Hello I've been having severe physical reactions to anxiety for about 2 years now and getting medical help while unemployed where I live has been a challenge so I just thought I'd talk about a few of my symptoms to see if anyone else has experienced this.

It first happened when I was working a stressful job. Started getting headaches, sweating abnormally, and getting nauseous. Then one day I was riding with my dad to swing thru a drive thru and get food but on the way I started getting REALLY hot, dizzy, nauseous, and almost felt like I was going to pass out. Then I noticed my hands were tingling. This lasted for about 10-15 minutes then I went back to normal. Freaked me out so I went to get checked out with my doctor who of course really didn't have any answers. A few weeks pass and then while I was playing games on my PC I started to feel bad again the same way I did in the car. This time however my hands went beyond tingling to completely numb. The numbness then started to spread through my arms and my chest and finally my face. My dad called an ambulance for me since we both had no idea what was going on. On the way to the ER in the ambulance my face started twitching real bad and mouth even puckered up so bad I couldn't speak correctly. I was admitted there for 2 days and a doctor finally suggested I had a panic disorder. 

My first reaction to this was skeptical because of how severe the physical symptoms were. I started trying to piece all the information of my situation together like a puzzle best I could and eventually settled on the fact that it was actually just anxiety.

So I made an appointment with a psychiatrist and got on some meds one of them being a benzo. The benzo always stopped the attacks within minutes and I was careful to only use them when my hands started to tingle. Only needed them a few times over about 2 months and stopped taking anything. Fast forward 8 months later and I had another attack while out of town and had to cancel my trip early to come back home. 

Now every time I have to leave the house basically my stomach start turning and I get worried I might have an attack again. The numbness is so overpowering its had a pretty severe impact on my quality of life.

So I guess I'm just curious how common this numbness sensation is and what can be done about it. How long it lasts. Will it ever stop? How bad is it getting on an SSRI?