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Hi, I had been doing ok last week, this week my arms go tingly & light, my legs feel like I have nothing inside them holding them up & I feel really faint & shaky like I should eat something, but I have had enough food not to be hungry. I will be normal for a period & then something goes numb or its a pain, I also feel like I am losing it. It worries me enormously that I might just have a breakdown. I have had panic & anxiety for quite some time now & these symptoms seem new - and an odd thing - my top lip keeps twitching??? I get so tired of this, I am drained in every sense. I too feel that if I get a headache or my eyes cannot see well that I might have something inside my brain, or a blood clot, I think about dying. Recently my hands have twitched also & I worry I am getting Parkinsons disease or similar. The fear is huge and real. I am not entirely convinced it is panic - that is what scares me. I shouldn't go on like this, but I am so tired of feeling like this, we have similar symptoms. Can't be like this forever can it?
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Angie, Have you tried relaxation techniques before bed? What about breathing techniques? For tonight, prepare by reducing your anxiety level as much as you can. Try a hot bath, some soothing music or a warm beverage? Tomorrow do sign up for the Panic Diary where you can record your daily level of anxiety. You can also find how helpful it is to use breathing techniques to help you deal with your panic and anxiety. The Panic Program can help you understand more and may help you go about challenging your thoughts. Keep Strong, Josie ______________________________ The Panic Center Support Team.
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Hi everyone. just needed to express my thoughts and feelings. Tonight I feel the anxiety big time. I've already had a couple of attacks. I was doing so well and all of a sudden I feel like I'm back to square one with the crazy thoughts of dying in my sleep. I tried to sleep and ended up on the computer. My heart feels so tight and I've been short of breath. My head aches and it's probably from lack of sleep, but in my mind I think I'm going to have a brain anyurism or something. it sounds so off the wall but I truly think that. I feel so alone. Oh yeah, while I was having one of my attacks my arms felt numb and all tingling like somone was poking me with a thousand needles. Does anybody else get this?? my councellor says it is the bodys normal sensations in response to fear. Why do I feel like this??? I feel like I'm losing my mind!!!! :(

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