Weird sensation in my cheek/face

[Her name is Yellow]

My anxiety always manifests in physical symptoms, so I’m use to that- but this one is new. I have awful TMJ triggered by Anxiety- two weeks ago, my jaw was on fire on the left side! I’d wake up with my teeth in a firmly clenched grip. It caused a lot of pain. Then, this weird cheek sensation started. First a tingle, now it just feels like someone is lightly touching my cheek. It comes and goes- it gets worse with stress or anxiety and lessens when I calm down. Do you think this is related to my anxiety?? Or, do you think it’s got another more sinister cause? I’m trying to stay calm- googling made me freak out.

 

[jnk1988]

Seriously, I get this often. I tend to run my tongue around my teeth, shift my jaw from side to side, and clench my teeth. I also bite my lips closed in between my front teeth. I have found that if I force myself to relax my muscles in my face often through the day, the cheek and jaw thing goes away after a couple of days. At night before I go to bed, I force myself to relax my jaw, and stick my tongue in between my front teeth a little. It (over time) has stopped me from clenching in my sleep. I also bought a silicone night guard from the dollar tree. Has helped when I'm really anxious. I read a book that said if you get a symptom, give yourself a certain amount of time (for example, 3 days to start), and if the symptom is still there after 3 days, then call the doctor. If it has lessened, or gone away.. its anxiety. Acknowledge it as that for if it returns down the road, you will worry less because you know what it is.

 

[Her name is Yellow]

Seriously, I get this often. I tend to run my tongue around my teeth, shift my jaw from side to side, and clench my teeth. I also bite my lips closed in between my front teeth. I have found that if I force myself to relax my muscles in my face often through the day, the cheek and jaw thing goes away after a couple of days. At night before I go to bed, I force myself to relax my jaw, and stick my tongue in between my front teeth a little. It (over time) has stopped me from clenching in my sleep. I also bought a silicone night guard from the dollar tree. Has helped when I'm really anxious. I read a book that said if you get a symptom, give yourself a certain amount of time (for example, 3 days to start), and if the symptom is still there after 3 days, then call the doctor. If it has lessened, or gone away.. its anxiety. Acknowledge it as that for if it returns down the road, you will worry less because you know what it is.

Thank you for helping me feel better! I’ve been moving my jaw from side to side too in the last few weeks-and I’ve never done that before - so maybe this is an effect of that. I’ve been trying to relax more- I’ve got a lot of stress going on lately. But I feel like if it comes and goes, it’s probably stress related.

 

[FinneousRex]

I’ve gotten facial tingling, numbness and phantom touch for months at a time due to severe anxiety attacks.

 

[Her name is Yellow]

I’ve gotten facial tingling, numbness and phantom touch for months at a time due to severe anxiety attacks.

This helps me feel better- thank you. It literally takes months to go away? Does it come and go?

 

[JustMe]

Yes always

 

[FinneousRex]

This helps me feel better- thank you. It literally takes months to go away? Does it come and go?

It depends on how bad the anxiety is. I literally had breakdowns daily for like 4 months straight, which is why it stuck around so long. But if I have minor attacks usually it comes and goes within a few hours to days. It’s a way of “shooting your nerves”; because all that tingling is nerves. When we are anxious, our nerves are “firing” for lack of better terms which is why anxiety is different for every single person and symptoms can manifest pretty much in any way.

Like for me, major panic can lead to:
-chest tightness
-chest pains
-heart attack symptoms
-shooting nerve pains in arms, chest and stomach
-numbness of face
-loss of vision
-nausea
-hyperventilating
-racing heart
-heart palpitations
-major lower and upper digestive distress
-headaches
-tunnel vision
-chills and hot flashes
-gagging and coughing (if bad enough)
-general body pains
-out of body experiences
-emotional detachment
-hives and rashes

These things don’t typically scare me anymore because I’ve been through them so many times, but THIS is what anxiety does to your (my) body. And I’ve gone through all of these at once before and individually. This is why I’m not always the most sympathetic towards people on here, because I know that most of this stuff is in your head. I have a very mild medical background, not a professional what so ever, but enough to know what is expected and not. And the people who are complaining about an occasional headache being a tumor or cancer, well that’s just jumping the gun a little.

Some of this stuff can last for seconds, minutes, days or weeks, only during that particular time in my life did these things last months. My thing is, if I can forget the symptoms for a day when I’m not “thinking” about them, then it’s most likely anxiety related.

I’m not saying all those symptoms above are anxiety all the time, nor am I saying ignore your symptoms, as I’m not a medical professional. This is just my experience. But it is a pretty extensive experience.

 

[Her name is Yellow]

It depends on how bad the anxiety is. I literally had breakdowns daily for like 4 months straight, which is why it stuck around so long. But if I have minor attacks usually it comes and goes within a few hours to days. It’s a way of “shooting your nerves”; because all that tingling is nerves. When we are anxious, our nerves are “firing” for lack of better terms which is why anxiety is different for every single person and symptoms can manifest pretty much in any way.

Like for me, major panic can lead to:
-chest tightness
-chest pains
-heart attack symptoms
-shooting nerve pains in arms, chest and stomach
-numbness of face
-loss of vision
-nausea
-hyperventilating
-racing heart
-heart palpitations
-major lower and upper digestive distress
-headaches
-tunnel vision
-chills and hot flashes
-gagging and coughing (if bad enough)
-general body pains
-out of body experiences
-emotional detachment
-hives and rashes

These things don’t typically scare me anymore because I’ve been through them so many times, but THIS is what anxiety does to your (my) body. And I’ve gone through all of these at once before and individually. This is why I’m not always the most sympathetic towards people on here, because I know that most of this stuff is in your head. I have a very mild medical background, not a professional what so ever, but enough to know what is expected and not. And the people who are complaining about an occasional headache being a tumor or cancer, well that’s just jumping the gun a little.

Some of this stuff can last for seconds, minutes, days or weeks, only during that particular time in my life did these things last months. My thing is, if I can forget the symptoms for a day when I’m not “thinking” about them, then it’s most likely anxiety related.

I’m not saying all those symptoms above are anxiety all the time, nor am I saying ignore your symptoms, as I’m not a medical professional. This is just my experience. But it is a pretty extensive experience.

Many of your physical manifestations mirror mine- anxiety is such a manipulator! I appreciate the time it took for you to write this message. Truly, my heart is more calm now and I’m pretty convinced that I need to just chill and let this run it’s course. When I sit and dwell on my symptoms, they only get worse which makes my anxiety get worse, and the cycle continues. You’d think I’d learn by now, right?

 

[Tryingtoheal]

And I'm in the same boat. Since past two years these tingly sensations on face are coming and going. But they are there almost every day

 

[HoldingOnHope]

Yes! I’m always convinced I’m about to have a stroke!

 

[MakUSA]

Actually I am going through this phase right now, my left side of the face feels very weird and it looks like someone is touching it in a weird way. I have like needles poking me and tingling sensation.

Believe me, its just an anxiety, don't google it.

 

[Racingthoughts]

I get these feelings when I'm having sinus issues. Are your sinuses ok? Any congestion?

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[Tryingtoheal]

In my case I'm doing just normal housework and I get it. Then the anxiety and terror starts...

Actually I am going through this phase right now, my left side of the face feels very weird and it looks like someone is touching it in a weird way. I have like needles poking me and tingling sensation.

Believe me, its just an anxiety, don't google it.