Tingling in face makes me very anxious

[MarieLily]

Hey guys, I'm here again, I lost all hope as to where to turn to and who to ask so here I am.

I was doing okay recovering from my huge anxiety episode these past two months, I had an okay week and now I am back into the bad again.

I have tingling in my face for three days I can't describe. It's like my skin is tight, like it is getting pulled on. It's not like tingling when your leg falls asleep, it's almost like goosebumps and tightness. I also get goosebumps across my body and weird sensations even though I am not cold and my body temperature is normal. They turned me back from the ER because I had no stroke symptoms... my face has this tingling either on one side or both or the cheeks or the chin, coming and going every few minutes or so. I am completely hopeless and freaking out that my face is going to die or lacks blood or something. I can't take this anxiety anymore

 

[Mandyhiero]

This is very common with anxiety. I have it every day, although I have a hard time convincing myself on a daily basis that’s all it is.

 

[MarieLily]

This is very common with anxiety. I have it every day, although I have a hard time convincing myself on a daily basis that’s all it is.

Did you get this weird numbmess, prickling tingling in face all the time like in waves? Like my cheek isn't numb like when I have anaesthesia but it feels weird and kind of numb or tingly or prickly or tight. I don't know what to make of it. Sometimes it spreads towards the mouth or nose. I am really freaking out but too scared to go to the doctor due to COVID

 

[Mandyhiero]

Did you get this weird numbmess, prickling tingling in face all the time like in waves? Like my cheek isn't numb like when I have anaesthesia but it feels weird and kind of numb or tingly or prickly or tight. I don't know what to make of it. Sometimes it spreads towards the mouth or nose. I am really freaking out but too scared to go to the doctor due to COVID

Mine is totally weird. It comes and goes and doesn’t last but a few seconds. It’s hard to explain the way it feels. It’s like an electrical current or vibration for a few seconds. Like a zap or something but it isn’t painful. It’s mostly around my right side of my lower lip and chin and it scares me so much when it happens. Some days I’ll not think about it and then other days it consumes my thoughts. I’m gonna call my primary cares doctor this week and ask her to refer me to a neurologist. I started taking a vitamin B complex hoping it would help but so far I’ve seen no difference.

 

[MakUSA]

I have this once in a while. At first i was like you, wondering what's going on and I was scared, but I realized that's part of the huge list of the anxiety weapon, so last time when I had it I just went with it and three days later it was gone.

 

[Giarose25]

I had every symptom you described especially the goodsebump sensation and when I was at my worst convinced something was wrong it only got worse and constant! Our beautiful brains do not get enough credit for what they can trick us into focusing on and feeling

 

[MarieLily]

I had every symptom you described especially the goodsebump sensation and when I was at my worst convinced something was wrong it only got worse and constant! Our beautiful brains do not get enough credit for what they can trick us into focusing on and feeling

How long did it last for you? I have it come and go and last for days but sometimes it's fine sometimes very bad and it's like pins and needles all over my face sometimes it subsides sometimes I have jaw pain from clenching and I don't know what to do anymore

 

[Giarose25]

How long did it last for you? I have it come and go and last for days but sometimes it's fine sometimes very bad and it's like pins and needles all over my face sometimes it subsides sometimes I have jaw pain from clenching and I don't know what to do anymore

In the fall like end of September through October it was constantly on and off almost every day I have a few threads I posted going nuts about what I was feeling and crying especially after googling made me even more scared. I still have it happen especially after I’ve had a rough day where I’m not even fully aware of how anxious I am then I’ll feel it now and think ok I get why this happens now. During that same time I was also getting burning on my skin which I’ve never felt in my life and after reading about this girl who had lupus all night that I knew and how she was having trouble in her hands, that same night I woke up with my fingers burning and stiff in pain(also never happened to me before) and after I came to terms with me being hyper focused on I never felt that pain in my hands! I did go through seeing a few doctors and getting tests done so I’m not saying I calmed down completely because I came to terms with it being anxiety triggered. How have your days been? I was diagnosed with ocd shortly after my episode and though it is still ocd behavior for myself keeping busy really does help. I know that sounds so simple in terms of how scared these symptoms make us but doing things I enjoyed and getting outside and occupying my mind did really help!

In the fall like end of September through October it was constantly on and off almost every day I have a few threads I posted going nuts about what I was feeling and crying especially after googling made me even more scared. I still have it happen especially after I’ve had a rough day where I’m not even fully aware of how anxious I am then I’ll feel it now and think ok I get why this happens now. During that same time I was also getting burning on my skin which I’ve never felt in my life and after reading about this girl who had lupus all night that I knew and how she was having trouble in her hands, that same night I woke up with my fingers burning and stiff in pain(also never happened to me before) and after I came to terms with me being hyper focused on I never felt that pain in my hands! I did go through seeing a few doctors and getting tests done so I’m not saying I calmed down completely because I came to terms with it being anxiety triggered. How have your days been? I was diagnosed with ocd shortly after my episode and though it is still ocd behavior for myself keeping busy really does help. I know that sounds so simple in terms of how scared these symptoms make us but doing things I enjoyed and getting outside and occupying my mind did really help!

I was also getting jaw pain from being so tense and on edge and not realizing it could also be from your body finally relaxing after being tense and worried anxiety really does a number on your body and sometimes when finally relaxed you feel every little thing as your body is leveling out

 

[Jones]

I’ve been experiencing this for the last week or two. It started in my forearm, then both arms, then my face. Some days it’s barely noticeable, or days it’s about enough to make me want to scream! I went to see my chiropractor last week and she kind of brushed it off and said there was probably just some crossed wires. She gave me an adjustment and sent me on my way. I then went back to my functional medicine neurologist who also is a chiropractor. He helped me in the past with some dizziness I was experiencing. I was worried that it may be signs of a stroke or MS and he assured me it wasn’t. He said that with the pandemic and all that has come with it, people (me in this case) are showing much more incidents of anxiety, whether they know it or not. I knew I didn’t particularly like this situation, but I thought I was handing things fairly well. I guess I’m not. I’m going to start with neuro feedback next week in hopes it will help with this stress. I also started back doing some progressive muscle relaxation exercises. Although this is not painful, it is extremely bothersome and unnerving.