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Anxiety, depersonalization, and popping and cracking joints

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I have been diagnosed with anxiety and I am currently taking 10mg Lexapro which doe not seem to be helping. I have really bad physical symptoms and I think there is something else medically wrong with me, even though the various health test that I've had all came up negative. My question is, does anyone of you suffering from anxiety feel constantly tired all of the time, feel like you are out of your body, like on drugs or living in a constant dream? I guess it's called depersonalization? But can it happen Constantly? I also have floaters, halos, white lights in my vision and doubled vision. Like, if I focus on an object, whatever other object is behind it or beside it is doubled. If you know what I mean? And when I sleep my body also vibrates. I have obsessive thoughts, I do obsessive things, I am constantly thinking, and feel like I have some kind of disease that the doctors cannot find. I cannot concentrate, I forget everything, feel foggy headed, and just feel empty. And can anxiety cause constant joint popping? I have constant grinding, popping, and cracking sounds in my joints all over my body, especially in my neck, very badly in my shoulders, my back, jaw, elbows, wrists, knees and hips. It does not usually hurt but my muscles and joints hurt and seem to be tense, weak and stiff.  Can anxiety cause all of these CONSTANT symptoms? This problem is effecting my life and my relationships and I just want to feel normal and like my old self again. I just need to know if Anxiety can cause all of these symptoms, and constantly, 24/7 I have these symptoms.THIS IS TAKING OVER MY LIFE! PLEASE HELP ME!!!
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Did you ever get this figured out? If so please answer. I'm going trough the same thing. I took Zoloft for a month and got off and have never been the same since. My joints crack 24/7 and my calf and eye twitch all the time. I got Charley horses in my leg and now left calf feels strange. Also the doctor said I have tendinitis in my arm but it won't go away. I'm losing my mind. Just want to figure this out.
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Hope this has improved. Did you ever take Cipro or levaquin or fluoroquinolones?  Issues with joints, including popping and cracking are a side effect.  You can look at FDA guidance for more information.
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Ok im 12 and i have health anxiety and i have this thing were when i walk my left hip is constantly popping and its worrying me. I also have like some sort of juice sounding feeling in my shoulders if i move it a certain way. When i bend over sometimes my spine will pop or crack and it scares me. My bones rn are my main problem. My second problem is that im scared of heart attacks. Sometimes in certain areas i will have like little spasms idk what they are but their weird. I also have like a dropping feeling in my chest and that scares me 2. Be help i need some support.
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Wow. I've just read the symptom list you quoted from canlyme.com and I was surprised how many of those I had. I'm talking 95%. I've heard of Lymes disease before but did not know what it was or what caused it. I've been having worsening symptoms over the last 10 years and just put up with it until  6 months ago when I finally had enough. I went to the doctors who eventually sent me to the hospital specialists. I had blood tests for arthritis and all the normal things but all came up negative. I then got sent for a full spine and brain MRI scan which also came up clear (They did confirm I had a brain though so that was good :-) ). They then sent me for some sort of electro pulse treatment to show muscle fatigue and that also showed neg. My final meeting with the hospital specialist was a bad one. I asked her whats next as this can't be normal and she relied "nothing". I said, well what do I do now then, to which she said "have a nice life". I walked out of the hospital in a bit of shock and even convinced myself that everyone must feel like this and the rest is in my head. I have not been back since. Reading all of these comments of people describing exactly what I am feeling (some even feel like I wrote them as they are that similar) makes me now think again. Interestingly, 10 years ago, I had a dog. I took him in to the woods and when we returned he had a tick on his ear. I remember it because I live in the UK and they are not common. I had never seen one other than on TV. I removed it and thought no more. Your comments made me question.. Did I get one too and not realise?? If I got the rash or cold like symptoms I would have just assumed I had the flu or maybe a wasp sting. I never would have associated it with Lymes and would have just suffered it for a week as Man flu with no need to bother a Doctor. You've all made me think again now. To be honest, You have all already cured my lonely thought that its just all in my head. So thank you all for posting your feelings here. It has given me some hope...
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hi... I have this joint popping/cracking problem also.. it's a recent symptom I've developed along with a lot of allergic type symptoms.. I have yet to figure this issue out myself.. I do have anxiety and take medicine for that and bipolar. I am 43 years old, and have been taking these medicines since I was a teen. I have an appointment coming up with an allergist to figure out what is causing all my new symptoms such as joint popping/cracking, breathing issues, stringy eye goop, itchiness, nose issues... I will also be getting surgery on my spine soon, which is due to a disc pressing on a nerve causing pain... also have had 2 heart attacks... I wish you the best in figuring out your issues, and hopefully I can figure mine out as well... I will write again after my appointment with the allergist.
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everyone on this thread must take SAM-e and copper. everything matches high histamines.

copper is needed for the AOC1 enzyme for histamines
also needed for thyroid,tendons and ligaments...thats the popping you hear.
copper is also needed for dopamine and seratonin.

everyone on this thread needs to get a RBC copper test asap.
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Do you still suffer from joint pains,crackling and popping
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