Does Your Anxiety Do This Too? Posted: 01-20-06 17:24pm
Hi everyone. For the past 3 weeks i've
been having classic anxiety attacks with
the normal side effects (insomnia, muscle
spasms, lack of appetite, dry mouth,
shaky, week-kneed, etc.). Note that I
don't have a history of anxiety before
this period except when I had a reaction
to pain killers this summer.
Anyway, my doctor and I are puzzled that
when I have a bad day it seems to give me
a slight fever (99.0-99.5) and I feel like
i'm catching the flu and getting a sore
throat, plus my heart is often over 90 bpm
for hours (but it never actually develops
into a real flu or cold). Yet on my good
days i'm perfectly fine (no fever or
flu-like feeling, heart 72, temp
97.6-98.6). My doctor thinks the anxiety
could be caused by some kind of virus i'm
fighting off, so we're going to wait
another week or so before I start taking
zoloft for the anxiety.
Do any of you have anxiety that makes you
feel like you're catching the flu too?
Yes, actually I had 2 thyroid tests done,
one this summer and one about 2 weeks ago.
Both came back perfectly fine. I also
had all the normal blood tests looking for
abnormalities and those were all fine.
And this summer I had a ton of heart tests
(catscan, blood tests, stress test) and
those are fine. So I know it's not my
thyroid or heart. ;-)
Well, i'm doing a variety of things:
exercise, vitamins, eating right,
progressive muscle relaxation, and
prayer.
I was hoping to hear from people about the
flu-like symptoms. I guess no one
experiences that like me? Today was
really bad. I was up most of the night
with mild anxiety, then all day i've felt
like i've got the flu.
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Vicky32
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Edinburgh
Posted: 01-28-06 04:01am
Hi there glanzer
i've also had symtoms like you, muscle
spasms, lack of appetite, feeling shaky,
week-kneed, finding it hard to get to
sleep and when I do I wake during the
night, and generally just that run-down
kind of feeling. I also for no apparent
reason seem to get cold/flu like symptoms
and like yourself I dont end off with the
cold/flu.
I had my worst panic attack on 10 jan 2006
and honestly thought it was a heart attack
to the point where I called out loud 'oh
please no', at that time I was off work
with possibly some kind of virus tho my dr
isn't sure and my mum thought maybe I was
worried about being off work!
I've not had a major panic attack like
that again tho I think i've had a few
smaller ones as though maybe it was going
to happen but I think i've managed to stay
calm enough to control it, all that
happened was I got the hot flush n rush up
feeling and before anything else happened
I took a few deep breath and tried to
relax as much as I could but its still
scarey.
I forgot to speak to my dr about these
attacks last time I saw her but feel a bit
guilty having to make yet another
appointment as I never seem to have been
away from the place recently.
I do have an under-active thyroid but
thats kept well checked and the levels are
fine and recently had a full blood test
done and everything came back negative -
so why do I still feel anxious?
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timmyjobs
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 2
Posted: 01-28-06 14:09pm
Hello
anxiety can be quite scary and in some
cases medication is a good solution, but I
find the ease with which doctors write
prescriptions rather disturbing.
Anxiety is a very common mental health
issue, and one that can be worked
through.
Sometimes it's best to figure things out
for yourself.
I personally used a program at http://selftherapy.Org which I though
was terrific - it literally ended my
anxiety and panic attacks within days.
Perhaps your solution lies elsewhere.But
I urge you to not be too quick to pop
pills that will numb your desire to find a
real solution.
I wish you the best!
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truckstophero
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 84 Location: alabama
Posted: 01-29-06 10:52am
Í have struggled with this for a year
now. I have ´panic and anxiety anyway,
but about once a month or sometime
less/more often I get th9is feeling that I
am about to get a flu.. Get weak in my
arms and legs, weak feeling all over my
body, get shiversm but dont actually get a
flu... I dont get a fever or
anything......Weird.
Its causing me alot of panic aswell cause
I think its something serious.
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delancey
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 181 Location: UK
Posted: 01-29-06 17:47pm
Yes, sometimes when i'm anxious I get a
feeling as if i've got a fever.
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Binod_shankar
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 3
Posted: 01-29-06 20:44pm
Hi glanzer,
reading your experience
has reminded me of my own problems last
year.I work for a company as s/w
developer.Needless to tell,it is a very
demanding job .. Always keeps me on my
toes.Once my boss gave a deadline which
was difficult to meet.Just one day
before,i was so fearful that I did not go
to office. But,at home , I was feeling
more restless.So,finally,i decided to go
to office in second half.And my goodness
.. My boss had extended the deadline and
I was beating my head.
Don't worry - this is a very common
affliction and there's a lot of info out
there for you. I used a technique offered
by selftherapy.Org that was simple yet
wonderfully effective for me - changed my
life. But that's just one approach. In
many cases just plain simple exercise can
release a lot of the built up energy that
transforms into anxiety.
Good luck!
--binod shankar
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Jenna2
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 41
Posted: 01-30-06 19:25pm
I understand completely what you are
talking about. I get the "flu" like
symtoms and then start to worry that
something else must be wrong. That is
never the case, because when I get things
tested i'm apparently physicaly healthy.
Anxiety does so many weird things to our
bodies, I have had diagnosed anxiety and
panic attacks for five years now, I have
had every text book symtom and thought
that there is associated with anxiety.
Thanks for all the great replies. Well
at least I know it's not unusual for
flu-like symptoms to appear. Also thanks
to those who offered drug-free help. I'm
actually doing a lot better now, and i've
been using some natural techniques for
reducing anxiety. They're in a book I
bought title "natural relief for anxiety"
by a guy named bourne. Very good and
straightforward book. Things like
progressive muscle relaxation, diet,
exercise, etc. Has helped a lot, along
with lots of prayer. :-) now that I know
I don't have some disease and that I just
need to work through things, it makes the
anxiety better and let's me cope with it
more rationally.
God bless you all.
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Anxxing
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 2 Location: ds
Posted: 02-08-06 16:19pm
If you can.. I would go to an ent
specialists and have your ears/sinuses
checked.
After 6 years of anxiety disorder.. I
have an appointment with an ent this
tuesday and I know my left ear has a
problem and that my sinuses are messed
up.
My normal doctor.. Blamed my symptoms on
stress and depression. I know he is
wrong..
I have recently started reading alot of
info online about how middle ear issues
can cause "dizzyness" and how this leads
to anxiety and even panic disorders...
Just something to think about..
Sinus problems can cause middle ear
issues and would explain the fever too
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 02-08-06 18:18pm
Hi! A lot of this can be from anxiety,
stress, depression, strep, their are a lot
of things out their like mono, more and
more thyroid problems that you really have
to keep a close eye on. It seems to me
that ever since they took away the d.D.T.
Which is a chemical they used to spray the
crops and fields with that things have
really re-surfaced such as ms and all of
these so called syndromes and all of these
immune diseases. I guess you can tell
that I am from the old school.
Good luck to you all, hope you are doing
better soon after all, it could be aa lot
worse!
Remember that we are here for each other.
Remember that their are times that their
is help at the end of your arm and if you
do need some extra help that their is
nothing to be ashamed of as we all need a
little help sometines in our lives.
We are not here to judge.
Their are times that some of this anxiety
has been built up from the past and their
is such a thing called e.M.D.R. A
psychologist works with you on this , it
is done with out medication it is done by
her/him tapping you either on your knee or
moving her/his finger back and forth in
front of your face and you are able to
bring out some of the negativenes from the
past out or if you have certain phobias or
post war syndromes it will take you back
to that certain time in your life, and you
release it it is a very unique experience.
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dfbarnes
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 18 Location: florida
Posted: 03-08-06 14:31pm
I kind of had the same symptoms - good
days and bad days. My doctor said
although most of us have the epstein bar
virus, my acts up when disturbed, probably
through stress, anxiety.
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The Pink
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 6 Location: peru
I Want to Help..... Posted: 03-08-06 18:46pm
Long ago I have that problem, volume
lorazepam and it goes to me well, I do not
have anxiety by anything and that
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that fulfills the deliveries without
problems, the anxiety you assimilate your
same one and you must have force since I
did it, although that takes but the
tablets help.. :wink: :)
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Bek
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 206 Location: SA
Glanzer Posted: 03-08-06 20:38pm
I too get the hot feeling and the flue
like symptoms. I never had any trouble
with my sinusus until I got my anxiety -
now I get an infection at least once a
month!!
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drpepper0
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 80
Posted: 03-08-06 22:02pm
Hey everyone... Check out a mitral valve
prolapse. It's a heart condition that
causes anxiety, as well as other things.
