I also experience other weird head symptoms - like a tight band around my head, sometimes like a lifting sensation from the top of my head, weird face sensations, not quite prickling, not quite pins and needles, but those would be the closest i can come to describing it. Does anyone else experience these things? I am at my wits end with the severity of my symptoms - all of them, not just the ones mentioned- and wonder if anyone ever actually recovers from extreme anxiety and is able to function and live some semblance of a normal life! At the moment it seems i am going round in circles with the MH profession and getting nowhere.

Any help greatly appreciated.

And thank you for reading.

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Re: Strange physical symptoms - internal burning sensation

Hi @outlander ,

Sorry to take so long to get back to you - busy with appts.

Sometimes its scary not knowing if what im experiencing is 'normal' for anxiety, especially in light of my previously mentioned concern of other potential causes. But its good to know that other ppl have experienced similar things too, and that your experience with symptoms were constant, as mine are. Saw new pdoc today, starting on new med tonight so am really really hoping it works bcoz wev not yet found the right long term med to deal with the anxiety. So hope this is the one!

I understand about waking up from sleep in the night too. Before i was on the sleeping med i would wake up in the middle of flight or fight response, sometines i would have lept out of bed before i even knew what was happening. Scary! Im glad things are better for you than what they were.

Yes i also need to discover strategies and work out which ones help me the most. Saw ot today, she showed me deep breathing exercise, talked about importance of sleep hygiene etc. Will also be going to psychologist soon - have never really found psychologists beneficial in the past but hoping this time will be different. Maybe it was partly me, that i just wasnt ready to put the work in. Hopefully it will be more beneficial this time round.

Thanks for your reply @outlander . I hope things continue to improve for you.

Best wishes,

Doglover

Ps: Sorry for all the abbrev's, only have internet on my phone and takes ages! Not to mention every time i go to fix a typo it goes to a completely different spot, or posts the message! Hence why im editing this! Grrr!

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Hi @eudemonism @Meowmy

I have that problem as well. Over the last few months ive really seen the role that fear has played in my life, and how i practice avoidance as a way of trying to avoid the anxiety. I guess you would call them phobias - that somehow need to be dealt with. Unfortunately as well as that, i have constant anxiety symptoms including these horrible physical sensations that just never let up! Starting new anxiety med tonight so hopefully that will help. It seems finding the right med/s can b challenging for many!

Best wishes to you in your continued recovery.

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hi @Doglover sorry i missed this post! how have you been? how have you gone managing your symptoms?

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@Meowmy thinking of you and your challanges too

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Hi @outlander,
Its been a very tough few days. Took the new med tues and weds night and it made my head go crazy! Like super super stimulated. Weds/thurs my symptoms were even worse than normal. Very difficult to handle! Only took the med 2 nights. Pdoc probably not going to be happy. They keep telling me i have to perservere - how can you perservere with a med when you feel like your going out of your mind! Its just not practical! So back to the drawing board! 😕
Have you had those type of experiences?

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@outlander @Thanks for care and support. Hope you are going well. Not easy. I am feeling a bit sad and unsure this morning. Just sitting deep breathing, hoping mind will get clearer. Mum is stable for a few days. Don’t know how long I will have her for. Reality is harsh. Feel a bit unsure and sad. Wish you a good day. Hope it will turn out ok for me too.

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how are you today @Meowmy , @Doglover

Hello @outlander , @eudemonism , @Appleblossom

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yeah definently let them know if the side effects are to unbearable @Doglover

i have had that sort of experience but have had some pretty horrid side effects when starting medications


hugs @Meowmy

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Hi @outlander ,

Has it just bn when u started meds? Did u perservere and if so did the effects go away? Or did you stop taking med?

Im sorry you are going through a difficult time @Meowmy . I hope you are getting lots of support, both here and in the 'real world'.

@Shaz51 @eudemonism @Appleblossom

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@Doglover @Thanks for support. Getting the right meds take time. Keep faith is important.

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