I'm pretty healthy for a person my age (40s)...but in the last six months, I've been completely stressed out! I think the stress or anxiety from work and stuff is turning into physical stuff. I have bad headaches(never did before), my teeth hurt (I think I grind them in the night), have heartburn and ulcer symptoms (including stomach upset...almost always at night...like it wakes me up), my throat almost always feels like I swallowed a marble and sometimes my tongue mysteriously feels 'forced' up to the roof of my mouth instead of just laying there like it should, and a lot of different aches and pains. It's making me miserable...short temper...sleepless nights...can't concentrate...seems like I'm falling a part. (Family M.D. can't seem to find anything obvious when I see her and everyone seems to think its the stress)Do stress or anxiety do these things to you? Or is this some wierd jungle disease or something!?!
2007-07-09 10:29:57 · 3 answers · asked by dsworrywarrior 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
All those things you list are symptoms of stress. Try taking 300mg of a B-vitamin complex everyday plus at least (and probably more) an additional 100mg of B-6 on top of that. An additional 2000-5000mcgs of B-12 helps too.
2007-07-09 10:38:55 · answer #1 · answered by Andee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you female? I'm the same age and going through some of the same things. I really think it's hormones, they go weird at our age and can make you feel terrible. You can get them tested, ask your doctor. I think you just have to get through it, though, I'm totally against taking hormone replacement. I think the symptoms can feel like stress symptoms. I thought it was anxiety. Try finding some books on women's health. I think alot of your symptoms sound pre-menapausal.
2007-07-12 20:00:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stress can do alot of things to you all the things you describe above you also could be depression
2007-07-09 10:34:22 · answer #3 · answered by meresmith1015 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋