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I have had these symptoms as well for about 2yrs now. Crawling, stinging , burning skin sensations .. They move around all over my body. Even though I've been told it's stress and anxiety I still find it hard to accept. I'm in an emotionally abusive relationship with my husband and I feel trapped and unable to leave .. Gilly, you said yours got better. Mine seems to just be staying the same. when did you feels yours started to subside? I feel like the longer it continues the more I start to lose hope

Mine stings and burns... On my arm and legs and it hurts. It feels horrible and very painful. i believe I will end up losing my marriage over this. I cry a lot because what kind of life am I going to have and what kind of mom will I be. Its been over a year now. I've been working on diet and exercise and relaxing but the burning and stinging insist on staying.... does or did anyone's hurt like this?

From all of my heart .. Thank you?

Mark.... I love it!! Ok, I FINALLY get it... I'm a "make it happen type person" ... I'm a doer and I see my personality type is probably my worst trait in this situation.. Ok, I can do this. You may very well have saved my life ....I'm serious ... God is good and He put you here to speak truth. I'm ready, not to fight, but surrender and therefore overcome. No fear...! Big bear hug to you Mark... Thank you friend

I have had more testing done than one could possibly imagine!! Nothing comes back abnormal... They are trying to tell me it's stress of fibromyalgia but I didn't know fibro had these types of symptoms?? I will take your advice and try acceptance ... Every thing in me wants to fight it and accepting feels wrong because I don't want to accept it. I want to kick it's ass!!! I've tried everything else .. So what you're saying is go on with my life and stop paying it so much attention. Tell myself it's a temporary problem and stop feeding into it?

Mark, thank you...I needed to hear .. "Yes, you can get better". I've never been sick or really never dealt with anxiety. I've been depressed before but it always passed and I accepted it as a normal part of life, no biggie. then this came upon me one day while sitting at my sons karate class. It still doesn't make much sense to me. Why out of no where could this happen. Doesn't this happen to people with a history of anxiety. Never even had an anxiety attack. Now I live with gruesome symptoms that most people can't imagine. The way this has all happened makes it so hard to believe it's not some other illness that hasn't been found yet. even those who have known me for years tell me it's weird because I was always the clown. Acting goofy and making people laugh. I don't get it. my doctor keeps telling me if this is stress it's the most extreme case he's ever seen. Huh!? But I'm not that person... He also tells me that the longer it stays the less likely it is to go away.. Ok, now I'm really freaking out. If my doctors are losing hope how do I accept stinging and pricking and crawling as part of my life now? I've been doing more things for myself these days, massages, quiet time in prayer etc but things have still gotten worse. Does it just have a mind of it's own? I feel like I accept it although I still cry over the life I feel like I'm going to have to live now. Not the one I had in mind. I really needed your help. I feel so best up and broken.

Do you think it can eventually go away ever? its so hard because mine is extremely painful. Like bee stings ... And the crawling sensation is just aggravating. I wish someone could say "it will go away and you will be ok and your old self again" but I guess for most of us some symptom seems to linger ... A reminder. I would rather forget. Mark thanks for chatting with me. I've felt so alone ... I don't want my babies to remember me like this .. its hard not to think about it, you know. it seems to be all I think about anymore.

Wow Mark! that sounds very much like what this all is..! yesterday I had a horrible day with the symptoms .. Especially the stinging feelings. Today I woke up feeling positive and strong and here they are back again. Why do they continue to show up when I'm not feeling stressed? do they ever go away and did you get yours to stop and how?? I cried hopelessly all day yesterday .. My husband doesn't seem to be able to take it and it's destroying me, my marriage and it's becoming hard for me to work like this. i feel like even if it does go away, now that the body has started doing this it's always going to come back isn't it? im freaking out guys. I don't know if I can live like this. thanks for the help. I don't know where else to turn. Family and friends are done with me and the doctors can offer nothing.

Tarn, thank you for your post. My symptoms seem to be getting worse and I don't know why. They've been back this time for a year now and it's starting to wear me down. The burning, stinging and prickly sensations are going on most the day. i wonder, is this my lot in life? My mind keeps telling me no! But I'm not so sure. The only thing that makes it stop is a warm bath or laying down to rest. Why is that? Can anyone, maybe Jon or Gilly explain scientifically what is happening ? tarn, I'm sorry your symptoms came back we have to figure out what triggers them. how long did they go away? Did they completely go away and what did you do to make them stop? what are your symptoms like?

Hi everyone... needing encouragement today badly. Today marks one year that all these crazy symptoms started. I've tried so many calming and relaxing techniques, read books, done everything I can think of and that has been suggested and the symptoms persist ... it doesnt seem to be slowly getting better over time even. Just persistent .. does anyone have any advice or encouragement to offer. Guys, I don't want to live in this nerve pain forever? its ruining my life.....

I'm still having quite a bit of stinging, burning and now itching!! is this still anxiety or is this something else? And once the nervous system gets hyper sensitized like this is it really possible for it to calm down.? i tried prsitiq which is a SNRI but it made my symptoms much worse. now coming off these past few days my symptoms have been Just awful.. does this ever end??

Hi everyone... feeling pretty freaked out about all this lately.. I've been trying antidepressants and reading and going to therapy and I feel like my symptoms have only gotten worse... I don't know what else to do .. It's been a year come September that the symptoms have come back and not left. im feeling hopeless that they will ever go away and that I'm stuck with this for the rest of my life. has anyone ever recovered from these awful symptoms?

The neurologist can check the integrity of your nervous system. I've seen 3 and all they have had to offer is gabbapentin for the symptoms. If yours finds anything please share. I have yet to find a doctor who claims to have ever had a patient like me with my symptoms! Really??

Thank you Lisa... This has been going on so long. I try to listen to encouraging audios and read encouraging books and pray and take time out for me. Not much seems to change. I even have started an antidepressant ... What does "it" want from me? I'm trying to change. It doesn't seem like anything I try to do helps at all. Is it pointless to even try? The people at work make things much worse. I woke up in a panic this morning knowing I had to come here. I wish I could zap them with it for a day or 2 and see how they handled it. Sorry for the rant... Can anyone say this has an end or does one just learn to exist with it?? I had hope for a long time it would go away and now I sit here at work, the tears flowing, feeling hopeless.

Thanks Gilly, I feel like I'm losing it... Over time I thought things would get better but they've only seemed to get worse. I'm losing my husband it seems because although I try to explain it to him he doesn't get it. Everyone at work thinks I'm a freak and I'll probably lose my job and all I want/need is someone to say "you're going to be okay and all this will fade away one day" It's still hard for me to believe anxiety/stress can do this ... I'll have days when I feel happy and carefree then all of a sudden here comes the symptoms! Why on days when I'm feeling emotionally great? I don't get this and I guess after a year I never will. Thanks for your help and response .. Not sure what I would do without it.