Change in anxiety symptoms

Posted by lma84 @lma84, 5 days ago

I suffer from anxiety, mainly around my own health. Curious to know if others notice a change in the physical symptoms that anxiety produces, over time? Current flare up seems to have produced different symptoms again.

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@lma84
Mental health affects physical health and vice versa.

With your doctors approval try to find an exercise you like doing. Doing something you like is going to help you both mentally and physically.

If you really can't find an exercise you like (I love water aerobics) try to find a hobby you like. The same benefits can come from a hobby also to reduce stress and anxiety. Talk to your doctors abour the cause and affect that stress and anxiety has on the body and all the physical symptoms it causes.

There are many but I suggest talking to your doctor as we all respond to stress and anxiety diferently thus what I react to and have may not be the same for you and others.

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@lma84 What particular symptoms are you seeing that are changing? I think for me, anxiety over different things happening seem to promote different reactions. Sometimes that's good, when I am able to pinpoint the reason for a symptom.
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@lma84
Mental health affects physical health and vice versa.

With your doctors approval try to find an exercise you like doing. Doing something you like is going to help you both mentally and physically.

If you really can't find an exercise you like (I love water aerobics) try to find a hobby you like. The same benefits can come from a hobby also to reduce stress and anxiety. Talk to your doctors abour the cause and affect that stress and anxiety has on the body and all the physical symptoms it causes.

There are many but I suggest talking to your doctor as we all respond to stress and anxiety diferently thus what I react to and have may not be the same for you and others.

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I’m having different anxiety symptoms. I have very small but noticeable (to me) twitching of my upper lip. I sent a video of it to my sister who did see it but says it is just stress. Does this happen to anyone else?

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@writer413

I’m having different anxiety symptoms. I have very small but noticeable (to me) twitching of my upper lip. I sent a video of it to my sister who did see it but says it is just stress. Does this happen to anyone else?

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@writer413 I am a very anxious person too and suspect I have General Anxiety Disorder (GAD). I too get lip twitches as well as tingling, and my eyelids twitch too.

Have you seen your doctor, to rule out any other medical condition?

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I have found that anxiety is mostly directly related to environment. For example, an upcoming exam at school, bullies threatening you, difficult situations at work, and even health conditions of loved ones that you can not control at all. I find an hour a day walk does wonders and has salvaged many days for me. Not only that, all the health benefits, both seen and unseen, that have accrued are priceless. Walking is a miracle medicine.

Any physical manifestation's in me seem to be subconscious and can be difficult to impossible to control. They can be embarrassing, even when they are noticeable to only a few perceptive people. Worse, some people make fun of it. And even worse than that, if you tell someone to stop it they might say "What? Are you crazy?".

But really, it's the right environment for me that relives most anxiety. When I lived in a safe place by the sea, with good, fresh, inexpensive food around, a relaxed atmosphere, with lots of things to do, walking trails and paths (of course) and perfect weather I felt so good and the only anxiety was the fun kind, like a bigger than expected wave crashing down on me or having to hustle to the ice cream stand before it closed for the night!

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