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Hi all. I am new here. So I apologize if I ramble. I am a 27 year old female. Negative...

Hi all. I am new here. So I apologize if I ramble. I am a 27 year old female. Negative past medical history, except overweight some, and depression. I recently took myself off Celexa 20 mg daily ( 2 weeks ago got off the medication). I did not wean myself off, I just stopped cold turkey, which I know I shouldn't have done. Anyways, within a few days I felt dizzy and lightheaded, which I know can be a symptom of withdrawl of antidepressants. Two weeks later I was still having it, and called my doctor and asked if this is still common and he said yes. However, I did not talk to him about something else that occurred. A couple of days ago, out of nowhere, I got a tingling/warm/maybe slightly numbness sensation across my shoulders/and high upper back area. No pain, just almost like a flushed feeling over my shoulders, hard to describe. Along with it sweating a bit, not much, just a little forehead sweating, because I think I got anxious? Anyways, went away within an hour I would say, and sometimes when I think about it, I can almost feel the sensation creeping back on me in the same area, but it never fully comes back and then I don't notice it. This happened to me once before a few months ago, while I was still on Celexa, and along with it I also had to run to the bathroom, and had diarrhea. Since then had no other issues up until a few days ago. I am a BIG worrier, especially when it comes to health issues. My husband and I want to try to start to have a family soon, which is the reason why I got off the Celexa in the first place. But I worry so much! I worry that I have all these health issues and then get afraid to get checked out. I google symptoms and it makes it worse. Reading about shoulder numbness and sweating of course brought up heart attack (of course it listed other symptoms-shoulder pain/shoulder blade pain), so now of course I worry about that. I know I should just go to the doctors and ask, because I truly feel that I may have an anxiety disorder of some sorts, but I am just afraid. In October I went to a local MedExpress because I thought I had bronchitis, which turned out to be a mild case of pneumonia, but my blood pressure and pulse were up because I get so anxious when getting checked out by the doctor. It like naturally goes up because of the fear. So I feel the need to tell them, I am scared. My husband is an RN and I have him check my pulse at home a lot and blood pressure and it's usually pretty much within the normal, only elevated when I'm worrying about something.
So sorry to ramble. I guess I was just looking for some advice. If anyone else has ever felt that weird sensation across their shoulders of tingly/warm/numbness? If it sounds like it could be anxiety, if it sounds like I do have anxiety...just in general what anyone might think. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!View Thread

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Hi thanks for your post. I agree with you that the brain can make you feel all kinds of...

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can someone please post any advice?

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