Is anyone of you suffering from anxiety?
Well, I’m a pretty lucky person to get various psychological disorders such as anxiety, OCD, panic disorder, etc.
From many days, I am experiencing the weakness in the left part of my body (left leg, arm, left part of face).
I think it may be because of anxiety, but the symptoms are getting worse day-by-day.
And recently, the left part of my body has become so weak that I am afraid I’ll get a stroke or something..
I am really freaked out and extremely terrified..
If anyone has similar experience, please share so that I can get relief.
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I suffer from social anxiety to the point of being afraid of my own mother. Yes, I know. Life is a hell but you have to embrace it. University is challenging too if you suffer from SA.
Thank you for replying, hope432.
Do you also experience weakness in the left part of your body?
No. I don’t suffer from panic attacks. I think this is a reaction of your body to your anxiety. This is not a disease. I forgot to mention. I suffer from OCD too.
Sometimes, I imagine being hit by a car or acting crazy and saying something crazy to others and then being fully embarassed. I am not afraid of catching a disease because I am not afraid to die from a disease.
I think its an inbuilt self survival mechanism to stop you doing harm to yourself.
I have had a number of experiences of full blown anxiety/panic attacks where I literally went paralysed. It was like my brain and body just shut down to protect me.
I remember being conscious and aware of it and trying to tell my hand and arm to move but it wouldn’t. It was such a strange experience. Another time someone was trying to talk to me and I couldn’t even get the words out.
I once got myself to the doctor before it happened and had all tests done, even a brain scan as they too thought I might be having a stroke due to the numbness on the left side of my face and arm. Not sure why it is always the left side. Anyway all tests came back fine and eventually I recovered from it and they gave me no explanation. Must have thought it was all in my mind.
So I just put it down to my brain and body couldn’t cope no more due to the extreme stress and needed to shut down to protect myself from killing myself as I was thinking of that at the time. Have you been experiencing anything particularly more stressful or emotional than normally?
Yes, I’ve been facing stress lately. The symptoms are maybe because of that.
When you say you recovered, do you mean that you no more have these symptoms, even in anxious state? Did your doctor put you on some medication?
WhatisTruth,
yes i have had to fight those things, there is no miracle drugs or magic wands that make it simply go away, first find something to calm you down anything, a shot of booze a pill for a anxiety, knowing it’s not a cure just a little help, then face your fears little by little get out of your comfort zone now and then, concur your fears a little everyday, then get rid of the stuff that help you the same way. start to balance out, it doesn’t happen over night and you will fight a long time but you will make progress, and progress is what you need. you will get stronger everyday. fight your fears! not fun but necessary.
Yes, I’ve been facing stress lately. The symptoms are maybe because of that.
When you say you recovered, do you mean that you no more have these symptoms, even in anxious state? Did your doctor put you on some medication?
Sorry rocketman, the above comment was not regarding your opinion.
Yeah, I agree there is no miracle pill to just get rid of these dreadful symptoms (I wish there could be such pill).
The thing is – whenever I find myself in such mental crisis, I just cannot recall anything (any coping method) that I’ve learnt.
And I also agree that changes cannot occur over one night.
But the fact is – I face alternate ups and downs in the path of recovery.
Whenever I make some progress towards treating these big weirdo disorders, later I also encounter downfalls. So for me, there has never been a constant progress and hence it degrades my confidence.
I still have not lost hope though.
I wouldn’t say I have recovered, I just don’t get the full on paralysis thing anymore but that could be because I don’t let myself get to that point because I always have some valium on stand by.
It can be hard to get from doctors sometimes and you can’t take too much on a continuous basis because it can be very addictive but it works for me and I seem to be able to manage not becoming addicted to it. It especially is good for relaxing the physical signs of anxiety, like the pounding heart and shakiness but it doesn’t stop your thoughts or feelings unfortunately, it just allows you to not panic over them I guess.
Other than that there are lots of different anti depressants and anti anxiety medications that do help with anxiety but you may have to try a few to find the right one that works for you.