Worst Physical Symptoms

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Just thought we could list out most unnerving physical depression and anxiety symptoms? Just to help others as I'm having a hard time convincing myself it's just anxiety. It might help ease others mind too! I have

Migraine type headache - pretty much constant
Dizziness and vertigo
Weak and wobbly legs
Random nerve firings and shooting pains
Fatigue
A horrible itchy, tingly feeling throughout my body

Feel free to add!

Anxious stomach is the worst for me.

Great idea, I really struggled with anxiety and the physical symptoms particularly after having my first baby. I wrote this in the notes of my phone during my worst times so I could share with my GP:

Feeling jumpy

Blood feels cold
Constantly on edge
Can’t sleep
Get the shakes
Headaches
Off balance
Nauseous
No appetite
Shortness of breath/tight chest
Heart palpitations
Exhausted - daily tasks are hard work
Can’t think rationally
Feel like I’m going to collapse

Dizzy when standing up, heart beats fast
Blood rush all over body when standing up, bending over etc

Extremely anxious - health anxiety, extremely nervous over small things
Worried something seriously wrong with me.

I started taking sertraline which has made a huge difference and over a year later I feel like myself again.

It's "just" stress.

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This is very helpful!

Heart palpitations and raised heart rate
Nausea and sometimes being sick
Headaches
Insomnia at night and struggling to get up in the morning
Feeling like the floor is raised/moving
Intrusive thoughts
Bad belly
Tunnel vision and panic attacks
Feeling like I’m shrinking and things around me are huge
Irritability which I hate so much
Crying at times without being able to control it, not a face changing cry, my face stays still, just tears rolling down that I can’t stop while my heart feels like it’s breaking inside.
Overeating - used to be undereating which led to an eating disorder but now it’s the opposite!
Sensory overwhelm
Sometimes feeling like I’m going to faint
Inability to cope with any change
The worst anxiety around being around people, I enjoy people’s company but the anxiety is unexplainable
Sometimes not being able to control finances very well although I have improved over the years
Grinding my teeth
Sometimes facial twitching

No idea how I’ve managed to get myself and my children through life alone! In our safe zone (our home, when out together and each other’s company) things feel easier.

Dizziness and nausea
Picking skin and pulling hair
Bruxism which leads to me having terrible problems with my ears ( tinnitus)

All of these come from my anxiety, it's totally nuts when I see it written down.

Tight chest and throat and the fear of being unable to breathe, cold blood, stomach dropping, shivering and headache almost like having a temperature

just Wondered if you were better now? I hate the weak legs.