I have anxiety; bad anxiety. 

Periodically, my hands become numb and tingly (the same sensation as falling asleep on your arm). Often, this is accompanied by a tight chest, clamy hands and sometimes shallow breathing. 

This numb/tingling feeling can also travel to both legs and stomach region. Needless to say, all of this scares me a lot. 

I need to know that my hands and legs and stomach becoming numb are somewhat normal for someone with bad anxiety. Sometimes though, I don’t seem to be over the top anxious when it occurs…. Sometimes it actually seems to be provoked when I’m hungry or exhausted. 

I am posting here, because someone freaked me out even more about this problem of mine. I told them about it and let them know that it happens a few times a week, and they said “sometimes turns into all the time” and that’s what got me freaked out thinking I am dying now of some undiagnosed issue. I don’t have diabetes and my yearly blood tests come back normal always. Just worried… and scared.