Heavy body feeling

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I have been experiencing heaviness all over my body, sometimes i feel so heavy i feel like im going to collaspe and on several occassions my legs start trembling because of the heaviness and i have to sit down. I have balance problems, when i walk i feel like something is pulling on my upper back, i sway back and forth. I also have been getting pressure in my head, ears and throat, it is extrememly uncomfortable and just cannot seem to function when im feeling like this. I have suffered from anxiety in the past and feeling like this is making me become anxious again. I have recently just gotten over a virus which the docs thought what was causing the heaviness in my body but it is still persistant and its getting worse. I have spent the whole week in bed as I just feel really not well. I am so fed up feeling like this, I am only 25 years old and have always been healthy, very out going and socialble but now i spend my days in at home and don't wanna go out coz I just cant face it! help needed!!!

Asked by kerry25 on Sep 26th 2010 ⚑

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by Guest on May 31st 2017 · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-31 19:11:25

These are very, very common symptoms of anxiety and will cause you no harm. It is just the result of excess adrenaline in your bloodstream. What you are feeling is the adrenaline causing palpitations. Pain around the heart is caused by contracted muscles around the heart (caused by adrenaline). The pain of a heart attack is rarely felt in the heart. If you have been checked out (which you have) and found to be ok, believe it. You are experiencing the symptoms of anxiety, that's all. It can do you no harm at all, apart from feeling uncomfortable. Your mind, however, is also in an anxiety state. It will therefore be thinking 'catastrophically'. Everything becomes an emergency (in your mind) when in this state. Do not believe it. You are ok and will be ok. Try to ignore it. I have thought I was dying many thousands of times but I'm still here and there is nothing wrong with me. This is a very common experience for people in an anxiety state. Go and see you doctor for reassurance. They may offer you some temporary medication to help with the symptoms. Propranalol can be useful as it slows your heart rate down and sometimes this is all that you need to 'step out' of the anxiety state. Good luck and don't worry. This is a very common experience affecting thousands of people every day. It is distressing and disturbing but can do you no harm. Your heart is a very strong muscle and can easily withstand very high heart rates. Be kind to yourself as you are going through this experience. Look after yourself, get some exercise if you can, distract yourself if possible. This is not a mental illness it is a temporary overactive adrenal gland. That's all.