My current anxiety symptoms

Over the years I have been to visit the doctors with many weird and wonderful symptoms absolutely convinced I am at deaths door and my symptoms are obviously a sign of a major illness.

I have had numerous blood tests and other tests including ultrasounds and MRI scans over the years, all of which have usually come back normal, and each time I think to myself how ridiculous I am being and that next time a random symptom comes along I will simply ignore it. Then the symptom appears and I am in full on panic mode again!!!!

If you couldn’t tell a lot of my anxiety is focused around my health, and I would say a good 80% of my symptoms will be physical rather than mental. I realise this varies massively from person to person, and I don’t think any 2 people’s experience with mental health are the same, we are all individuals and therefore we all have our own unique symptoms and journeys, but I felt maybe sharing some of my current symptoms may help others as you may be experiencing similar things, and it always feels a little bit better to realise you are not alone.

Anxiety Symptoms

Numbness

One of my main symptoms at present is facial numbness accompanied by feelings of numbness in my hands and feet. When I say facial numbness what I mean is a weird kind of numb sensation affecting my lower left cheek and lips. It can come on randomly at any point and isn’t there all of the time. My first thought was obviously I’m having a stroke (dramatic, I know), but the feeling hasn’t progressed or got worse since starting. I did visit the doctor a while ago as my fingers had started to feel numb and I was concerned but she couldn’t find any issues that may be causing it so now this delightful symptom has been put down to my anxiety!!!

Confusion/Brain Fog

This is another delight that has been present on and off in my life for the past few years but has reared it’s ugly head more often over the past few months. I quite often feel like I can’t think properly and that it takes me longer to process information and think than it would normally. Sometimes when it is severe it can feel like everything isn’t really happening and I’m not present in the situation.
This is one of my least favourite symptoms as it feels quite scary to not be able to think clearly and feel as though you aren’t really with it.
Again this is a symptom for me that can come on suddenly out of nowhere, one minute I can feel absolutely fine and then all of a sudden the brain fog hits, and once it does it is all I can think about.

Nausea

I think this is one of the most common symptoms for anxiety sufferers, when anxiety hits it brings with it a feeling of nausea, and sometimes an upset stomach too. This is one of the symptoms I find slightly easier to deal with as I can kind of punish it to the back of my mind

Overthinking

Once I start to feel anxious there is no escaping it and it is literally the only thing I can think about. I will have a constant dialog running in my head of why I feel the way I do and I will be constantly scanning for the symptoms I am feeling.
This can feel totally overwhelming and makes me want to escape wherever I am and be on my own and sleep. I often have to battle to remain calm and just accept this is part of my anxiety and it will pass.

These are my main symptoms at the moment but in the past I have suffered with many more including chest pain, stomach pain, lump in the throat, headaches, and much more. I’m sure as time goes on many new symptoms will tear their ugly head and I may add them to this list.

I hope this has helped some people to realise that some of the strange feelings they have are being experienced by other anxiety sufferers too, and you are not alone.