Has anybody with panic or anxiety ever had tingling? If so where? I've been having it for almost 2 weeks and it's driving me crazy. It started about a week after I went up to 100 mg of Zoloft. I've been to the doctor friday and again today, he did an ekg and said it was great. He did a full bloodwork and said it was great.

i understand fully sometimes i get tingling and it bothers me but if you look at the website n panic they say it follows with it i know it is worrisome but that is one other systom good luck

Thank you! I started out just getting it in my hads and arms, but now am feeling in my neck, back, face, chin and sometimes in my chest and stomach. The doctor adjusted my neck and back today at my request and said that my neck was very tight, but thinks it is the anxiety. I just get so scared and nobody has patience for it they tell me to snap out of it. I guess it's hard for them to understand. The only thing that was wrong today was my blood pressure was 162/98 and on friday it was only 112/78. The doctor said it was probably because I was so nervous and not to worry about it.

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i understand fully sometimes i get tingling and it bothers me but if you look at the website n panic they say it follows with it i know it is worrisome but that is one other systom good luck

I got tingling, burning sensations when I started on Lexapro, lasted a few days, but could it be from the meds?? My doc said once your body adjusts to the meds it will stop, which it did!

Hi. I had tingling and muscle movements and the sensation that an electrical current was going through my body. Was convinced I had something terrible. I even had trouble opening my eyes in the morning. Like they were clamped shut. My eye doctor freaked me out telling me he thought I had MS or something like that. So I went through severe health anxiety and tons of medical tests. And it was allllllll anxiety! The tingling, the muscle spasms, the clamped down eyes. All stress related. I was convinced I was dying of some strange disease. Now I feel kind of silly for overreacting like I did. So, yes, anxiety causes tingling. It's amazing how long the list is of body sensations that are caused by anxiety.

I hope you're feeling better now.

Hi There!

I have had anxiety for years on and off. Just started listening to my tapes and reading the homework and I WAS DELIGHTED to learn about the tingling! The past two years have been a really distressing time, and I have noticed tingling showing up and then of course fear. I was convinced it was a lot of different things, but now I am just relieved it is anxiety. I will keep you in my prayers...which president was it who said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"? Please be encouraged - you are recognizing the problem - so really tingling and all you have some victory here...

Thank you, it did go away for 3 days and today is the first day that I've been home (I was staying at my Mom's) and I have it again, I don't know if it's because of the change that I'm back home or what. But it's driving me crazy!

I can really relate to all these things. Especially music fan, I had tingling, muscle spazams,weird electric sensation through my body(which I found hard to explain to my doctor) I am also always very fatigue and achy feeling. I have had so many test done and was also told I might have MS due to symptoms and an abnormal MRI. They pretty much have ruled out it's MS but are going to do a little more testing on my spine,because one side of my body responds a little slower, not by much though. I could use some prayers and support right now. If the test come back fine and rule out any neurological thing, than my symptoms are probally due to anxiety. I also in the past have struggled with drinking and bullemia? Has anyone else turned to alcohol for their problems and is now recovering? i feel my anxiety has been at it's worse since I quit. Any input?
Thanks, Lynne

This is probably my worst and my most fearful sensation! I get it all over intermittently---my hands, feet, legs, face (that one really bothers me!), back, you name it I've had it. I know that my muslces are extremely tight and that is the cause of it. I am too scared to ever go to the doctor's but I always figure if it was something really bad it would continue to get worse and not stay the same as it has been off and on the last 2 or so years! Hope this helps!

This was 40 years ago, but I had tingling in my hands and arms when I started having a panic attack and began hyperventilating. It was taking in too much oxygen that caused the tingling. When the attack was over they went back to normal.

lynne,

Have you looked at trying rescue remedy, kava kava and valerian root, or some other over the counter remedy for anxiety? Just a thought. There's also Buspar which is non-addictive. I hope you're working with the program. It has the potential to end the need for anything for anxiety.

Is tingling also called Paresthesia, described as a feeling of pins and needles or a sudden, short pricking sensation? I started getting that about a week ago and it's making me VERY anxious. It's a new symptoms for me, so I became very concerned and have a hard time not worrying about it. I noticed, however, that when my mind is fully occupied with something else, I don't notice it as much. I want this to go away! It seems that whenever I get through an anxious period, I get hit with something I haven't experienced before, and the body sensations/symptons are so pronounced you honestly can't tell if it's anxiety or a medical problem. I'm diabetic but my numbers are totally normal so I really don't think it's diabetic neuropathy. It's just very annoying! I have a long driving vacation in about two weeks and I want to be free of this problem so I can enjoy my vacation without worry. Has or is anyone else experienced this? Would love some advice! I really don't want to go to the doctor either; I know what he'll tell me, that it's anxiety. I've had the strangest symptoms in addition to this too, like what feels like a bladder infection, where you have to "go" all the time. I had the urine and culture tests and all were negative. I swear, sometimes I get the WEIRDEST symptoms! Would like to hear from others about this stuff. Thanks.

TONS of tingling. And all kinds of other anxiety related symptoms. If there are symptoms to be had, I have had them! Tingling. You betcha.

I was mostly panic free for 5 years.

Now, I am back with the program, today. Back to square one. I never made it through the full program the first time in 2003. I abandoned it when i started feeling better. Now, well I don't know. But just yesterday I was in immediate care for a panic attack.

Same thing: EKG = perfect. Thyroid = perfect. Anemia = nope. And all of the other tests = PERFECT. I am a model of what should be perfect health. I am a marathon trainer. I run almost every day.

Yet, here I am. Always tingling, swaying, feeling faint, disoriented...scared. Jelly legs, tightness in my chest, heart RACING..RACING...RACING...for hours and hours even after a run. Until finally, soooooooo tired.

It's hard. It's very hard. I understand the tingling...it's annoying and worrisome. Let's try NOT to worry so much. We do this to ourselves, right?

For the record: 50mg Zoloft/day.
Xanax .50mg for times when I "need it". Although, I rarely take it. In five years I can count on one hand the times I've taken it - because it takes me away from my life - makes me so sleepy.

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Thanks so much for your response! I'm really glad you understand this stuff so well, and particularly tingling. I take Zoloft too, and have recently raised the dosage from 12.5 mg twice a day to double that, I guess that makes 50 mg. Did you take Zoloft for the tingling, and if so, did it help? I find that those shooting, stabbing pricking sensations are not only very annoying, but painful sometimes. It really sucks!

Kathy

I will admit that after 5 years, I think I've become a bit "immune" to the current Zoloft level. It doesn't take away the tingling for me at this time. Although, perhaps with a higher dosage and working through this program, the tingling will go away.

Here's hoping. Because, holy cow - with that and all the other stuff happening with anxiety attacks - it's debilitating.