[elevatedsoul]

so i experience some pretty intense pain from time to time from what i put off to be caused by anxiety.. do any of you experience this as well?
i feel it in my shoulder the sharpest.. like i've been shot or a knife stuck in my socket, radiates up my neck and down my torso and arm.. it is the left side, which is why i ascociated it with anxiety.. i think that maybe everything is just spiraling getting worse because im fighting.. and trying to identify / find solutions.
this truly feels like physical pain though...

Im sorry if any of you do experience this, but i am an inquiring mind of course.. clonazepam doesnt really seem to relieve this much either, atleast at the prescribed dose.. and i just havent felt like taking 6 pills to get a little relief..

[moralfe]

Wow, you just explained what I have. I too get anxious when I feel the pain in my should and arm. Sometimes I feel I am going to get so scared I will go into a full blown panic attack. I do not take meds so I cannot speculate on weather they work or not. I do know that I never noticed these pains / ailments until after my first panic attack. I know how you feel. One thing I have been doing is getting chair massages at least once a week. That has been helping a lot. Also occupying my mind with things other then the pain helps the intensity of the anxiety. It sometimes stops the pain and when I realize that and put my attention on my shoulder or arm or back it starts up again.

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[elevatedsoul]

its exactly like you said, if you can distract yourself it seems to go away or alleviate a little and as soon as you remember " oh hey, my shoulder was hurting like really bad a few moments ago!" it comes back

this feeling was actually the cause of my ER visits, i've since tried to deal with it but it gets harder and harder

[moralfe]

I have been dealing with it but going to cbt therapy has help me logically process the pain or ailments so that I do not freak out and go into a panic. It thought me how to identify my triggers. It has been the best thing I did.

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[healingme4me]

I always thought it was tension/stress, but can see how anxiety and stress go hand in hand; the pain I usually get, right below neck, to the right side, that upper shoulder area, with pain going a bit into the upper back of my upper arm.