Between last October to Feb this year I dealt with chronic tension headaches. My only symptom, but it was everyday like a band was around my head. Even if I thought I was calm it would be there day after day. Meds made zero difference the only thing that helped was applying a heat pad to the back of my head. Deep down I knew it was anxiety/stress related but I still had the worries all the time. One day a Dr friend said something and it literally snapped me out of it and they stopped instantly. This cycle has happened before with a headache and another time also constant stomach problems such as chronic heartburn. I'll have the symptom relentlessly for months, then it just stops and it's gone.
My legs...urgh my legs. This is the worst chronic symptom I've had. I've never ever experienced a anxiety/stress response in my legs before. Never had a single issue with my legs so this one is really making me believe something is wrong. My ankles ache, my shins ache and my calf muscles ache. So bad to the point I can barely stretch the area the muscle feels like a tight, swollen elastic band. It started because my ankles were swollen one day in late April which made me panic and worry and prod and poke and Google blah blah you no the drill for days. Then the leg issues started. It's a mixture of intense aching or feeling mildly swollen, like whenever you've had sunburn and you just feel inflamed and spongey. Drs don't seem concerned but I have bloods soon (absolutely petrified I hate needles and have already cancelled once).
I'm definitely seeking reassurance right now but uuurgh does anyone else get stuck in a cycle of one symptom constantly to the point where it's chronic and there everyday no matter how you think you feel. I'm convinced it's something really bad. However a part of me knows this could all be anxiety. For example. When I saw my first Dr and he didn't seem concerned, for two weeks I barely felt it after, then when my bloods were due I started worrying again. The fact it pretty much went and I wasn't thinking about it shows me it's probably anxiety but last night it was so bad. I'm not imagining it my shins and calves were so tight I had to stretch because I was struggling to walk and it's such an intense almost buzz of stiffness and swelling but I wouldn't ever label it as pain?
I'm also getting flare ups of hives too which is lovely. I did pull something in my back a while ago and I'm wondering if it's related to that? For a month my whole back and up my spine also felt swollen but that's stopped now. Can a back injury cause this? I'm convinced I have some sort of autoimmune disease or heart/liver or kidney problems.
Does anyone else get stuck in one continuous symptom like this? I'm even noticing holding my phone gives me muscle problems in my fingers now too. I'm obviously very tense, even though I don't feel like I'm tensing in the slightest right now. Everything I read says these symptoms are common during a panic attack. But I'm not having a panic attack it's literally there constantly.
My legs...urgh my legs. This is the worst chronic symptom I've had. I've never ever experienced a anxiety/stress response in my legs before. Never had a single issue with my legs so this one is really making me believe something is wrong. My ankles ache, my shins ache and my calf muscles ache. So bad to the point I can barely stretch the area the muscle feels like a tight, swollen elastic band. It started because my ankles were swollen one day in late April which made me panic and worry and prod and poke and Google blah blah you no the drill for days. Then the leg issues started. It's a mixture of intense aching or feeling mildly swollen, like whenever you've had sunburn and you just feel inflamed and spongey. Drs don't seem concerned but I have bloods soon (absolutely petrified I hate needles and have already cancelled once).
I'm definitely seeking reassurance right now but uuurgh does anyone else get stuck in a cycle of one symptom constantly to the point where it's chronic and there everyday no matter how you think you feel. I'm convinced it's something really bad. However a part of me knows this could all be anxiety. For example. When I saw my first Dr and he didn't seem concerned, for two weeks I barely felt it after, then when my bloods were due I started worrying again. The fact it pretty much went and I wasn't thinking about it shows me it's probably anxiety but last night it was so bad. I'm not imagining it my shins and calves were so tight I had to stretch because I was struggling to walk and it's such an intense almost buzz of stiffness and swelling but I wouldn't ever label it as pain?
I'm also getting flare ups of hives too which is lovely. I did pull something in my back a while ago and I'm wondering if it's related to that? For a month my whole back and up my spine also felt swollen but that's stopped now. Can a back injury cause this? I'm convinced I have some sort of autoimmune disease or heart/liver or kidney problems.
Does anyone else get stuck in one continuous symptom like this? I'm even noticing holding my phone gives me muscle problems in my fingers now too. I'm obviously very tense, even though I don't feel like I'm tensing in the slightest right now. Everything I read says these symptoms are common during a panic attack. But I'm not having a panic attack it's literally there constantly.