Has anyone experienced loss of sensation from head to toe (total body numbness) with anxiety?
I have been diagnosed with anxiety disorder and I have learned to control my symptoms while driving, or in crowds through deep breathing. However, I have had episodes on 4 different occassions where I have awakened in the middle of the night with a total loss of sensation from head to toe in my body (I can move around, it’s not sleep paralysis, I just can’t feel like hot/cold surfaces or feel myself touching my arm, I feel completely empty inside) usually my heart is racing while this is happening, yet my breathing is normal. After about 10-20 minutes the sensations will come back and I can feel tingling in my hands and feet and sometimes a burning sensation in my hands accompanied with muscle twitching and cold chills throughout my body. Has anyone experienced this? Is it truly a symptom of anxiety or some neurological condition?
I’ve had anxiety for years and I have occasionally had that happen, usually my hands and feet start to tingle, then lose feeling. I also get a really weird feeling like I’ve been shocked by a small electrical charge that seems to cause dizziness.
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What happens if a person who is most likely bipolar receives a depression dx and is given meds for depression?
My brother in law is so classically bipolar. He recently went to the doctor in a depressed state. THe doctor gave him Effexor (a SSRI medicine for depression, anxiety). What will this do for him? I have heard this is a common misdiagnosis for bipolar. Anyone have any stats, info on this situation?
Wow…some of the people on here should not be allowed to post answers.
It is common for somebody with BP to first be diagnosed with depression…often times they only seek treatment for those symptoms related to depression. Antidepressants can trigger manic/hypomanic/mixed episodes in some bipolar people…but it is not something that happens in every case. Very often antidepressants are needed…the lows of bipolar can be extremely bad and persistent…but when treating BP, doctors will almost always use an anti-D in combo with a mood stabilizer (like lithium, depakote, lamictal, trileptal, etc) or antipsychotic (abilify, seroquel, zyprexa, etc …these often have mood stabilizing effects).
Treating bipolar generally necessitates the use of several medications and it can be difficult to find the right combination.
One last thing…Effexor is not an SSRI, it is an SNRI – targeting 2 types of neurotransmitters – serotonin and norepinephine.
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