Can anxiety cause chronic tension on one side of your body?  Has anyone found relief from this?  I’ve been to many, many doctors and the best explanation so far is anxiety, but no one has found a way to give me relief from this tension yet.

I’ve had chronic tension on the left side of my body for almost two decades now.   I wouldn’t say it’s in every muscle but it’s there. 

I first noticed it around my left eye, it felt stiff and my tear duct wasn’t working as well.  Then my ear always felt stuffed due to tension. Later on I noticed my jaw, and tongue feel tense all the time and the left side only though.  Then I thought I wasn’t able to swallow with the left side of my throat ( it turns out I swallow with both sides of my throat but I have no feeling on the left side ) and the doctor said the left side of my throat is unusually tense.  

I worked with a dentist for teeth clenching and got a mouth guard, but I clench so hard when I sleep that my teeth get shifted in my sleep, so I would have to wear a retainer all day to move my teeth back, so I don’t wear the guard.

I find myself clenching my left hand all the time too.  And without going into details I have muscles constantly tense that cause bathroom and sexual issues.

(I realize this sounds a lot like a brain tumor or MS but we’ve ruled those out :-)

This is all very distressing and while I’m continuing to see doctors to try and figure this out, it’s been almost two decades of doctors visits.  Has anyone here had any issues like this with anxiety and if so have you found any treatment that alleviates these symptoms?