So a little over a month ago I had a breakdown over convincing myself I had a terrible neurological disease after experiencing twitching and other symptoms. Fast forward to recently and now I have a feeling of tightness behind my knee and my right calf almost like it’s making my leg have a jelly feeling or instability or stiffness. Can anxiety symptoms just linger and linger. I was calmed down but now I can’t stop thinking about neurological problems again. My neck has felt this way like I can’t hold my head up cause my neck muscles are stiff or tired. I’ve had it in my right forearm too like the muscles wear tight or twisted. I keep looking at my muscles around my knees and leg and it looks like there are dents or weird looking things like my knee is bent in or buckled and stuff. Sorry for the long explanation but could this be anxiety, can it linger even when I thought I was calm? Could it last weeks and weeks or months?
Weird Muscle Symptoms?
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Cuchculan
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Think about when you are anxious. We tend to tightern up the body. Like we are on the defensive from some kind of attack. That makes the muscles all sore and stiff. Does various other things to the body as well. I always say to think of a cat who sees a dog. You see the hair standing up and the cat stretched up on all four paws. We are similar with anxiety. We pull ourselves up into a tight stance. The effects from this can vary.
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Basically yes, it anxiety, couple with hyper-vigilance on the areas involved. My legs felt weak and I was sure I had MND until I had a filling come out and had a bunch of tooth pain for 2 days. Realized that in all of that time, I noticed my legs.