Morning Ladies
Posted a few weeks back re. tingling in my feet and at the tip of my nose. Bloods all fine and doc decided it was anxiety and prescribed AD. I am very anxious with terrible panic, but my problem is that I am still finding it very difficult to believe my tingling symptoms are caused by the anxiety. I do understand about the tingling whilst hyperventilating, but my tingling is almost constant. Was on holiday a couple of weeks ago and it just never ceased at all. In fact whilst away I developed a tingle at the tip of my tongue. When I walk and it tingles I start to sometimes feel a small vibration in my foot. When I was away I also had a strange sensation up the back of my calf which came on every 5 mins of so, just for a split second, but made me stop in my tracks, (and bring on a panic!). My feet are terrible today and I can feel the pulses at the end of my fingertips. My nose tingles and it feels like I have hairs stuck to my tongue. Also, the inside of my mouth is sore (sides of cheek) and I, now and again, feel like my lips are on fire. My question is this...
Has anyone else had these symptoms and found that Citalopram helped, or... has anyone else had these symptoms and found something else that helps. I am absolutely petrified of taking the AD, as I seem to react badly to any form of medication. I took some Kalms last week (thought I'd give that a go first), and felt absolutely spaced. Even Camomile Tea, which I am drinking at the moment, makes me feel like I've had a sleeping tablet! I feel like going back to the doc and asking one more time for more tests, but I know they'll just tell me to take the ADs first. I've even thought about going private for tests. I am sitting feeling like I have ants crawling all over my feet and I'm starting to reach the end of my tether. I know tingling is a symptom of menopause, but can't understand if this is the case why I would be given ADs for it. Advice please?! (Doctor has never mentioned the word Menopause or hormones ever!!!, just anxiety)
Thanks for taking time to read.