Is this anxiety

Posted by genabee42788 @genabee42788, Aug 29 9:25am

Please help I have been sick since January hoping to figure out what is wrong with me . Tinnitus Jan 2025 then numbness and tingling in left hand April 2025. MRI shoes T2 hyper dense area peri ventricular non specific, then mild spinal stenosis and DDD C6-C7

No for two months my legs started to have internal vibrations first in my thighs then all of legs left worse than right. Muscle twitching throughout body Now I get internal vibrations when I wake up burning sensations in arms and legs. Dif having anxiety attacks as well wake up with mild back pain but now I have severe pain in mid back like I pulled it I have an EMG scheduled next

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mcoleman1971 | @mcoleman1971 | Aug 29 10:08am

Are you coming off of Benzos?

genabee42788 | @genabee42788 | Aug 29 10:39am

In reply to @mcoleman1971 "Are you coming off of Benzos?" + (show)

Helen, Volunteer Mentor | @naturegirl5 | Aug 29 11:08am

@genabee42788 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. We aren't medical professionals here so we cannot provide one another with medical advice. We do provide support often based on our health-related experiences.

I couldn't say if what you are experiencing is anxiety. I know that spinal stenosis can compress nerves and so it's possible that the numbness and tinging you felt earlier this year is due to that. The more recent physical symptoms you've been having sound very distressing to me. With that and not knowing what is going on no wonder you feel anxious and have having anxiety attacks. Did anxiety cause the physical symptoms? In my experience medical providers want to eliminate all physical reasons for symptoms through differential diagnosis. The MRI and now the EMG are part of that process. I hope you will continue to advocate for yourself and not allow the medical providers to try and convince you that your symptoms are all due to anxiety.

When is the EMG scheduled? And when is your next medical appointment with your medical provider?