
Hi, 39yr old f, struggling with health anxiety for awhile. Even though I have felt these things before every time I feel them again I wonder if it’s something else. Hoping to get reassurance that my symptoms are normal to people who suffer with anxiety. I don’t really get the racing heart, sweating, back to normal in ten minutes that I read about. My anxiety starts with a hot rush through my body and then my mind feels a bit panicky and usually triggers me to go to the bathroom. I then have to lay down while hot rushes and tingling courses through my body. After I have a bad attack it will take me sometimes days to feel normal. Driving is definitely a trigger which is terrible. I was on duloxetine for nerve pain/anxiety and now switching to lexapro, just over two weeks and feel like I’m having more anxiety attacks. Also I have a strange thing happen when I lay down, I feel a light tingling or buzzing throughout my body and it stops and starts almost like a rhythm, almost like blood pumping, which I know must have something to do with my nerves because of the buzzing/tingling sensation. That has been going on even before the lexapro. Also a lot of warm burning in my arms. I am going to power through any side effects from beginning the lexapro to see if it works because I will put up with anything if I feel there could be a light at the end of this tunnel. Anyone ever feel these same symptoms? Do you have a good coping mechanism? Thanks for taking time to read