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Is this really just anxiety?

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CreatingHavoc · 09/09/2023 10:26

I'm having tremors in my hands, arms, shoulders, chest and legs, particularly when trying to rest or relax. Also having like a fluttering feeling in my chest. I feel weak and tired, like my body is not working properly at all. I feel almost like various parts of me are twitching constantly or vibrating somehow. It's really odd. I'm exhausted. I've suffered with anxiety for years but never had this before but gp said it probably is anxiety related.
I honest thought it was more like it's a nerve thing. I was having problems in just my arms initially and the gp referred me to physio who said it sound like ulnar nerve issues and to avoid putting pressure on the ulnar nerve and that was that.
Now I feel like my whole body is a wreck. I have had a stressful time lately and have been very tense. I'm probably lacking in some nutrients. My iron is 17 but that is up from 11 three months ago and I felt better then! Had some bloods and an ecg and a chest xray done at A&E recently as I was getting out of breath just going up the stairs and had a fast heart rate but they found nothing wrong. I feel so frustrated with all this. My arms are so tired that I'm struggling to even hold my phone up for any length of time. It sort of feels like my joints aren't being held together properly, my right knee keeps moving/slipping in a weird way which hurts. This is all worse after a bad nights sleep, every night when I'm tired and after any sort of activity. Even pushing my daughter on the swing was difficult earlier this week. Surely all this can't be anxiety/stress related? But because I get upset and have had a few other medical issues lately (breast biopsy - all fine thankfully and some reflux issues) the gp just assumes anxiety.

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ItSoundsLikeADrag · 09/09/2023 13:51

Your iron is still pretty low which not only causes palpitations, weakness and shortness of breath, it also causes anxiety!
If you are nutritionally deficient, I bet your B12 is low too. That can cause horrendous symptoms, even in the lower end of the normal range.
Low Vitamin D and low magnesium can cause muscle spasms and twitching.
Maybe adding nutritional shakes such as Complan, skandishakes, fortisip or ensure or for a couple of weeks will help boost you up?

Swanhilde · 09/09/2023 16:36

Have you had your thyroid levels checked, @CreatingHavoc ? Sounds a lot like me when mine was hyper.

CreatingHavoc · 09/09/2023 21:36

Thanks both, last time I had my thyroid checked the gp said it was fine but I also posted the blood results here and someone said they looked slightly unusual. If it doesn't ease up soon I'll head back for another appointment.

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Thegoodbadandugly · 09/09/2023 21:47

Sounds like thyroid to me.

Swanhilde · 09/09/2023 21:52

Make sure they do a full panel and test T3 and T4 as well as TSH @CreatingHavoc .

Eminsh97 · 10/09/2023 06:55

Sounds exactly like me. I’ve been to A&E had a chest x ray, bloods and an ecg and all was clear. Still felt awful, had a resting HR of 110 (which was unusual), twitching in my legs and horrendous chest and neck pain. Turns out it was my Tyroid. They was adamant it wasn’t that, I pushed for tests and it was. Hope you get sorted. It’s rubbish feeling like this xx

Wildhorses2244 · 10/09/2023 06:58

I’d agree with pp about iron and b12. A lot of people get all sorts of funny symptoms with low b12 but anxiety, palpitations and tiredness are really common

RagzRebooted · 10/09/2023 06:59

Anxiety certainly can cause a lot of physical symptoms, but I would be asking for more blood tests (micronutrients and thyroid as PPs mentioned) as does sound a bit much and often for anxiety.
Do relaxation exercises help?

MidnightOnceMore · 10/09/2023 07:06

See a different GP and ask for blood tests. Don't delay in asking, go in and say you would like to know if it is thyroid and ask them how they rule that out.

CreatingHavoc · 16/09/2023 10:07

Just caught up on this. Thank you for all the suggestions. I will ask for a full spectrum of tests as not much has changed. Some days are better than others but still odd things going on.

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