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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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Hi, did you ever figure out what was going on?  i have all of these same symptoms and they started out the same way!  Please let me know if you did. Thanks.  
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I too had Lyme disease, but it is now in remission, however many symptoms are not. The joint popping and many other symptoms have finally be clarified with a diagnosis that explains everything - Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, accompanied by Dysautonomia, and probably Mast Cell Activation Disorder. Please check these out and see if they ring true for your symptoms. Best wishes!
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wow, sure never heard of those things!
what are you doing to relieve it?
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You may have very elevated histamine levels exceeding your ability to enzymatically degrade and remove the histamine.. Could be from many things that cause excess histamine released in the body. Once a person is sick from too much histamine then there may not be enough enzymes to degrade histamine.  Check out all the symptoms of elevated histamine..  Food is also a major contributor of histamine in the body. A person can get "scromboid" or histamine poisoning from bad Red Snapper fish.  Try a low histamine diet, some supplements that support healthy histamine levels are Daosin supplement (diamine oxidase from a pig) with food, and take methylfolate, zinc carnosine.  
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Hi all,

I'm suffering the very same symptons of everyone here, including obviously anxiety.

Anyone got any conclusion? As I could see, the suspects are about lyme, celiac disease, candida or purely anxiety.

Anyone could even get rid off joint popping/cracking?

God bless we all.
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Hi All... I came across your posts; I have been battling the same issues most of my life.  The more I research, the more I find.  Here is some beginning information :   http://www.wholeapproach.com/candida/symptoms.php

I had a history of antibiotic over-prescription at a young age as a child.  To simplify, The good bacteria in my intestines was over-run by yeast type bacteria.  Inflammatory issues were present from age 3 on.  By the time I was in my 20's , I could barely move.  Then came the naturopath... the only doctor that coult tell me what was truly going on.  No, there is no "magic" pill.  Basically, it is an ongoing lifestyle to keep intestinal bacteria in check or suffer the pain and symptoms of the inflammatory issues.  The reason it is ongoing is that every time I eat dairy products, sugar, alcohol, etc.... the yeast begin to thrive and the symptoms worsen.  So much for self control.   To add to it, ongoing research led me to find that I have a genetic defect that I am learning is VERY common.  Following my Mom's death, my daughter put the pieces together and was tested positive.  Many of the brain issues as well as the energy are becoming better.  Please research:
  http://melaniesmethodicalmusings.blogspot.com/p/mthfr.html
Good luck to you all.   :)
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I have had very similar symptoms for a long time and kept looking into all of these diseases like most do. A lot of symptoms matched those of lyme, but not all. I finally found out that I was being poisoned, purposely. I know arsenic was one of the chemicals used. Might have been mercury as well, not sure what else I have been poisoned with. This has been confirmed (finally, after having everything just think I was paranoid and delusional or something) by multiple doctors.

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purposely? My God...  why? who did that? I will pray for you. God bless...
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