panicking right now !!!!! please help

i have a question if your tongue is numb is that anxiety or should i be concerned i really scared

I am not sure..... ((((((((steph)))))) do you have anyone that you can call that is close by....

no i have no suport system at all my parents will prob say its nerves and brush it off

Hi,

What brought on the numbness? Are you in the middle of panic attack right now? First, let's calm down. OK. Breathe, like you're taking in good, pure air in through your nose and releaing the stale air out of your mouth.

U with me, girl?

did start when your panic attack started?

Apis has good advice with breathing....

if you can shut off any nosies that you are finding negative around you..... if music is soothing for you, put some of that on....

keep breathing like Apis said... I know it helps me...

meep, we can't help unless you talk to us

sorry i'm back on i don't know i 've had a cold and i've been taking cepacol it's an anesthetic i think it may be making my tongue numb last time i took it was around 11 in the morning because my thraot hurt i've pretty sick lately right now i'm panicking because i thought it went away for a bit then i sat down to the comp and it came back so i'm highly nervous i've been in agonizing anxiety all week i want to calm myself down so that i won't need to go to the hospital but sometimes it helps and then the panic returns

Cepacol will numb your tongue, hon, and although it's scary, it is only temporary.

one thing I've found really effective with colds is to use that zinc spray --- you have to eat something just before or the zinc might make you nauseous but for me it really shortens the cold cycle.

yeah my dad said it may be the cepacol i just ate and i feel fine but still a bit shaky

ok it's abck when i relax i feel it but i don't worry then out of no where it will return with anxiety attaced to it this is hard i don't want to go to the hospital but the numbness is way to long

what do you guys think

i know. i researched it for you. i finally found out that benzocaine is an ingredient. it numbs whatever it touches. it's like lidocaine.........i don't believe that you are in any danger. xoxox pat

ty so much depite what i said i went to the er they said i have severe bronchitis and sinusitis and that my numb tongue was prob from my infection but that the only thing that comes with a numb tongue was a stroke i was like don't say that now i have it stuck in my head for sure i won'tt be able to sleep tonight anyhow he said i was fine and i could come home so thanks for helping

the benzocaine site said it causes the tongue and throat to become numb.

i think i'd try to calm down and get some sleep. the doctor told you conflicting things. 1. it's from the infection. 2. the only thing that causes a numb tongue is a stroke. yet he didn't run any tests to see if you are having a stroke. sounds fishy to me.....love, pat

you are right thats what i thought but maybe he took into consideration my age i'm only 24

Hi Lavendersteph

i suffer with major anxiety and have often had my tongue go numb for no apparent reason... back when this all first started i went to the ER several times because i was terrified it was something bad like a stroke or whatever... but they did tests and all was fine... it was purely down to anxiety...

i dont understand it at all... but wanted to reassure you that i have had this too... and it is very frightening, but it does go away... i still get it now occasionally...

hope you are feeling abit calmer...

take care... Nikki x

omg ty so much nikki thats really what i needed to hear someone else who has had this i could not sleep last night untill 4 am my dad was up watching tv so i felt safe and comfortable today it's still numb but my nerves are calmer so hopefully it will be gone soon ty for reasurreing me i needed that
steph

lol my dad said cepacol made him hallucinate once.

lol good to know others can relate