Anxieties physical symptoms

[Jezbr]

Hi all 🙂 I'm a 31-year-old guy who has been battling anxiety on and off my entire life. Every time my anxiety gets the best of me the physical symptoms change. I suffer the depersonalisation, sore neck and headaches I lose track of my thoughts and the slow, gradual build into an unprovoked panic attack. I only post on here because now I've developed tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Something that is caused by many things but in my case, the Doctor assured me it's stress and muscle tension. I am just curious as to what symptoms others suffer from. I'm hoping that knowing what others experience would eliminate that fear of "what if this forever" As I am really finding it hard to cope with this persistent unescapable ringing in my ears. Being told what others experience might light up a very dark tunnel for me.

Thanks in advance 🙂

[BballJ]

Hi Jezbr,

Firstly, welcome to the forums.

Anxiety has many, many symptoms - mine is constant overthinking, heart racing, cold sweats, I have ringing in my ears too but never been told its stress and muscle tension, always assumed it was because I like loud music but could be that too - I also get headaches and occasional dizziness which also can be related to dehydration for me. I have had mini panic attacks before too. I don't think it is forever but more something you learn to control.

Are you seeing a psychologist to discuss your symptoms and what is causing them, that can help alleviate them to a degree?

My best for you,

Jay

[romantic_thi3f]

Hi Jezbr,

Welcome to the forums and thanks for your post.

Jay (BballJ) is absolutely right. Anxiety has many, many symptoms. What anxiety looks and feels like for one person will be different to how anxiety looks and feels like for another.

The most common symptoms in anxiety are things such as racing heart, feeling edgy etc - seen below. Keep in mind though the list is quite short and doesn't include all of the things that could really manifest because of anxiety - https://www.beyondblue.org.au/the-facts/anxiety/signs-and-symptoms

Anxiety uses 70% of our systems including musculoskeletal (muscles), respiratory (breathing), nervous system, cardiovascular (heart rate), reproductive system (desire) and gastrointestinal (stomach issues). So it can kind of manifest itself in lots of different ways and this is why peoples experiences with anxiety will always be a little different.

Also I'm not sure why but your post went to the 'Depression' section instead of 'Anxiety' so if you haven't yet feel free to browse the threads related to anxiety so that you can see what other peoples' experiences have been like - https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/online-forums/anxiety

Hope this helps